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Though he was in the form of God, Jesus did not deem equality with God something to be grasped at. Rather, he emptied himself and took the form of a slave, being born in the likeness of men. He was … Continue reading →

By Judy Keane from Catholic Exchange: It is available in abundance to everyone if only we would embrace it.  It is an endless and unfathomable gift that flows most profusely on the Sunday after Easter.  It is the devotion of … Continue reading →

  This homily was given by Pope Benedict XVI at the Basilica of St John Lateran at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday, 5 April 2012. May God bless our beloved Pope Emeritus who celebrated his 87th … Continue reading →

 Meditation for Wednesday of Holy Week from St Alphonsus Liguori: Some people think they are beloved of God when all their affairs go prosperously with them and they have no troubles. But St. James says: Blessed is the man that suffereth … Continue reading →

St. Maximus the Confessor: “God’s will is to save us, and nothing pleases him more than our coming back to him with true repen­tance. The heralds of truth and the ministers of divine grace have told us this from the … Continue reading →

A beautiful meditation on this Monday of Holy Week on the Liturgical readings from the monks of Silverstream Priory in Stamullen, County Meath, Ireland  There You Shall See Me The bright eighth mode intervals of last evening’s Magnificat Antiphon still echo … Continue reading →

By Dan Burke on ‘Catholic Spiritual Direction’ “He that taketh not up his cross, and followeth Me, is not worthy of Me” (Mt 10:38). By these words, the divine Master expressly declares that one of the indispensable conditions for being … Continue reading →

Christians must go to the cross for the truth By FRANCIS PHILLIPS on the ‘Catholic Herald’ Having recently blogged about the late Archbishop Fulton Sheen, I note an American blogger, Little Catholic Bubble, is reading his “Seven Last Words and … Continue reading →

H/T to Father Ray Blake and thanks to Archbishop Cordileone for highlighting an important teaching:  

From the CatholicHerald.co.uk: The author of this piece, Dr John Rist, is the Fr Kurt Pritzl OP Chair of Philosophy at the Catholic University of America. He was Professor of Classics at the University of Toronto for 30 years and … Continue reading →

And with apologies to our readers for missing out the second part of Week 3 last week, here it is:  

An insightful post by Michael Kenny on “Journey towards Easter” that should help respond to some of the recent questions posed in the comment section of our blog. It is often asserted that agnosticism is the ‘default option’ when it … Continue reading →

We lost the battle on contraception. We cannot lose the battle on marriage. https://catholicismpure.wordpress.com/2014/03/22/cardinal-burke-does-some-straight-talking/