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I know we have just concluded our Christmas season, but someone forwarded me this beautiful hymn yesterday, and I couldn’t resist sharing with all of you. Its message and melody are so hauntingly beautiful, speaking of the great Mystery of the Birth of Christ. Today is born of a virgin He who holds the whole […]

The feast day of your birth resembles You, LordBecause it brings joy to all humanity.Old people and infants alike enjoy your day.Your day is celebratedfrom generation to generation.Kings and emperors may pass away,And the festivals to commemorate them soon lapse.But your festivalwill be remembered until the end of time.Your day is a means and a

The Angels sing! The Archangels blend their voice in harmony! The Cherubim hymn their joyful praise! The Seraphim exalt His glory! All join to praise this holy feast, beholding the Godhead here on earth, and man in heaven. He Who is above, now for our redemption dwells here below; and He that was lowly is

Today the Virgin is on her way to the cave where she will give birth to the eternal Word of God in an ineffable manner.  Rejoice, therefore, O’universe, when you hear this news, and glorify, with the angels and the shepherds, Him who shall appear as a young child, being God from all eternity.1 Today,

As we make our journey through the Advent season, a time of spiritual preparation for the birth of the Savior, we learn to set our gaze in two directions.  First, we look inwardly and examine our own souls.  In this first gaze we learn of our need of Christ, and we begin to make efforts

Today the Virgin is on her way to the cave where she will give birth to the eternal Word of God in an ineffable manner. Rejoice, therefore, O universe when you hear this news, and glorify with the angels and the shepherds, Him who shall appear as a young child, being God from all eternity.

If you missed Cardinal Dolan’s presidential address during the November USCCB meeting, please click here and read it. While he’s addressing his fellow bishops, his words regarding repentance apply to us all, and Cardinal Dolan had some profound reflections on the New Evangelization: Regarding the bishops’ ad limina visit to the Pope last year:“But Pope

The Didache appears to be a threshold document that straddled the phase in which the Church transitioned from being predominantly Jewish in custom and culture to Gentile and universal. Parallels between the structure and content of the prayers of the Didache and those of the birkot ha-mazon, the Jewish table prayers, are striking. In fact,

Relevant to Deacon Sabatino’s series on “Swords and Serpents: A Bible Study of Salvation History”: From St. Ephrem’s Homily on our Lord: But Israel crucified our Lord, on the plea that verily He was seducing us from the One God. But they themselves used constantly to wander away from the One God through their many

Professor M.M. Ninan wrote a book on Melchizedek, and Deacon Sabatino recommends reading chapter three for the salvation history series.  The chapter follows, and can be found in its entirety here. Who is Melchizedek? Heb 5:8-10  Although Jesus was a Son, he learned obedience through what he suffered;  and being made perfect he became the