Scripture tells us that Our Lord Jesus Christ is “the image of the invisible God,” and that each of us is created in the image and likeness of God. So we can see our soul as an image of Christ, who is the Image, or Word, the perfect expression of the Father. The early Christian […]

Today, the Church celebrates the Solemnity of St. Joseph, and the installation of Pope Francis as the 266th Bishop of Rome.  Happy Feast Day to all of us! St. Joseph is the Patron of the Universal Church, the Husband and Protector of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and the Patron Saint of a happy death (since […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Our Merciful Lord Jesus: I would like to wish each and every one of you a most holy and blessed Christmas.  May the Infant Christ fill your hearts and souls with His Peace and His Joy. St. Bernard of Clairvaux has a homily [in the Liturgy of the Hours for […]

“Viva Christo Rey!” — “Long Live Christ the King!” That was the cry of Blessed Miguel Pro and so many of our Catholic brothers and sisters in Mexico and in Spain during the persecutions of the Church in those countries in the 1920s and 1930s. After the recent elections in the United States, many of […]

I have visited some Catholic schools recently, and one of the major themes that I have been talking about with the children is the importance of “Lectio Divina,” or “Divine Reading.”  It is a an ancient, and yet still very valuable, form of Christian meditation.  At its essence, Lectio is a slow, prayerful reading of […]

Brothers and Sisters in Christ: Today, the Church celebrates the feast day of St. Maria Goretti, a young girl who gave her life for Christ when she was only twelve years old.  Was she ordered to deny Christ?  No.  Was she commanded by persecutors to spit upon a cross (as often happened in other times, […]