O Emmanuel
“O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our
December 23, 2017
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Holy Eucharist
“O Emmanuel, king and lawgiver, desire of the nations, Savior of all people, come and set us free, Lord our
It is the third week of Advent, a time of joyful expectation, and I find myself thinking about faith and
“Hear and let it penetrate into your heart, my dear little son: let nothing discourage you, nothing depress you. Let
We look up at the Divine Child, because Mother Mary holds him for us to see. With the rosary we
Did you hear that? Yes, that. It’s Christmas music (or muzak, depending on your auditory sensibilities) and its being pushed
An early morning Rorate Mass where plainsong from the Book of Isaiah fills the chuch is truly a Eucharistic encounter.
Here is a a beautiful Medieval Advent song to help us set focus. It is called, Maria Walks Amid the Thorn, or Maria durch ein’n Dornwald ging.
Okay, I think we need to get this right this Advent as we look toward the cultural richness and beauty of Christmas.
Too many writers are publishing articles on the need for a restoration of the sacred by headlining or quoting the passage, “beauty will save the world.” Um… restoration of the sacred, the importance of the language of beauty — all yes! But beauty “will not” save the world. Here is why.
Courtesy of the Fisheaters comes this great refresher on the venerable O Antiphons! The seven “O Antiphons” (also called the
St. Nicholas vs Arius at the Council of Nicaea. “God from God, Light from Light, True God from True God,
Thus sayeth the Knight: I salute Thee, my noble King “to Thy Cause may I be true, and ever be
St. Nicholas Tavelic is a sterling example of a Franciscan Knight whose sword was the Gospel. Just when you think
Martin knew long in advance the time of his death and he told his brethren that it was near. Meanwhile,
Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise ye him in the high places. Praise ye him, all his angels,
Excerpts from Cardinal Sarah’s book, ‘God or Nothing’… “While Christians are dying for their faith and their fidelity to Jesus,
This article a great reminder of our world today, the fractured heart of the Church which St. Catherine was sent
In today’s Mass Readings we hear of angels urging Lot to take his family out of Sodom on the eve
Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, I adore Thee profoundly. I offer Thee the most precious Body, Blood,
Apart from the usual seasonal highwater of summer marriages, there is certainly a lot of marching “for love” going
Did you know St. Damien of Molokai was a member of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and
An excerpt from “Inventing the Crusades” by Dr. Thomas F. Madden. “One can never understand the Crusades without understanding their
“The quality of mercy is not strained…” so begins Portia’s lines from The Merchant of Venice (Act IV, Scene 1)
An Excerpt from ‘God’s Birthday’ by Dr. Taylor Marshall Dr. Taylor Marsall writes… Secular magazines and “experts” on the History
Here is a page from history that may help us understand the attempts to re-engineer language today. Keith Michael Baker,
Did you know that the Star of Bethlehem flower, a symbol of purity and love, can be baked into bread.
Prayer, like a soft spring rain can soften the most hardened hearts and obstinate wills. It encircles the globe like
“Hail and blessed be the hour and the moment in which the Son of God was born of the most
Today I stumbled, in a good way, upon this quote from Malcolm Muggeridge’s daughter-in-law, Anne Roche Muggeridge. “If an angel
An interesting article came across the wire today. Vale Leonard Cohen, high priest of erotic romanticism: The iconic Canadian musician
Happy Martinmas! What you may know about St. Martin, holy bishop of Tours… In his late teens St. Martin joined
Heaven does care about our nations. This day of election in the United States let us ask our dear
Cardinal Robert Sarah’s prophetic voice comes to fill our screen today — reprinted here from Magnificat Magazine’s article, “Interpreting the
The Pride of Lucifer and His Acolytes God, in His infinite power, created multitudes of angels, an impressive, incalculable number.
We have been working diligently on our new home. This October 7th, 2016 — Bishop Conley came to bless the
Many little goods can distract us from the one good that God is asking of us. If trouble comes, if
What’s this about redemptive suffering and the loving wounds of Christ? Many of us struggle with the idea of suffering,
April 20, 1923 – March 27, 2016 Mother Mary Angelica of the Annunciation, PCPA passed peacefully from this life at
Discover St. Louis de Montfort’s Method of Saying the Holy Rosary, also known as the second method. THE AGONY OF
The Church’s Holy Jubilee of Mercy is much like lego. Just put the pieces together, holy doors, confession, reparation, indulgences,
A powerful message from Pope Francis on the ancient feast day, well since the 4th century anyway, of Epiphany. Just
“But when the time had fully come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the law, to
“If in our time Christians must be distinguished above all by the ‘art of prayer’, how can we not feel