Catholic Church

By Msgr. Charles Pope - There are so many wonderful details in the Epiphany story: the call of the Gentiles, their enthusiastic response, the significance of the star they seek, the gifts they bring, the dramatic interaction with Herod, and their ultimate rejection of Herod in favor of Christ... In this meditation, I would like to follow these Magi in their journey of faith to become “Wise Men.”

+Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him without end, May he rest in peace+ "It is His love that defeats death and gives us eternity, and it is this love that we call 'heaven' ..." Pope Benedict XVI.

By Dr. Jeff Mirus, Catholic Culture - One understands why verse 6 is not used in the Breviary; the clergy need not dwell, while in this world, on filling the earth with corpses. This refers at once to God’s intervention on behalf of His Chosen People and, presumably, to the Last Judgment, and it is mercy that ought to be the main focus of the Church. But what could it possibly mean that the Lord “will drink from the brook by the way; therefore he will life up his head”?

By Raoul Plus, S.J., Catholic Exchange - How is it that this spring of Hope perpetually flows, and flows ever young, ever pure, ever fresh? Where does this child draw so much fresh water? Does she create it as she wants it? No: her secret is not a difficult one to understand. If she wanted clear water to make her clear springs, she would never find enough in the whole of creation. But it is of murky water that she makes her springs of pure water, and therefore she will never want for it.