Tag: Saints

Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints moment

The Camp of the Saints helps us see that the root of the immigration crisis is not a material question but a spiritual sickness, as exemplified during last week’s African migrant invasion of Ceuta, Spain. The post Ceuta’s Camp of the Saints…

Saints in the Halls of Heaven

Only a few years ago – more than twenty years into my priesthood – I discovered the Eucharistic Prayers for Reconciliation. They have been in the Roman Missal for decades now, but many of us priests leave unexplored the treasures of the Missal –…

The Saints Triumphant: The Best Awaits

The tradition of All Saints’ Day is believed to date to the eighth or ninth century. While first focused on remembering the martyrs of the early Church, it was expanded to recognize those individuals specially set aside by Rome. In many…