Topic: Saints

We certainly know Saint Matthew as the author of a Gospel. But we may be surprised by the incredible insights and details about his life that can be gleaned from the Biblical narrative and Church tradition.

On this Sunday we observed the Feast of Saint Mary the Virgin (the Assumption of Mary in the Catholic tradition). Listen as the Bishop-retired reflects on the Virgin Mary’s incredible purity, virtue, and integrity, and how a proper understanding of her is an antidote to this sinful age.

Today the Christian message is ‘persona nongrata’ in all sectors of public life. This is the greatest call of the Church today – in the example of Saint Paul the Apostle – to endure any hardship necessary for the advance of the Gospel.