The Gloria is the most ancient of the Church’s liturgical hymns. As with the Angelic Salutation, it was intoned first by the voice of an angel, or the choirs thereof. Saint Elizabeth added the second part of the Ave Maria … Continue reading
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Viva Christo Rey!
This is another YouTube tribute to the Carlistas, featuring photos of various Carlist heroes and artwork by the Spanish artist, Augusto Ferrer Dalmau, who painted many equestrian scenes with the red-bereted Carlists. httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhK1ER3B4Hg&NR=1
The Eighth Sunday After Pentecost
We have an apparent contradiction between the Epistle and the Gospel today. St. Paul lays down the rule that if we live according to the flesh we shall die, but if by the spirit, we mortify the deeds of the … Continue reading
Catholic Pilgrimage, a Spiritual Journey
The word “pilgrim,” derived from the Latin peregrinum, conveys the idea of wandering over a distance, but it is not just aimless wandering. It is a journey with a purpose, and that purpose is to honor God. Pilgrimage has a … Continue reading
The Moth
The little muslin moth, Whose food is flame and cloth, Flitting in rapid flight From linen-chest to light,
Why Are Market Speculation, School Lunches, and Women’s Lib Contrary to Catholic Social Teachings?
[The following is from The Framework of a Christian State by Rev. E. Cahill, S.J., Imprimi Potest: Eduardus, Archbishop of Dublin, May 23, 1932. Regarding the first part of this article, the subject is evidently very timely; read Johann Hari: … Continue reading
Christians in Palestine
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QHzuYcuIQY
In Memoriam, Ode to Christopher
My nephew, Christopher Madrigal, was only twenty-four years-old when God took him eleven years ago on July 7. Father Jarecki offered his Mass for Christopher here at Saint Benedict Center on the anniversary of his death. He was one of … Continue reading
The Whistler
Seldom the soaring rocket-light will rise Up from the flaming heart and reach the eyes. Often the song of ecstasy, half-sung,
The Battleground: Syria and Palestine, the Seed Plot of Religion by Hilaire Belloc
[The Battleground: Syria and Palestine, the Seed Plot of Religion by Hilaire Belloc. Ignatius Press.] Hilaire Belloc, one of my favorite authors, was exceedingly prolific. He wrote one hundred fifty three books of poetry, essays, history, religion, politics, and economics, … Continue reading
A Tribute To Anti-Revolutionaries: The White Russians
No, this is not hymn to the glories of the drink. The anti-Bolshevik defenders of Russian tradition, including the monarchy, were known as the White movement. If you recognize the tune, chances are you know it from the 1812 Overture, … Continue reading
Liberalism: An Evil Defined
The following excellent explanation of liberalism is taken from: Parente, Pietro; Piolanti, Antonio; and Garofalo, Salvatore, Dictionary of Dogmatic Theology, translated by Emmanuel Doronzo, O.M.I., S.T.D., Ph.D. (Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Company, 1951) p. 163 and 164. I have provided … Continue reading
Regina Caeli
Our single entrant in the race Of getting hailed as full of grace Outscored the angels, took the prize, And won all honors in the skies.
On Holy Communion
[The following is from Questions Asked by Protestants Briefly Answered by Father M. Philipps, Rector of St. Joseph’s Church, Buffalo, NY.; Cabinet of Catholic Information, 1903; Imprimatur: Archbishop Farley.] What difference is there between the Communion of Catholics and that … Continue reading
Saint Peter, Fisher of Men, June 29
There’s a painting of Saint Peter in the Immaculate Heart of Mary Chapel here at the monastery in Richmond, NH, which, I believe, had to have been drawn from a photograph. Every time I look at it I think to … Continue reading
