Put not your trust in princes
BY Alan Fimister
“Put not your trust in princes: in the children of men, in whom there is no salvation” (Ps 146:3)As we…
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Saint Lucy: light in the darkness of our time
BY Roberto de Mattei
13 December is the feast of St Lucy, virgin and martyr. Lucy, patroness of Syracuse, is one of the three…
READ MOREThe friend of the Bridegroom: sermon on Gaudete Sunday
BY a Dominican Friar
“There hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.”This Sunday of Advent is called Gaudete Sunday,…
READ MORECountering Marian minimalism: Mary’s Conception as “heavenly illuminatrix”
BY Karen Darantière
A radical form of Marian minimalism has seeped into many Catholic souls. A clear sign of this is the widespread…
READ MOREHoly intransigence
BY Roberto de Mattei
Intransigence is the firmness with which one defends one’s ideas. It is holy when these ideas are religious; not of…
READ MOREThe Lord will not delay: meditation on the second Sunday of Advent
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalene OCD
From Divine IntimacyPreludeI place myself in the presence of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, to receive His twofold invitation to…
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