The Blog of Fr. Timothy Naples
Ubi Petrus, ibi Ecclesia
“Where there is Peter, there is the Church.” – Saint Ambrose of Milan
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Holy Thursday Homily, 2023
This Mass for Holy Thursday captures historically three themes of our salvation. The first one is the presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist. This is something that could be emphasized in any particular Mass; but, Holy Thursday IS when Jesus first gave the Eucharist to us, as a gift of love, the sacrament of… Read more
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Lady Wisdom, the Word, and Prayers to Mary
Blessed memorial of Saint Athanasius. John 1 says “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Back in the 4th century A.D., the heretic Arius used Biblical references to Sophia/Wisdom to say that the Word/Logos was an angelic creature: not God. The Logos, said Arius, was… Read more
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