Today’s is a Gospel of great reassurance, a morale booster of the first degree. For though the Church may seem to be in endless turmoil, She is still the handiwork of the Son of God. As He himself says, “I will build my Church.” The Church is not Peter’s...

We are roughly half way between Easter and Christmas, and the Assumption of Our Lady into heaven is the second feast this month (the other being the Transfiguration) which lifts our gaze upwards, towards our final goal. Christ does not only want to exercise his power of love to help...