Pope’s General Audience – August 7, 2024

Wednesday, August 7, 2024

Pope Francis

On Wednesday, August 7, 2024, Pope Francis resumed his weekly cycle of catechesis during his General Audience. Continuing his series on "The Spirit and the Bride," he said that our belief that the Virgin Mary “'was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit' (Matthew 1:18) is the foundation that enables us to speak of Mary as the quintessential Bride, who is a figure of the Church."

Mary’s example of humility and service

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Matthew Neugebauer

Mary's fiat is at once an act of humility and an act of courage and agency. She hears God's summons, through the Angel Gabriel, to bear the Saviour of the world.

Mary, Help of Christian Unity? | One Body

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Julien Hammond

About twenty years ago, I read some astonishing words from Pope John Paul II about the promise of the Rosary for advancing Christian unity:

The First Lady and Her Successors

Saturday, May 29, 2021

Salt + Light Media

What does it mean to follow in the footsteps of Mary? Author and theologian Josephine Lombardi tells us about her new documentary: The First Lady and Her Successors.

The role of Marian devotions in the Catholic Church

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Salt + Light Media

Fr. Michael Rogers, SJ, provides us with an understanding of Marian devotions in the Catholic Church through his research as part of his doctoral studies.

Pope Francis: an “orthodox” Catholic

Monday, June 10, 2019

Sebastian Gomes

Sebastian Gomes reflects on the conservatism of Pope Francis and the idea of newness enshrined in Catholic tradition.

Deacon-structing FIAT

Sunday, January 27, 2019

Deacon Pedro

Deacon Pedro looks at Mary's "fiat" - her "yes" to God. And then he looks at all the ways God says "yes" to us so that we may say "yes" to Him.

Thursday Thoughts for Advent: It Really Is a Wonderful Life

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Fr. Matt Gworek

On this final Thursday of Advent, Fr. Matt Gworek reflects on the importance of angels and how we can be attentive to God's voice in this "wonderful life".