A Good Friday meditation/animation: Benedictine monk and cardinal Basil Hume (1923-1999) tells a story (“Whether it is true or not, I do not know. It happened thus”): They were all lined up, ill clad, some not dressed at all, men, women, and children...
“Lord God, your goodness enfolds all your creatures and all your marvelous works, and surpasses them forever, for you alone are eternal. You have made us only for yourself and restored us by your precious passion. You keep us in your perfect love. And all this is of...
The woman Egeria in 381 set out from Spain on an epic journey to holy places in Palestine and Egypt. Her diary is astonishing. Paulist Press reissued Egeria: Diary of a Pilgrimage in 1970, and you can buy it on Amazon. It especially comes alive when she tells of...
In early December 1944 General George S. Patton’s 3rd Army was stalled in its advance to the Siegfried Line along the French – German border. Patton was a master of combined arms operations and he knew he needed tactical air support from the Army Air Forces before he...
“To be a saint means to be myself,” Thomas Merton wrote in his 1949 book New Seeds of Contemplation. “Therefore the problem of sanctity and salvation is, in fact, the problem of finding out who I am and of discovering my true self.” Christ reveals who we are to...
“We have become unaware of how our actions and lifestyles contribute to the destruction of both God’s creation and human dignity. We like to focus on the promise of the Easter Resurrection, instead of dwelling on Ash Wednesday’s call for repentance or the suffering of...
