Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord

One of the great blessings of our Catholic faith is the richness of the Liturgy, which brings into our lives again and again the holy people, days, and feasts for us to ponder and experience. Each time a feast day comes again, we have an opportunity to see something...

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God

Today, as we begin a new year, we are especially aware of our existence as creatures who live in time. Another year has passed. For many of us, the years seem to go by ever more quickly. We know that we have a limited time on this earth, and moment by moment our time...

Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The readings for today’s glorious feast, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, offer us an opportunity to look back into salvation history to an earlier event in Mary’s life, the Visitation, and to the “great sign” in the sky in the Book of Revelation, and to the...