Sacred Art on the Second Sunday
Here is 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... Read more.
Isaiah, Christmas and Salvation
For a Child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; he is named Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting, Prince of Peace... Read more.
Fourth Sunday, Mary and Joseph
When Joseph awoke, he did as the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took his wife into his home (Mt. 1:24). ⧾ On this fourth and last Sunday of Advent, the... Read more.
Gaudete! The Third Sunday of Advent
‘Truly I tell you, among those born of women no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist; yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he’ (Mt.... Read more.
A Liturgical Primer for Advent
For out of Zion shall go forth instruction, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem (Lk. 21: 36). The first Sunday of Advent marks the beginning of a new liturgical... Read more.
The Eucharistic Reign of Christ
‘Truly, I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise’ (Lk. 23:43). ⧾ From the moment that Our Lord spoke these words, the Church has lived in this time... Read more.
Christ’s Sovereignity over all
How worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and divinity, and wisdom and strength and honour. To Him belong glory and power for ever and ever (Entrance... Read more.
The Thirty Third Sunday’s Eschaton
Beware that you are not led astray (Lk. 21:8). ⧾ The sacred liturgy again today directs our attention to the eschaton, the teaching about the end time when Our... Read more.
The Cleansing Fire of Purgatory
Now He is God not of the dead, but of the living; for to Him all of them are alive. (Lk. 20:38) As we approach the end of the liturgical year, the Sacred Liturgy... Read more.
Salvation is a Gift, to Those Who Seek It
For the Son of Man came to seek out and to save what the lost. (Lk. 19:10) ⧾ The conversion of Zacchaeus may be said to be a consequence of our Lord’s preaching.... Read more.