53 Years Ago: My First Holy Communion
This photograph was taken on the day of my First Holy Communion. Left to right: my dear little neighbour friend Brigitte Folz, at that time...
Wasting the Precious Ointment
Yesterday morning (2 June 2012), during the very lengthy and rich Liturgy for Ember Saturday in Whitsun (Pentecost) Week, I preached to a group of...
Men Who Are Able to Help the Sick in Mind
How I love to read the homilies of Saint Ambrose, Bishop of Milan, at the Office of Matins, in the silent hours before daybreak. Today,...
Immersed in Eternal and Unshakeable Love
The Holy Father is continuing his series of catecheses on prayer during the weekly Wedneday audience. Last Wednesday, 30 May, the Holy Father gave the...
Third Letter to Wilfrid on Prayer
My dear Wilfrid, Emptiness, Darkness, and Doubts It has been some time since l wrote you last. You tell me that, since that last letter,...