by Fr. Paul D. Scalia | Apr 27, 2019
Thomas knew what Read the Whole Article at...
by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Apr 22, 2019
Throughout Holy Week, many journalists connected the smoking rubble of Notre Dame to Easter. In a splendid editorial, the National Post observed “The joy the world felt at Notre Dame’s survival… is just a taste of the joy and thankfulness all...
by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Apr 21, 2019
Eight weeks ago today, I marveled, not for the first time, at the magnificence of the cathedral church of Notre Dame in Paris. I gazed at the glorious rose windows, at the lofty gothic arches, and admired the statues.But there was something hidden that I didn’t...
by Fr. Nick Meisl | Apr 20, 2019
Easter Sunday | Jn 20:1-18 Within the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, there is a very small structure known as the Edicule. As far as archaeologists and historians can tell, this tiny chapel houses the remains of the tomb in which Jesus was placed after he...
by Fr. Nick Meisl | Apr 20, 2019
Easter Vigil “I just wish I knew how the story ended”. These words were said to me by a man who was going through a difficult time in his life. So much seemed to be going wrong for him. The uncertainty about how things would work out in the future caused him a great...
by Fr. Nick Meisl | Apr 19, 2019
Good Friday | Passion of John (18:1-19:42) On Good Friday we focus on the cross. Although we are accustomed to seeing the cross displayed in art and even around our necks, for the first several hundred years of Christianity, followers of Jesus rarely, if ever, used...
by Msgr. Gregory Smith | Apr 19, 2019
As the flames licked through the roof of Notre Dame on Monday, firemen and others formed a human chain to rescue precious relics and other treasures of the ancient cathedral. Most valuable of them all, in more ways than one, was the Crown of Thorns, said to have been...
by Fr. Nick Meisl | Apr 18, 2019
Holy Thursday | Ex 12:1-8; 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 When people give advice, they often recommend that you remember some past event so that the way you live now may be changed. If you are passing through a hard time, someone might say “remember that time when...
