Scripture

The liturgy of Palm Sunday places Christ’s entry into Jerusalem beside his Passion so we may enter more deeply into the mystery of salvation

Fr Samuel Burke OP

Brother René Stockman writes that Holy Week reveals how suffering and redemption are inseparable: from the Cross to the Resurrection, Christ enters human suffering to defeat it from within and open the path to eternal life

Brother René Stockman

Reflecting on Genesis, St John Paul II explains how the command concerning the tree of knowledge introduces the dramatic choice between life and death at the heart of human freedom

Pope St John Paul II

St John of Damascus reflects on the power of Our Lady on the feast of the Annunciation

St John of Damascus

In a 2011 Angelus address, Pope Benedict XVI reflects on the raising of Lazarus as a sign that death is not the end, describing Christ as “the resurrection and the life” who overcomes the limits of human reason

Pope Benedict XVI

Reflecting on Genesis, St John Paul II argues that man’s awareness of being a person emerges through self-consciousness, free will and the discovery of the body

Pope St John Paul II

In the third reflection in his series on the Book of Ezekiel, Fr Patrick Pullicino explores how the prophet’s chariot vision uses layers of symbolism to bridge the spiritual and the measurable world

Fr Patrick Pullicino

St Augustine reflects on Christ healing the man born blind in John 9, explaining how the miracle reveals both spiritual blindness and the grace that opens the eyes of faith

St Augustine of Hippo

Reflecting on Genesis 2, St John Paul II examines how man discovers his difference from the rest of creation and begins the search for his own identity

Pope St John Paul II

St John Chrysostom reflects on Christ’s meeting with the Samaritan woman, explaining how the Gospel reveals the true worship of God in spirit and truth and calls believers to humility, faith and conversion

St John Chrysostom