Jesus makes a startling statement at the Last Supper: “It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I […]
Readings: • Zep 3:14-18a • Is 12:2-3, 4, 5-6 • Phil 4:4-7 • Lk 3:10-18 “Great joy,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, “has in it the sense of immortality…” Joy, like love, hope, and goodness, cannot […]
Pope Francis’ general audience in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Nov. 10, 2021. / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, Nov 10, 2021 / 05:17 am (CNA).
Pope Francis encouraged Christians to call on the Holy Spirit more often when facing difficulties, ex… […]
Pope Francis gives his general audience address in the Paul VI Hall of the Vatican Oct. 27, 2021 / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Vatican City, Oct 27, 2021 / 03:57 am (CNA).
Pope Francis has given Catholics some recommendations for how to reignite their spi… […]
Pope Francis celebrates Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 23, 2021 / Vatican Media.
Vatican City, May 23, 2021 / 05:00 am (CNA).
Here is the full text of Pope Francis’ Pentecost Sunday homily, delivered May 23, 2021, at the Basi… […]
Pope Francis celebrates Pentecost Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, May 23, 2021. / EWTN News/Daniel Ibáñez/Vatican Pool
CNA Staff, May 23, 2021 / 04:50 am (CNA).
Pope Francis on Sunday urged those who feel trapped by loneliness, despair, and… […]
Pentecost Sunday is one of the feasts of the liturgical year that surprises us with an extra song before the Gospel at Holy Mass. Just when we are ready to launch (or heave, or slowly […]
Readings: • Acts 2:1-11 • Ps 104:1, 24, 29-30, 31, 34 • 1 Cor 12:3b-7, 12-13 or Rom 8:8-17 • Jn 20:19-23 or Jn 14:15-16, 23b-26 He is silent, yet sounds like rushing wind; he […]
Readings: • Isa. 42:1-4, 6-7 • Psa. 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10 • Acts 10:34-38 • Matt. 3:13-17 Growing up in a small Fundamentalist Bible chapel, I didn’t hear much about what baptism could or should […]
Editor’s note: The following homily was preached by the Reverend Peter M. J. Stravinskas, Ph.D., S.T.D., on the Solemnity of the Ascension (May 30, 2019) at the Church of the Holy Innocents, New York City. […]
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