The Athanasian Creed Whosoever would be saved needeth before all things to hold fast the Catholic Faith. Which Faith except a man keep whole and undefiled, without doubt he will perish eternally. Now the Catholic Faith is this: That we worship one God in Trinity, and the Trinity in Unity, neither confusing the Persons nor  Read more …

“Do not be afraid…I know what you are looking for…come and see.” The Church throughout the world echoes the angel’s message to the women: “Do not be afraid! I know that you are looking for Jesus who was crucified. He is not here; for he has been raised… Come, see the place.” This is the  Read more …

Hosanna! Crucify Him There is an uneasy union of feelings in today’s celebration: Is Palm Sunday the day of Jesus’ victorious procession into Jerusalem? Is it the day of his disastrous downfall? It is both. Today’s liturgy is a collision of glorious hosannas and somber omens.  Let us ask ourselves: What is really happening in  Read more …

Because on this day, throughout the world and across the centuries, people of every age, with palms on their streets and in their hands, acclaim him, crying out: “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!” It is a moving experience each year on Palm Sunday  Read more …

From Jewish roots In actual fact, fasting from meat on Fridays can be traced all the way back to the earliest Christian communities who continued many Jewish fasting traditions that were first laid down in the Old Testament (Leviticus 11 & 23:26-32). Before the start of Christianity, pious Jews would fast from most animal products  Read more …

Judica dies Solis In English, “Judica Sunday”, is the name given to the fifth Sunday of Lent, derived from the first words of the Introit of that day: “Judica me, Deus”— “Judge me, O God” (Psalm 42).  This Sunday is also called Passion Sunday, because from this day the Church occupies herself exclusively with the  Read more …

Miracles happen Miracles always involve the impossible – otherwise they wouldn’t be miracles! Impossible, however is a relative term. What may be an insurmountable obstacle to one person may well be within the realm of capability of another. But there are supernatural miracles – the ones where it requires divine intervention to bring about the  Read more …

There’s something strangely comforting about the messy stories of God’s saints in Scripture. We might expect the heroes of the Bible to go from one episode of obedience to the next, successive faith victories on the path to eternal glory. But that’s not what we find in the Bible.  Take Abraham, for instance.  In Genesis  Read more …

People attending our Mass think a lot of things about the different postures we take.  Things like “Oh, up we go again.”  And “Why are we kneeling?”  Which is why this series focuses on the “why” of sitting, standing, and kneeling during a Mass.  Sitting:  In the bible, sitting is a posture of listening.  We  Read more …

Don’t Worship Your Emotions How can there be an all-loving and an all-powerful God if there is so much suffering and evil in our world?  Perhaps that is the most difficult religious question of all time.  Why does God not act in the face of suffering?  Why do bad things happen with seemingly no response  Read more …