In this Thanksgiving Day reflection, we explore the deeper meaning of spiritual gratitude through the lens of It’s a Wonderful Life and the Gospel story of the healed leper. Just as George Bailey discovers that true riches aren’t material, we’re invited to recognize the unseen grace God pours into our lives through providence, the sacraments, and our relationship with Christ and the saints. Genuine gratitude is more than a feeling. It's a deliberate turning of the heart back to God. Consider how to respond to God’s blessings with the most profound offering we can make: the gift of our very selves.

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In the cells of the 15th-century Convent of San Marco, Bl. Fra Angelico, O.P., painted saints whose emotions come alive. Rejecting the lavish colors of prestige, he chose simplicity to mirror the humility of Christ and revealed heaven not as static or distant, but full of friendship, joy, and peace.

His art invites us to glimpse our inheritance: a life perfectly ordered in God. On the Solemnity of All Saints, we are challenged to live as they did - ordering our passions, shaping our hearts, and allowing grace to form in us the “stamp of heaven.”

Fr. Peter Martyr, O.P., invites you to see heaven as vivid, relational, and already calling us to live beautifully, even now.

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Preaching for the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., reflects on the Rosary as a living image of the Christian life, rooted in prayer, marked by suffering, and blossoming in grace.

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Our Catholic Tradition lists the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God. 

Join us as Br. Pius Henry, O.P., leads us in our final installment of our summer Parish Lecture Series.

Tuesdays in July | 6:45 PM

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In Fr. Cyril's homily, we reflect on the transforming power of love through the life of St. Mary Magdalene. Though once afflicted by sin and despair, Mary is restored by the love of Christ, a love that seeks not to use or condemn, but to heal and redeem.

Cover Art: The Repentant Magdalen, Georges de La Tour, c. 1635/1640, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 

Our Catholic Tradition lists the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God. 

Join us in July as Br. Pius Henry, O.P., leads us in our summer Parish Lecture Series in the Lower Church to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

Tuesdays in July | 6:45 PM

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Our Catholic Tradition lists the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God. 

Join us in July as Br. Pius Henry, O.P., leads us in our summer Parish Lecture Series in the Lower Church to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

Tuesdays in July | 6:45 PM

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Our Catholic Tradition lists the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit as wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety, and fear of God. 

Join us in July as Br. Pius Henry, O.P., leads us in our summer Parish Lecture Series in the Lower Church to talk about the gifts of the Holy Spirit. 

Tuesdays in July | 6:45 PM

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This homily was recorded as the conclave was set to begin on Wednesday, May 7. We reflected on Christ’s words: “I came down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of the one who sent me.” At that moment, we prayed not for power or politics, but for the Holy Spirit to guide the Cardinals and the future Pope, according to the Father’s will.

Cover Art: Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini, 1754, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC 

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During the Great Schism, Saints Vincent Ferrer and Catherine of Siena supported different popes but, ultimately, worked for unity and holiness within the Church. As a new conclave approaches, their example calls us to pray for a Holy Father who will lead with peace, clarity, and truth.

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