Insights From The Saints And Mystics What gift can I give to One who has everything? What gift is worthy of the King of kings, the Creator of all that exists? The Blessed Virgin supplies us with an answer in the words she spoke to Venerable Mary of Agreda regarding the Epiphany: Great were the gifts which the kings offered to my most holy Son, but greater still was the affection with which they offered them and the mystery concealed beneath them. I wish you also to offer up s

The Catholic Difference It’s been a good reading year and I highly recommend the following to the readers on your Christmas (not “holiday”) shopping list: God or Nothing, by Cardinal Robert Sarah (Ignatius Press): It was the book being discussed at Synod-2015 and with good reason, for this interview-style autobiography of a life of faith is moving, insightful, and a wonderful testament to the fruits of the European mission to Africa in the early twentieth century. As African