St John Paul II celebrated his last midnight Mass on Friday, December 24, 2004. In his homily, he told us that the first adoration of…
Comments closedAuthor: Rod Minns
A retired Catholic teacher with a freelance writing stint, I love playing the best game on earth, hockey, or paddling kayaks on a river, lake, or ocean. My home is in the heart of Christ, held in the arms of His Mother who accompanies me when I receive the Eucharist. My seven kids range from 21 to 38 years old.
How often, in your families, do you feel powerless in the face of painful and apparently insoluble situations?
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The Church provides some powerful stops in our Advent journey to help us draw close to the Redeemer.
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No better way to start a new year than to fix our hearts on Christ’s Mother who responded to Gabriel with her all, her fiat.
Comments closedConfession is nothing but humility in action. We call it penance, but really it is a sacrament of love, a sacrament of forgiveness.
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Lake Ontario’s north shore on Prince Edward County provides 12 km of white sand and turquoise water. It’s not the Caribbean but close in character…
Comments closedWhat we see, read, or hear can generate a lot of anxiety and fear. For example, the struggle against a virus can become a battle against those who oppose our views on how to defeat it which can leave us rattled.
Comments closedHere are words from the saints to inspire our desire to live completely for Christ, the One they gave their all for.
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Bishop Mulhall used Matthew’s Gospel to speak about storms raging within us and around us in the world so often plagued by human squalls threatening to sink us and destroy the tranquillity of God’s holy order.
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The Eucharist is a mystery of presence, the perfect fulfilment of Jesus’ promise to remain with us until the end of the world.
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The mystery of the Catholic Bishops’ suspending public gatherings at Mass and closing churches has a Corpus Christi connection in 2020 and a Sacred Heart of Jesus connection in 2021. Both are Providential.
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As Cardinal Thomas Collins says, three majestic devotions, “Doctrinal devotions”, draw us into an intimate encounter with the Father if we abandon ourselves during the week in June when they are celebrated. Corpus Christi, Sacred Heart of Jesus and Immaculate Heart of Mary together form a trinity of glory.
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He is Holy Joseph, because no other Saint but he lived in such and so long intimacy and familiarity with the source of all holiness, Jesus, God incarnate, and Mary, the holiest of creatures.
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This evening St Peter’s Square is transformed into a vast Upper Room in which our community has gathered to pray for and to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
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