When the Kingdom of God Comes Nigh
Isaiah 66:10 – 14 Galatians 6:14 – 18 Luke 10:1 – 20 Joy and Thanksgiving Today’s Holy Mass invites us to joy and to thanksgiving:...
Novena to the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, Day One
If you want to make a novena ending on the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, begin today. Your Holy Prophet Elias...
Rome Unvisited
Tomorrow I will be leaving Rome. I expect to be away from the Eternal City for the remaining summer months. I will know better what...
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...