Message on the Canonization of St. Titus Brandsma Thank you for inviting us to be here with you tonight and as his excellency Archbishop Charles Brown said during the Thanksgiving Mass, it is a very special occasion and I’m especially happy to be here together with my colleague Monique van Daalen, our temporary ambassador as …
“No creature shared that grace in a higher degree than Mary. She, our Mother, is our example of the manner in which God must be born again in us. On the one hand, we should recognize ourselves as her children, because her son is our Brother. On the other, she will also teach us how …
By Church People – Workers Solidarity Overview What is Church Social Teaching? Church social teaching is an instrument for “action in behalf of justice” and “participation to transform the world” in all its dimensions according to the vision of Jesus Christ. (St. Paul VI and St. John Paul II). It is a declaration of the …
Mary set outand traveled to the hill country in hasteto a town of Judah,where she entered the house of Zechariahand greeted Elizabeth.When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting,the infant leaped in her womb,and Elizabeth, filled with the Holy Spirit,cried out in a loud voice and said,“Most blessed are you among women,and blessed is the fruit of your …
“And now a final idea. God, acting in us and dwelling in us, is the starting point of the mystical life. In the activity of God we should see the continuation of the creation, just as this activity is the continuation and the further revelation of the eternal birth of the Son from the Father …
Today, May 30, is the memorial of Saint Joan of Arc. Joan was born in 1412 in Domremy, France. She was a shepherdess and mystic who, from age 13, was the recipient of visions from St. Margaret of Antioch, St. Catherine of Alexandria, and St. Michael the Archangel. In the early 15th century, England, in …
The disciples said to Jesus,“Now you are talking plainly, and not in any figure of speech.Now we realize that you know everythingand that you do not need to have anyone question you.Because of this we believe that you came from God.”Jesus answered them, “Do you believe now?Behold, the hour is coming and has arrivedwhen each …
“But the great Gardener is our Helper; or, to use the image of St. Teresa, He leads the water of His grace along different brooks and canals to the garden of our heart and sends down His abundant rain at the right time, thus taking out of our hands the work of watering. St. Teresa …
Jesus said to his disciples:“Thus it is written that the Christ would sufferand rise from the dead on the third dayand that repentance, for the forgiveness of sins,would be preached in his nameto all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.You are witnesses of these things.And behold I am sending the promise of my Father upon you;but …
“To reach this life of union a long way must be traversed. In the beginning, one striving for recollection will see that a heavy fight against nature is necessary; much must die in us in order that God may live in us free and unhindered. There is a life that in its first degrees might …