Soul

Amid the corruption and exhaustion of Renaissance Rome, St Philip Neri answered spiritual crisis not with severity but with humour, friendship and irrepressible joy

Andrew Cusack

A reader is troubled after a friend is refused Communion at Mass, prompting a reflection on unity, belief and the Eucharist

The Herald Chaplain

Revisiting Winnie-the-Pooh as an adult reveals a work full of wit, warmth and spiritual insight, and a timely antidote to modern anxiety

Clement Harrold

Pentecost was once among the Church’s greatest feasts, crowned with an octave and Vigil that kept alive the memory of the Holy Ghost

David Hahn

The feast of Pentecost calls Christians to renew their devotion to the Holy Spirit and to draw upon His gifts in daily life

Dom Alcuin Reid

Pentecost is not an appendix to Easter but the culmination of Christ’s saving work, drawing believers into his divine life through the Holy Spirit

R. Jared Staudt

And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. And suddenly there came a sound from Heaven." Do you perceive the type? What is this Pentecost?

St John Chrysostom

As the Church celebrates Pentecost, Christians are called not only to remember their Baptism, but also to live their faith openly and without fear

Brother René Stockman

Homer’s tale of the Lotus Eaters speaks powerfully to a culture increasingly tempted to exchange reality, love and home for comforting illusion

Fr Gavan Jennings

A return to Fr Jacques Philippe’s spiritual classic reveals the hard truth that peace begins with dependence on Christ

Daniel Turner