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(This Ad Rem is not authored by me, Brother André Marie, but by Sister Maria Philomena, who has been assigned the gargantuan duty of coordinating the interior design of IHM Chapel. Besides planning with the design and construction professionals, she … Continue reading
Epiphany, January 6, is the “Christmas of the Gentiles,” a feast which popularly outranks Christmas in certain Catholic nations and predated it on the Church’s calendar. (Liturgically, in fact, it outranked Christmas until its octave was sadly dropped in 1955). … Continue reading
Venite Adoremus! The subject of this letter is veils. No, I do not mean the kind of veils that ladies wear in church, although there is a comparison to be made in that regard. (That ladies are to wear veils … Continue reading
Advent may not seem the time for considering fear. But if we are thinking with the mind of the Church as expressed in her liturgy, we look forward to two “advents” of Jesus: His coming in mercy, which is mystically … Continue reading
In my high school religion class, we have recently been covering the Sermon on the Mount. To prepare myself for the classes I was going to give, I reread the Sermon and reviewed some notes on it from years ago. … Continue reading
[Part I] The arts and sciences that lie behind all combat — be it Asian martial arts, boxing, team sports, or the life-and-death combat of warcraft — are habits. These are things acquired by study and/or repetition. Now, science requires … Continue reading
At 5:00 P.M., October 22, Rev. Michael Alexander Jarecki went to his reward, aged 95. Father Jarecki was a priest of the Ogdensburg, N.Y., Diocese, an ardent Apostle of Our Lady of Fatima, a longtime chaplain to Saint Benedict Center, … Continue reading
Some Catholics are of the erroneous opinion that the Christian life does not entail fighting (even spiritually), and that all fighting of whatever sort is harmful. Others become consumed by the idea of combat and make it the whole, or … Continue reading
Since times of old, heroes have been praised in song, verse, and the plastic arts. Monuments in stone, paint, and word praise the deeds of such men as Odysseus, Achilles, and Aeneas. Holy Writ narrates the valor of the Judges, … Continue reading
Being only slightly older than a Biblical generation, this author hardly has a right to muse on how things were “back in my day.” Which is all the more reason for me to express alarm when I observe that certain … Continue reading
Brian Kelly is writing an article on the guardian angels for the next Mancipia. I shall here take up the subject of the fallen angels so that readers might eagerly await what Brian has to say about those blessed spirits … Continue reading
Last time, I concluded with the proposition that sexual sins, while not the worst of sins, are particularly anti-paternal, as they are bound up with the generative faculties. The Creator, in His goodness, made humans capable of physical, rational, volitional, … Continue reading
“And he shall go before him [the Lord God] in the spirit and power of Elias: that he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto … Continue reading
A good friend of mine of many years enjoys relating the story of his confessor’s admonition: “meekness is not weakness.” The priest — a famous Jesuit who has gone to his reward — was on to something. Reflecting on his … Continue reading
We find ourselves living in exciting times during this season of Pentecost. Groups of Anglicans are gradually coming into the Church, thanks to the Holy Father’s November, 2009, motu proprio, Anglicanorum coetibus. A rapprochement is being negotiated between Rome and … Continue reading
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