Do not look forward to what may happen tomorrow; the same everlasting Father who cares for you today will take care of you tomorrow and every day. Either He will shield you from suffering, or He will give you unfailing strength to bear it. Be at peace, then, put aside all anxious thoughts and imaginations,[…]
Month: January 2023
Pope Benedict and the Week for Christian Unity
From Wednesday 18th till Wednesday 25th of January – the feast of the conversion of Saint Paul – we are celebrating the Week of Prayer For Christian Unity. During this octave of prayer for the purpose of attaining full visible Christian Unity we Christians ardently pray so that the undying words of Jesus to the[…]
To hope that any other will please me does wrong to my Spouse. I will be his who first chose me for himself. Executioner, why do you delay? If eyes that I do not want can desire this body, then let it perish. (Saint Agnes of Rome, +304)
The Shekinah, A Type of Saint Joseph
Perhaps you may be familiar with the Pillar of Cloud — which may be compared to a tornado — or the Pillar of Fire — which is a firenado — in the Old Testament, which accompanied and guided the Israelites as the former by day and as the latter by night,[1] or which accompanied the[…]
Rediscovering the Sacrament of Reconciliation
If we say, “We are without sin,” we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. (1 John 1:8) One might wonder why we raise the topic of Confession in mid-January, since the period of Advent came to a close some time ago, and the Lenten time of renewal is still a ways off in[…]
Just Do It
On this day in 1977, after a ten year hiatus, capital punishment resumed again in the United States, with the execution by firing squad of convicted killer Gary Gilmore, who had murdered two men he had robbed, even though they acquiesced with his demands, leaving two widows with small children. When asked if he had[…]
All sins are despised by God, especially pride. My beloved, rebuke yourselves, and confess your own sins, so that God my elevate you (Saint Anthony of Egypt, +356)
Second Sunday: The Lamb of God and the Culture Wars
‘Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!’ (Jn. 1:29). ⧾ This declaration made by John the Baptist and which we hear before the reception of Holy Communion at every Mass, is a succinct summary of the mission of the Messiah. As presented in the gospels, Our Lord’s Baptism is[…]
Cardinal Pell’s Last Words
I don’t know the final, final words of Cardinal George Pell as he lay in his hospital bed, but here is the last article he had published, in the Spectator, a fitting testament to the state of the Church, a warning and a clarion call to all of us. Vere, libera nos a Malo! +[…]
Searching and Confessing: Augustine of Hippo’s Quench for Wisdom and Truth
Here in Malta, on January 13th, there will be the launching of a book about Saint Augustine of Hippo named: Searching and Confessing. Augustine of Hippo’s Quench for Wisdom and Truth. Malta: Augustinian Province, 2023 (ISBN: 978-9918-0-0430-0). Searching and Confessing is a recent publication of the Augustinian Professor Fr Salvino Caruana. The book of 255 pages[…]