Fearless Like Mary and Jesus
Lord, before you became man and entered into your Passion, you invited your Mother to serve you as mother, to bear your sacrifice with you, but also to share with…
Book of the Prophet Malachi
A reading from the Book of the Prophet Malachi 3:13-20b You have defied me in word, says the Lord, yet you ask, “What have we spoken against you?” You have…
Committing Our Whole Livelihood
We should be careful not to love too much what we will have to forsake, lest indeed we forsake too much what we should possess eternally. We have need no…
The Easter Proclamation (Exsultet)
Mission San Buenaventura, California
This prayer dates back to very early history of Christianity, as early as the fifth, not later than the seventh century, and is traditionally sung at the beginning of the…
O Sacred Head Now Wounded
O sacred Head, now wounded, With grief and shame weighed down,Now scornfully surroundedWith thorns, thine only crown;O sacred Head, what glory,What bliss till now was thine!Yet, though despised and gory,I…
Bless the God of gods… for His Mercy Endures Forever!
Daniel 3:52-90 Then these three in the furnace with one voice sang, glorifying and blessing God:“Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our ancestors,praiseworthy and exalted above all forever;And…
Called into the Depths
Bishop Robert Barron on three sailors from the Bible: the patriarch Noah, the prophet Jonah, and our Savior Jesus Christ.
Religion and Politics: Jerusalem and Athens
What Hath Jerusalem to Do with Athens? (Excerpts; see link for full essay) By Br. Charles Marie Rooney, O.P.|December 2, 2020|† Dominicana Journal …Christian revelation and the Catholic intellectual tradition…
Healing
Heal Us Lord - Liam Lawton's 'Heal Us Lord', on Healing Song album. In Luke 19, at Jesus entry into Jerusalem - "…the whole multitude of his disciples began to…
The Meaning of Our Worship
It is right that every tongue should glorify, every voice attest, every creature venerate and celebrate the adorable and glorious name of the most holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy…