Christ is the Good Shepherd who guides our souls.

See how the order of the Mass is linked to the encounter the disciples on the road to Emmaus have with the Risen Christ.

Fr. Scott Haynes “For if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought. But if it be of God, you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God” (Acts 5:38–39). There is something solemn and piercing in the words of Gamaliel. He is not yet speaking with the burning faith of the Apostles, yet God uses even his caution to utter a truth of lasting power. Human schemes rise quickly and fall quickly. They make noise for a time, gather admire

St. Anicetus is remembered not because he left behind dramatic writings or because his pontificate was filled with outward spectacle, but because in a moment of strain he helped the Church show her true face.

Consider the scene of Peter and the Apostles brought before the Sanhedrin. They are threatened and ordered to not preach about Jesus risen from the dead.

Meditate on this passage from the First Epistle of St. John appointed for Quasimodo Sunday.

Hear this beautiful motet for Eastertide.

"This joyful Eastertide" performed by The Gesualdo Six, directed by Owain Park.

Saint Justin Martyr stands near the doorway of the early Church like a man holding both a book and a crown. He was a philosopher, a seeker, a defender of Christianity, and at last a martyr. His life has the drama of a soul that would not rest until it found the truth.

Honor your mother by enrolling her in the novena for Mother's Day. May Our Blessed Mother intercede for our mothers, living and deceased.

Join in nine days of prayer in preparation for St. Mark's feast on April 25.

This meditation is based on the writings of Pope Benedict XVI. On this Quasimodo Sunday, let us be friends of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation on the Cloths of the Face of Christ in Scripture, Tradition, and Liturgy There are moments in the Gospel that seem almost too quiet to carry meaning, yet they are preserved with such care that we are compelled to linger over them. When St. John the Evangelist enters the empty tomb, he does not rush to proclaim the Resurrection in triumphant language. Instead, he describes what he sees. The linen wrappings lie there, and the cloth that had covered

The first century Jewish historian Josephus, (b. 37 A.D.), tells us about the crucifixion of the Temple lambs during Jesus' crucifixion.

The Paschal candle typifies Jesus Christ, “the true light which enlighteneth everyone that cometh into this world."

Consider the treacherous action of Judas.

Fr. Scott Haynes   After Jesus has washed their feet, had put on His robes,  and had returned to the table, He said to them,  ‘Do you know what I have done to you?’   John 13.12.   This night ushers in the most holy time of the Christian year, the Sacred Triduum. In this privileged time, we follow Christ on His via dolorosa . On this night, before His arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane, we are with Our Lord in the Upper Room. There, with the twelve apostles, He washes their f

Fr. Scott A. Haynes   Byzantine Icon of the Harrowing of Hell   In the Apostles’ Creed we profess that Christ “descended into Hell.” For those unfamiliar, the Harrowing of Hell is an ancient tradition wherein, in the interim between Good Friday afternoon and Easter morning, Our Lord stormed the Gates of Hell and released those who had been there but were destined for Heaven.   Harrowing of Hell, ‘Winchester Psalter’ or ‘Psalter of Henry of Blois’   Since salvation can only co

Fr. Scott Haynes A beautiful Catholic tradition speaks of a crucifix called the Cross of Forgiveness, before which a sinner came again and again to confess his sins. The story reminds us of a profoundly Catholic truth about repentance and mercy. Christ does not delight in the ruin of the sinner. He desires his return. As the Lord says through the prophet Ezechiel: “Is it my will that a sinner should die, saith the Lord God, and not that he should be converted from his ways,

Fr. Scott Haynes A Meditation for Monday in Holy Week A Meditation on John 12:1-9 J esus therefore, six days before the pasch, came to Bethania, where Lazarus had been dead, whom Jesus raised to life. And they made him a supper there: and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that were at table with him. Mary therefore took a pound of ointment of right spikenard, of great price, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled wi