Benedict XVI – The Resignation
Like everyone else in the world, whether Catholic or not, I have spent this week digesting the news that the Pope, our beloved (to us Catholics, anyway) Papa, Benedict XVI,…
Vatican Radio – Pope on Ash Wednesday: It is never too late to return to God
Vatican Radio - Pope on Ash Wednesday: It is never too late to return to God. (Vatican Radio) Pope Benedict XVI has given the last public homily of his…
3 Thoughts on God in Tolkien’s Middle-Earth
"Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament… There you will find romance,…
Saint Edmund Campion Missal Hymnal
A while ago Jeff sent me this link about a new Missal Hymnal coming out in January. It is Part 6 in a 6 part series about the Saint Edmund…
Veils!
At last, at last, my order of veils arrived today from the marvelous Veils and Mantillas! I should not make it sound like they were tardy in sending the order…
Pange Lingua (Corpus Christi)
[hr color="dark-gray" width="100%" border_width="2px" ] Thanks to catholicpeter for posting this on Youtube! And thank you, St. Thomas, for giving this hymn to the Church. This extraordinary Eucharistic hymn, by…
St. Thomas Aquinas
Today we celebrate the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, and I want to share this brief biography I first saw posted by Elizabeth Scalia on Facebook. (Do read her…
Right To Life Rally, 01-13
When I woke up at 4:15 this morning, my initial reaction was .... shall we say .... negative. However, by the time I had been up for two hours "alone"…
Memorial of St. Agnes, Virgin and Martyr
St. Agnes (c. 304) like St. Cecilia, is to be numbered among the most famous martyrs of Rome. When the Diocletian persecution was at its height, and when priests as…
Maximus of Turin on the Lord’s Baptism
Someone might ask, “Why would a holy man desire baptism?” Listen to the answer: Christ is baptized, not to be made holy by the water, but to make the water…