Venite ad me: “Come to Me” and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Our Lady of Mount Carmel welcomes Christ’s invitation: Come to Me. Explore the connection between the Marian Fiat and the rest promised to…
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Abscondisti haec a sapientibus: The Mystery Revealed to the Little Ones and Mary Sedes Sapientiae
God hides from the wise and reveals to the little ones. Explore the connection between Mt 11:25 and Mary, Seat of Wisdom, in this in-depth…
Angel in Hebrew: what does mal’ak mean?
In Hebrew, an angel is mal’akh, meaning "messenger": the term, the Greek angelos, the angel of the Lord, and the theophoric names Michael…
Seraph: who Isaiah’s burning angel is and what the Bible says about the seraphim
The seraphim appear only once in the Bible, in the vision of Isaiah 6. This article explains the meaning of saraph (burning), the six wings…
Vae tibi Corozain: the lament over the cities and Maria causa nostrae laetitiae
A Mariological reflection on Christ’s lament over Chorazin and the title Maria Causa Nostrae Laetitiae. Delve deeper into this contemplation…
Go to Joseph: the patriarch of Egypt as a figure of Saint Joseph
“Go to Joseph” (ite ad Ioseph, Gen 41:55) is the phrase of Pharaoh that Catholic tradition applies to Saint Joseph: the patriarch of Egypt…
Litany of Saint Joseph: History and the New Invocations
The litany of Saint Joseph was approved by the Apostolic See in 1909 and received, in 2021, seven new invocations approved by Pope Francis…
Dedication to Saint Joseph: What the Church teaches and how to do it
The consecration to Saint Joseph is the confident surrender to the spiritual fatherhood of Mary's husband, analogous to the Marian "totus…
The Transitus of Saint Joseph: Why He Is the Patron of a Happy Death
Scripture is silent about the death of Saint Joseph, but tradition preserves the memory of his transitus in the arms of Jesus and Mary. Learn…
Is Saint Joseph the Father of Jesus? The True Fatherhood of Joseph
Saint Joseph did not beget Jesus, but he is His true father: putative, legal, adoptive, and virginal are the names of a single real fatherhood…
The Espousals of Mary and Joseph: A True Marriage
The espousals of Mary and Joseph were not an engagement in the modern sense, but a true marriage according to Jewish custom: a full…
Saint Joseph, Patron of the Universal Church: Quamquam pluries and the patronage
Pius IX declared Saint Joseph Patron of the Catholic Church on December 8, 1870, by the decree Quemadmodum Deus, and Leo XIII gave the…
Patris corde: Pope Francis’s Letter on Saint Joseph
Patris corde is the apostolic letter with which Pope Francis celebrated the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of…
Redemptoris custos: the Guardian of the Redeemer, by John Paul II
Redemptoris custos is John Paul II’s apostolic exhortation on Saint Joseph (1989), the most complete document of the Church ever dedicated to…
Sleeping Saint Joseph: The Origin and Meaning of the Devotion
The devotion to Sleeping Saint Joseph arises from the dreams narrated by Matthew and was spread by Pope Francis, who keeps the image on his…