of the human person from conception until natural death
Pope Saint Paul VI introduced the feast of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God in 1970. Then, in his later encyclical Marialis Cultus he described it this way, “This celebration, assigned to January 1 in conformity with the ancient liturgy of the city of Rome, is meant to commemorate…
C. S. Lewis wrote, “The central miracle asserted by Christians is the Incarnation. They say that God became Man. Every other miracle prepares for this, or exhibits this, or results from this” (Miracles). Christ put on our nature so that we can put on his. The first happens at the…
Fourth Sunday of Advent The Blessedness of the Virgin Mary Having heard from the angel Gabriel that she was to be the Mother of God, Mary immediately set out to…
The dozen days that mark the period between the Savior’s birth and the coming of the Magi constitute a period of religious feast days celebrated among the Catholics in medieval…
Nature and dignity 