A religious novice brings the child Jesus in during a visit of the Heralds of the Gospel to the Asilo Irmãos, home for the elderly in Maputo, Mozambique – Photo credit: Gustavo Kralj/GaudiumPress ...
From December 17-23, I’d like to share with you these antiphons, that you will pray with them and they will help you continue to prepare for the Advent of our Lord. May they become part of your Advent tradition as they are becoming part of mine. For December 23, the antiphon is based on Isaiah ...
Join us for a special Christmas edition of the SLHOUR with all our contributors, Kris, Cheridan and Andrew giving their segments a little Christmas flavour. Also in light of the incident in Newtown, Connecticut, Danny Torchia has PR advice in times of tragedy; Sr. Marie-Paul Curley finds the window to the soul of 5 great ...
The feast of the Epiphany is celebrated in the Christmas season and through Matthew’s Gospel we become aware of the visit of the wise men or Magi who come in search of the Christ child so that they might present their gifts. It is interesting that in the homily of an early saint and bishop ...
Pope Benedict’s third volume of “Jesus of Nazareth” demonstrates that the nativity has profound significance for our faith lives — and not just during the Christmas season. Dr. Josephine Lombardi, professor at St. Augustine Seminary, and Fr. Thomas Rosica, Salt + Light’s CEO, share what they’ve learned from the Pope’s latest book. This new episode ...
An altar girl holds a candle during Gaudete Sunday Mass at Sts. Pedro e Paulo Chapel in Maputo, Mozambique, one of the poorest in the Capital. According to the 2007 census, 56.1% of the population of Mozambique are Christian. Religious communities are dispersed throughout the country. – Photo: Gustavo Kralj/Gaudiumpress ...
Representatives from North, Central and South America are gathered in Vatican City for the International Congress, Ecclesia in America. This week, on a special edition of the SLHOUR, we travel to Rome to take the pulse of the Church in the American continent. Deacon Pedro speaks with Fr. Jim Phalan, CSC, of Family Rosary International, ...
In the Jubilee Year of 2000, John Paul II made a very insightful statement. He said: “Our Christian witness would be hopelessly inadequate if we ourselves had not first contemplated the face of the Lord.” The same might be said of our fully entering into the Christmas season. Christmas is a time in which we ...
