Tag: John Paul II
Psalm Commentaries to Resume
Dear Friends, Many of you enjoyed the Commentaries on the Psalms by Blessed John Paul and Pope Benedict XVI posted here on the site. While they are all available on the Vatican web site they are difficult to research and to find, which, in my thinking, is a great loss. As a help to the… Read More ›
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord
1. “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord…. Hosanna in the highest!” (Mk 11:9-10). These acclamations of the crowd gathered in Jerusalem for the feast of Passover accompany the entry of Christ and the Apostles into the holy city. Jesus enters Jerusalem mounted on a colt, according to the words of… Read More ›
Virtual Visit to the Sistine Chapel
Many of us have heard of the renovations that Blessed John Paul II ordered for the Sistine Chapel but most of us have not seen them. The Vatican has released a virtual visit tour of the Sistine and you can view it by following this link. Enjoy the beauty of Michelangelo’s creation from the comfort… Read More ›
Conclave to determine new Pope could be held mid-March
Vatican City, Feb 13, 2013 / 02:17 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The conclave to elect the next Bishop of Rome could start between March 15 and 19, according to the director of the Holy See’s Press Office. “If everything goes normally, it could be envisioned that the conclave begins between 15 and 19 March,” Father Federico… Read More ›
Angels: God’s messengers of his redeeming will
1. Today is Easter Monday, traditionally called “Monday of the Angel”, because angels appeared beside the women and the Apostles with a significant role in the extraordinary event of the Resurrection. It was precisely an angel who addressed the first message from the empty tomb to the women who had come to finish the burial… Read More ›
Triumph of the Cross
“The Son of Man must be lifted up”, says Jesus to Nicodemus. And he says this with a view to his crucifixion: The Son of Man must be lifted up on the Cross. Whoever believes in him, whoever sees in this Cross and in the Crucified One the Redeemer of the world, whoever looks with… Read More ›
We face a growing secularism
Every age poses new challenges and new temptations for the People of God on their pilgrimage, and our own is no exception. We face a growing secularism that tries to exclude God and religious truth from human affairs. We face an insidious relativism that undermines the absolute truth of Christ and the truths of faith,… Read More ›
Witnesses to Christ in a materialistic world
A few years ago, there was much talk of the secularized world, the post-Christian era. Fashion changes, but a profound reality remains. Christians today must be formed to live in a world which largely ignores God or which, in religious matters, in place of an exacting and fraternal dialogue, stimulating for all, too often founders… Read More ›
Mercy, Conversion and Social Issues
To many people, mercy and conversion may seem like poor tools for solving social problems. Some are tempted to accept ideologies that use force to carry out their programs and impose their vision. Such means sometimes produce what appear to be successes. But these successes are not real. Force and manipulation have nothing to do… Read More ›
Cardinal Dolan contrasts true freedom, ‘culture of death’ in new eBook
New York City, N.Y., Jun 19, 2012 / 04:07 am (CNA).- Society faces a choice between true human dignity, and a false concept of freedom culminating in the “culture of death,” New York’s Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan explains in his new eBook. This inhumane culture springs from “deeply rooted social, philosophical, and ethical tendencies that,… Read More ›