Robert P. Imbelli is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. His collected essays and reflections, some of which first appeared at The Catholic Thing, have recently been published as Christ Brings All Newness (Word on Fire Academic).

‘But the Beholder Wanting’

Thursday, March 28, 2024


Jesus Christ’s Passion for Communion

Thursday, April 6, 2023


Songs of Angels, Animals, and Men

Sunday, December 18, 2022


Christ the Giver of the Spirit

Sunday, June 5, 2022


Annunciations Are Frequent, Incarnations Rare

Friday, March 25, 2022


Advent Intimations and Fulfillment

Sunday, December 12, 2021


Costly Transfiguration

Sunday, August 1, 2021


The Glory of Sts. Peter and Paul

Tuesday, June 29, 2021


Epigraphs

Sunday, March 21, 2021


Savoring B&B During Advent

Sunday, December 13, 2020


Holy Indignation and the Grace of Lamentation

Thursday, November 5, 2020


Loving and Knowing Jesus

Sunday, October 4, 2020


A Patristic Medley

Sunday, May 17, 2020


“You Will See the Glory of God”

Sunday, March 29, 2020


The Mischief of The Two Popes

Sunday, January 19, 2020


Grace for All Seasons

Sunday, January 5, 2020


Newman and Dulles: Two Witnesses to Christ

Saturday, September 28, 2019


David Brooks’ “Itinerarium Mentis in Deum”

Thursday, July 11, 2019


Tintoretto’s Enlightenment

Sunday, June 2, 2019


The Glory of the Transfigured Crucified

Sunday, March 17, 2019


God’s Tower

Sunday, February 17, 2019


“For Me to Live Is Christ!”

Sunday, December 9, 2018


A Pilgrimage to Orvieto

Friday, November 2, 2018


Benedict XVI: Prophet

Saturday, August 11, 2018


Second Peter: From Periphery to Center

Sunday, June 10, 2018


Ongoing Ascension

Thursday, May 10, 2018


Eucharist and New Creation

Thursday, March 29, 2018


For Lent: “Thou Mastering Me God!”

Wednesday, February 14, 2018


At the Name of Jesus

Sunday, January 21, 2018


The King Whom God Gives

Sunday, November 26, 2017


The Joy (and Cost) of the Gospel

Wednesday, November 1, 2017


A Portrait of the Portrait Painter

Thursday, September 21, 2017


The Transfiguration of Humanity (Homage to Paul VI)

Sunday, August 6, 2017


Faith, Belief, and the Trinity

Sunday, June 11, 2017


“The Obedience of Faith”

Sunday, December 18, 2016


Mercy and “Metanoia”

Sunday, September 11, 2016


A Pure Distillation of 1970s Catholicism

Sunday, August 28, 2016


Loving Jesus

Thursday, May 12, 2016


Holy Saturday’s Silent Embrace

Saturday, March 26, 2016


Christ Brings All Newness

Sunday, December 13, 2015