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Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, ‘The Return of the Holy Family From Egypt,’ c. 1670

The Trinity and Divine Communion: The Deepest Thing That Can Be Said About the Human Person

COMMENTARY: The ‘ultimate and definitive dimension’ of our human life, however, is precisely what is obscured by gender ideology and by the redefinition of marriage.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries May 30, 2021

Pope Francis hears confessions for clergy from the Diocese of Rome at the Basilica of St. John Lateran on Feb. 15, 2018. The Pope reminds the faithful that ‘God’s greatest joy is forgiving.’

Divine Mercy: The Great Grace That Humble Sinners Alone Receive

COMMENTARY: The fitting remedy to a hardening of the heart is ardent devotion to Divine Mercy.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries April 11, 2021

LUCA GIORDANO, ‘THE HOLY FAMILY WITH ST. JOSEPH AT THE CARPENTER’S BENCH,’ C. 1696

A True Father of Faith

THE JUBILEE OF ST. JOSEPH: Seven Spiritual Lessons for Mature Manliness

Father Roger Landry Commentaries March 17, 2021

5 Ways Catholics Can Grow Spiritually From the Christological Collects During Lent 2021

COMMENTARY: Bring Christ’s divinity to the fore this Lent.

Father Roger Landry Commentaries February 15, 2021

‘The Holy Family seeks to welcome us, much like Mary and Joseph welcomed the Magi and the shepherds.’

The Everlasting Light of Christmas

COMMENTARY: Our Savior’s Nativity sharpens the focus of Bethlehem’s ‘visio divina.’

Father Roger J. Landry Commentaries December 24, 2020

St. Joseph is a blessed guide to Christian life.

Christmastime Lessons in the School of St. Joseph

COMMENTARY: 7 lessons about how Joseph lived the first Christmas can help us live well this one.

Father Roger J. Landry Commentaries December 23, 2020

A man kneels in prayer in front of the closed doors of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem April 9, during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.

Protesting on Both Knees

COMMENTARY: Catholics should be on the front lines of the fight for justice, beginning in the front pews, protesting devoutly before God.

Father Roger J. Landry Commentaries June 10, 2020

Pope John Paul II embraces Orthodox Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I during an ecumenical celebration at St. Peter’s Basilica on Nov. 27, 2004, in Vatican City. The Pope also returned relics of two early Christian saints, aiming to establish unity among the two Christian churches.

The Catholic Church’s Irreversible Commitment to Unity

COMMENTARY: Ut Unum Sint, issued 25 years ago, was the most courageous papal ecumenical proposal since the schism with the Orthodox in 1054 and the Protestant Reformation in 1517.

Father Roger J. Landry Commentaries May 25, 2020