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…
Why Christ Enters the Desert
I think that this is the reason for fasting—that since the first Adam, when he was in paradise, had forfeited the glory of immortality through his gluttonous intemperance, Christ, the…
Sword of Truth
The sword of the angel was placed in the hands of men and it was the sword of truth.Meditation of the Day found in Magnificat In the beginning was the…
Called into the Depths
Bishop Robert Barron on three sailors from the Bible: the patriarch Noah, the prophet Jonah, and our Savior Jesus Christ.
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…
What are you looking for?
See John 1:38 MEDITATION OF THE DAY - MagnificatEverything We’ve Been Looking For Everything now bears the mark of the almost inconceivable exaltation of humanity through the Incarnation of God…
Faith and the Cross
This saying is trustworthy: If we have died with him we shall also live with him; if we persevere we shall also reign with him (2 Tm 2:11-12).Remain firm in faith,…
Aspiciens a Longe / I Look From Afar
Aspiciens a longe, ecce video Dei potentiam venientem, et nebulam totam terram tegentem. Ite obvium ei, et dicite: Nuntia nobis si tu es ipse Qui regnaturus es in populo Israel.…
Power
The Consecration of the Emperor Napoleon and the Coronation of Empress Joséphine on December 2, 1804 (Jacques Louis David)
We become like God not by our own power, but by the power of the cross. - Magnificat Meditation Isaiah 53 Who would believe what we have heard?To whom has…
Love
"Seeing with the eyes of Christ, I can give to others much more than their outward necessities; I can give them the look of love which they crave"BENEDICTUS PP. XVI…