Envy, An Ugly Sin
Thursday of the Twelfth Week of the Year I Genesis 16:1-12, 15-16 The painting of Hagar in the wilderness is by Giovanni Lanfranco. It hangs...
Feast of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
This morning I walked to the Church of Sant’ Alfonso, the Shrine of Our Mother of Perpetual Help. It was quiet and peaceful there with...
Saints John and Paul, Martyrs of Rome
Guercino did this drawing of the martyrdom of Saints John and Paul in 1630-32. He used a pen and brown ink, a brush and brown...
Marian Shrine in China To Be Blown Up
We fly to thy protection, O holy Mother of God; despise not our petitions in our necessities but deliver us always from all dangers, O...
Called to Reflect the Face of Christ and His Mercy
The June 20th daily edition of L’Osservatore Romano contained an article on the ordination of two Olivetan Benedictine Monks of the Abbey of Santa Maria...
