Rev. Hezekias Carnazzo

We are now at the middle of the great journey of Lent. With the help of the wisdom of Saint Ambrose, Bishop and Doctor of the Church, let us reflect upon our journey thus far, always keeping before our eyes the glorious day of the Resurrection of God. Give thanks, Brethren, to the Divine Mercy […]

Having been anointed with holy ashes, we now fix our gaze upon the cross of the Son of God, and guided by the light of the paschal fire, we begin our preparation for the Resurrection of the Savior of the World.  As we considered on Monday, no one will reach the hoped-for day of the

In today’s production oriented society, it is not uncommon to hear our fellow laborers exclaim at the end of a long and exhausting work day, “Where did the day go?”  At the end of the calendar year, it has become commonplace to hear our fellow citizens say, “Where did the year go?”  And when Christmas

As we know, in vast areas of the earth, faith is in danger of being put out, as a flame that finds no more fuel. We find ourselves before a profound crisis of faith, before a loss of the religious sense that is the greatest challenge for today’s Church. The renewal of the faith must

PRINT & READ! APOSTOLIC LETTER “MOTU PROPRIO DATA” PORTA FIDEI OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF BENEDICT XVI FOR THE INDICTION OF THE YEAR OF FAITH 1. The “door of faith” (Acts 14:27) is always open for us, ushering us into the life of communion with God and offering entry into his Church. It is possible to

The dangers of wishful thinking in the Middle East Projecting Western ideas onto the Arab Spring seriously underestimates the danger of Islamism. Last July Matthew Kaminski opined in the Wall Street Journal that the transition to democracy in the Middle East would be as easy as it was for the democracies that emerged after the

As the world around us busies itself with dismantling all evidence of the recent Feast, we who have basked in the glory of the dawn of the Sun of Justice remain at the side of the sacred crib.  And just as a newly espoused woman gazes upon the jewel which betokens the love of her

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Sooner or later everything that begins on earth comes to its end, like the meadow grass that springs up in the morning and by evening has wilted. In Baptism, however, the tiny human being receives a new life, the life of grace, which enables him or her to enter into a

John the Blessed A tale of Photios Kontoglou (Describes a visit of St. Basil on the eve of his feast, years after his repose. Translated from the Greek original.*) The Nativity Feast having passed, St. Basil took his staff and traversed all of the towns, in order to see who would celebrate his Feast Day

Having celebrated the great feast of the Nativity of Christ, the Church draws our attention to the figure of Mary, Mother of God.  In the midst of this festal season, a season which draws all Christians together to worship the Savior of the World, we are confronted with a sad division.  The person of Mary,