John is the voice, but the Lord is the Word who was in the beginning. John is the voice that lasts for a time; from the beginning Christ is the Word who lives for ever. (Saint Augustine, +430)
Day: December 14, 2024
Third Sunday of Advent: Rejoice, in Integrity and Constancy
The Lord your God, is in your midst…He will renew you in His love (Zeph. 3:17). ⧾ The third Sunday of Advent is known as Gaudete Sunday. Gaudete is Latin for Rejoice, the first word of our Entrance Antiphon: Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say, rejoice. Indeed the Lord is near. Today we[…]
Master in the Faith: Saint John of the Cross
(Karol Wotyla did his theological doctorate on the mystical poetry of Saint John of the Cross, so he writes here not only as Pope, but as one who has delved deeply in into the thought of this great Carmelite saint). Pope John Paul II Apostolic Letter Of His Holiness John Paul II To The Very[…]