In the time of Advent hell trembles and the righteous exult
BY Roberto de Mattei
The season of Advent, which is the beginning of the liturgical year, has many similarities with the season of Lent.…
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Christmas and Fatima — bridging the old and the new year
BY Maria Madise
Advent is a time of renewal, with the hope of a new beginning at Christmas. The humility of God, Creator…
READ MOREThe Saviour has appeared: meditation on the Nativity of Our Lord
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD
Towards the end of his life, Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD (1893–1953), began to compile and condense his…
READ MOREWhat do Advent and history teach about the true dignity of man?
BY Liam Gibson
The Gospel of St Luke tells us that, as soon as the Angel Gabriel left her, Our Blessed Mother rose…
READ MOREFounding families (1)
BY Mgr Henri Delassus
This is the ninth in a series of twenty articles drawn from Mgr Delassus’s two-volume work, The Problem of the Present Time:…
READ MOREWaiting for Emmanuel: sermon on the fourth Sunday of Advent
BY a Dominican Friar
“Behold, the Virgin will conceive and bear a child, and his name will be called Emmanuel.” To gain a better…
READ MOREIs war always unjust?
BY Roberto de Mattei
Cristiana de Magistris has explained well the nature of Christian peace (Voice of the Family Digest, 26 Nov), which is…
READ MOREGrace perfects the natural primacy of parents
BY Peter Newman
Last Saturday, at the Family and Life Academy, Dr Alan Fimister began the third lesson of his course on parents…
READ MOREMeditation on the feast of the Immaculate Conception
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD
Towards the end of his life, Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD (1893–1953), began to compile and condense his…
READ MOREAbsolutely null and utterly void
BY Alan Fimister
The essential error of Anglicanism is the subjection of the spiritual to the temporal power. This can never be permitted,…
READ MOREHow divine law differs from natural law
BY Peter Newman
Those who have followed the Family and Life Academy’s course on natural law and gone straight on to the course…
READ MOREThe disciples of John the Baptist: sermon on the second Sunday of Advent
BY a Dominican Friar
“Blessed is he that shall not be scandalised in me.” Did St John the Baptist’s faith in Christ grow uncertain…
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