Why Jesus Changes Everything: A Meditation on the Cross https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2020/05/extraordinary-evangelization-in-extraordinary-times Dana Gioia: “Poetry is fundamental to Christian identity” Unorthodox and the Modern Myth of Origins
The text below is taken from “Lumen gentium” (“The Light of the Peoples”), the Second Vatican Council’s dogmatic constitution on the Church. When the Son completed the work with which the Father had entrusted him on earth, the Holy Spirit was sent on the day of Pentecost to sanctify the Church...
PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVITO CASSINO AND MONTE CASSINO EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Cassino, Piazza MirandaSunday, 24 May 2009 Dear Brothers and Sisters, “You shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be my witnesses in Jerusalem...
The text below is from a sermon by St. Augustine. The Apostle commands us to rejoice, but in the Lord, not in the world. For, you see, as Scripture says, whoever wishes to be a friend of this world will be counted as God’s enemy. Just as a man...
For the days mentioned, we will sing a traditional plainchant hymn invoking the Holy Spirit. Singing it unites us with the millions who, over the centuries, have used this hymn at Pentecost. Jesus tells us that every scribe of the kingdom brings from his treasure-house “things both new and old.”...
Letter of the Holy Father Francis to the President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity for the 25th Anniversary of the Encyclical Letter Ut unum sint, 25.05.2020 The following is the letter sent by the Holy Father Francis to the president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting...
During his recitation of the Regina Caeli prayer yesterday in St. Peter’s Square in Rome, the Pope announced that, on this fifth anniversary of his Encyclical “Laudato si”, there would be a year-long celebration of various kinds to raise awareness and promote action in favour of the created world. Here...
The text below is taken from the Instructions to Catechumens by St. Cyril of Jerusalem (313-386 AD). The first time I read it, probably in 1976/1977, it thrilled me. Even after all these years, I often go back to it and draw from it both in my own prayer life...
The Daily Bread, 23rd May, 2020: Not my, but Thy, will be done. Readings: Acts 18:23-28; Psalm 46(47):2-3,8-10; John 16:23-28 The Lord Jesus in today’s Gospel, and in various parts of the long discourse which he gave to the apostles at the Last Supper, is speaking of what we call...
The text below is taken from a homily on the Song of Songs by St. Gregory of Nyssa (335-294 AD). When love has entirely cast out fear, and fear has been transformed into love, then the unity brought us by our saviour will be fully realised, for all men will...
