From Benedict XVI’s homily given at the Midnight Mass on the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord: Linked to God’s glory on high is peace on earth among men. Where God is not glorified, […]
In the first volume of Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict says that the purpose of writing a book about Jesus—the whole reason why Jesus is important—is because he is the one who brings God to […]
More on the “O Antiphons” can be found here.
More on the “O Antiphons” can be found here.
During the frenzied response to the devastating Newtown, Conn., school shooting last week, a policeman picked up one of the first-graders who had been shot. She was still alive, but not for long. The six-year-old […]
More on the “O Antiphons” can be found here.
If you’ve not read the entire address, you’ll want to. Below is the section about family, marriage, and gender, a passage causing some hand-wringing among those who apparently haven’t figured out that (gasp!) the Pope […]
From the Catholic News Agency comes this charming report: a Christmas letter written by seven-year-old Joseph Ratzinger to Baby Jesus is on display this Advent in the Bavarian town of Marktl am Inn, where he […]
Director Peter Jackson does not disappoint. Like the great Lord of the Rings films, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is filled with beautiful scenery, epic battle sequences, humor, good versus evil, and many lessons on […]
Note: The following was originally written for Our Sunday Visitor in late 2009, in part because of the movie, “2012”, released at that time. I am posting it here in light of the interest about […]
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