Of pious memory is Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia,who bore the weight of earthly rule amid trial and upheaval,and stood as a son of the ancient Church of Ethiopia in days of testing. Raised within a land hallowed by apostolic memory,He labored to preserve the dignity of his […]

Beloved in Christ, Today the Church is clothed in radiant joy, for she lifts up before us Mary Magdalene, the first witness of the Resurrection, the myrrh-bearing disciple, and the one whom the risen Lord Himself called by name. Once bound by darkness, she now stands in the unsetting […]

Beloved brothers and sisters in Christ, Today, the Church lifts before our eyes the radiant image of Saint Veronica,the woman whose hands dared to touch God,whose cloth dared to receive the Face of the Invisible One,whose compassion stood firm where fear had fled. Behold the road to Golgotha:dust and […]

Beloved in Christ, Today the Church shines with a double radiance, for she celebrates the chiefs of the Apostles, the two pillars of the faith, Peter and Paul—men unlike in origin, yet united in confession; diverse in calling, yet one in the Spirit; differing in path, yet crowned with […]

Beloved in Christ, Today, the desert blossoms before its time, and the voice that will shake the Jordan is born into the world. Today, the silence of barrenness is shattered, and the child of promise leaps forth as the dawn before the Sun, for we celebrate not the death, […]