MEDITATIONfor Good Friday Popule meus, quid feci tibi? My People, what have I done to you? In what have I offended you? As we prepare to adore the blessed wood of the Cross, the words of the Improperia or Reproaches...
Archive - April 2023
Good Friday: The Mystery of the Cross
138. The Mystery of the Cross By Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. 1. Good Friday is the day which invites us more than any other to “enter into the thicket of the trials and pains … of the Son of God” (St. John...
Holy Thursday: The Gift of Love
137. The Gift of Love By Fr. Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D. 1. “Having loved His own … He loved them unto the end” (John 13:1), and in those last intimate hours spent in their midst, He wished to...
Remembering and Honoring John Vennari
Today marks the sixth anniversary of John Vennari’s passing from this life (April 4, 2017), the man who led Catholic Family News as editor for over 20 years and impacted countless souls through his stalwart efforts...
Abp. Viganò on Palm Sunday: Passion of the Church “No Less Serious” Than Our Lord’s Passion
HOMILYOn the Second Sunday of Passiontideor Palm Sunday Improperium exspectavit cor meum, et miseriam:et sustinui qui simul mecum contristaretur, et non fuit:consolántem me quæsivi, et non inveni:et dederunt in escam...
APRIL 2023 EDITION: Take Courage and Wait for the Lord
April 2023 Edition Now Available — Preview HERE April 1, 2023Saturday of Passion Week Dear Friends in Christ, We are about to enter the holiest week of the liturgical year, during which we will not simply call to mind...