Catholic Church

By William Fahey, The Catholic Thing - Tomorrow is the great Feast of the Annunciation and Incarnation, the memorial of that day foretold by Zacharias, when – more than any other time in history – God in His mercy would visit and redeem mankind.  Fulfilling all His promises to the Hebrew people, God would come, like the Eastern sun from on high: “To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.”

By Michael Haynes, LifeSiteNews - The Vatican released the wording of Pope Francis’ consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. While the prayer avoids mentioning either Our Lady of Fatima or communism, it refers to Russia by name, along with humanity, and has been described as “contain[ing] the necessary elements.”... The text was revealed by Father John Stone and then the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis before being shared by Vatican journalist Diane Montagna. It refers to a consecration and entrustment of “the Church and all humanity, especially Russia and Ukraine.”

Msgr. Charles Pope - When I was about 10 years old I took some sailing lessons and then did so again when I was in my early 30s. Sailing involves a kind of romancing of the wind, wherein one observes it and then adapts to it, wooing it, learning its moves, its vicissitudes, its often subtle and changing signs... Oh, for the great times when the wind was with us! Catching the wind, the boat would speed along making a slick sound in the water. Oh, too, for those daring and thrilling times when the spinnaker was put out. The boat would almost strain as the proud winds filled her arcing sail.