Venerable Fulton J. Sheen
In a private audience yesterday with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of the Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI...
God: a humble mercy, a merciful humility
For the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul Our monastic lectionary gives us, at the Office of Matins today, a splendid homily by the 12th...
Our Mother of Perpetual Help
By giving the icon of Our Mother of Perpetual Help a place of honour in our homes, we accept her also into our hearts and...
Proper Mass of Our Mother of Perpetual Help
Introit Rejoice we all in the Lord, as we keep festival in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary: whose solemnity makes angels joyful and sets...
Joy and Gladness Shall Be Thine
John the Baptist and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Today was the Vigil of the Nativity of Saint John the Baptist: eight days after the...
Venerable Pius XII: Mediator Dei
128. The divine Redeemer is ever repeating His pressing invitation, “Abide in Me.”[121] Now by the sacrament of the Eucharist, Christ remains in us and...
The IEC: A Disappointment
Reviews of the 50th International Eucharistic Congress held in Dublin last week are rolling in. The overwhelming impression is one of disappointment with the IEC...
He that hath ears to hear, let him hear
Today, If Ye Shall Hear His Voice In listening to Our Holy Father deliver his message to the participants in the 50th International Eucharistic Congress,...
Father, would you pray for . . .
Last evening, I was the celebrant at Solemn High Mass, followed by Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament with the sung Litany of the Sacred...
Priests in pilgrimage to Your Heart
I preached this homily to the Reverend Fathers of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter, at Our Lady of Guadalupe Seminary in Denton, Nebraska, to...
Corpus Domini
The Octave of Corpus Domini, culminating on the solemnity of the Sacred of Jesus, is a time of immense graces for the Church and, in...
Corpus Domini 2012
Here, in English translation, is the Holy Father’s homily at the Mass of Corpus Domini last evening in Rome. Il culto dell’Eucaristia e la sua...
The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
I preached this homily some years ago. Here it is again. The icon depicts Our Lady of the Cenacle’s adoration of the Eucharistic Face of...
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,...
In the company of friends
Here is a translation of the Holy Father’s words to the Cardinals who shared his table for pranzo on Monday. The pranzo was an expression...
Feast of Our Lady of the Cenacle
Turn to Mary The Invitatory for today’s feast —Our Lady of the Cenacle—is drawn from the first chapter of the Acts of the Apostles: Alleluia!...