of the human person from conception until natural death
The first encyclical of the pontificate of the late Holy Father was also the first to be written by two Popes. It was begun by Pope Benedict XVI and completed by Pope Francis. The encyclical completes the trilogy of theological virtues that Pope Benedict had previously written in regard to…
In the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Lord’s Temptation in the Desert is summarized in the following way, “The Gospels speak of a time of solitude for Jesus in the desert immediately after his baptism by John. Driven by the Spirit into the desert, Jesus remains there for forty…
At first, public Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament was permitted only on Holy Thursday and Corpus Christi, but later, at other times, it became a popular expression of shared faith…
Seventh Sunday of Easter for Year B ~ John 17 This week’s Gospel contains the latter part of what scholars call the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus. The late Pope…
The term “octave” derives from the Latin word for “eighth” (in music, the eighth note). Octave has two meanings in Catholic liturgical use: either the eighth day after a feast,…
The Fourth Sunday of Lent is also known as Laetare Sunday. The Latin title is derived from the prophet Isaiah (Is 66:10-11) wherein the imperative verb rejoice becomes the English…
The Binding of Isaac, known in Hebrew as the Akedah, is one of the best known — and most troubling — accounts in the Bible. In it, God orders Abraham…
Nature and dignity 