The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. Human flesh is the handiwork of its Creator. It makes visible something of the beauty of the Son of God. It makes external and tangible that internal and intangible beauty of the only-Begotten Son of the Father, himself the perfect copy...

The Mass is the greatest school of prayer because it is the prayer of Christ himself to his Father. Christ’s prayer was and remains the giving of his whole being to the Father. Prayer, you see, is not so much about words or thoughts, but about giving of self in...

This is “Gaudete” Sunday. More precisely, it is “Gaudete in Domino” Sunday. Rejoice, but rejoice in the Lord. Rejoice in anticipation of his coming, the coming that has already been and the one that is yet to be. We are still on our journey, but we rejoice because we are...

Throughout the Bible, when people come into the presence of God their immediate reaction is fear. The fear is caused by the sheer holiness of God and by the sense of unworthiness we feel before it. Coming to Mass is to come into the presence of God. That is why,...