During these liturgical days after Easter, we have been walking slowly and meditatively through John's account of the graduation talk Jesus gave to His disciples the night of His arrest.  The Gospel for today's Eucharistic ...

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION|Of the BLESSED VIRGIN MARY|(Patronal Feast Day|of the United States of America)|A little history of this dogma and liturgical Feast Day in the Christian tradition might be in order. Pope Pious IX, ...