O Cause of all our joys! 1 Queen, merciful and kind, What makes our girls and boys So precious in your mind? Brother Francis composed these verses to a lovely Arabic song he knew from his youth. ↩
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Happy Trinity Sunday!
Today is the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. Please consider some readings on the subject: On the Feast of the Holy Trinity The Blessed Trinity Explained to Thomas Butler (by Father Feeney) Life with the Trinity Saint Joseph: An … Continue reading
The Leonine Prayers and the Conversion of Russia
In reading this morning about the street fighting going on in Kingston, Jamaica, where battles between the police and drug dealers has left twenty-six civilians dead, plus thirty more between the gang members and police (if I am reading the … Continue reading
Boundaries
Over us and under Is a world of wonder: In between we blunder, Blunder in between
Readings for the Pentecost Octave
Below are some links to articles on our site about Pentecost, the Holy Ghost, and His Gifts: The Holy Ghost and the Unity of the Church, a Sermon of St. Augustine for Pentecost The Fire of Pentecost, by Brian Kelly … Continue reading
Pentecost Sunday
Today is the anniversary of the Holy Ghost’s mission on earth. Because that mission is largely neglected, sorely misunderstood, and vitally important for the life of the Church and individuals, we should do our best to understand it so that … Continue reading
Dios, Patria, Fueros, y Rey: The Story Of The Spanish Carlistas
In his article “Spain’s Crusade” of some years ago, Gary Potter briefly mentioned the Carlists “…without whose arms and sacrifices victory could well have eluded the Catholic, national side of the conflict. It would be desirable to speak of them … Continue reading
Sunday after the Ascension
Today we find ourselves liturgically between two great feasts, the Ascension and Pentecost. The Church has her mind on both of these mysteries. This is well illustrated by the two alleluia verses. The first points us back to Our Lord’s … Continue reading
The Economy of Feeding a Family
I don’t have a business degree and I don’t listen to the news, but there is no need of an expert’s commentary for me to be aware something has happened to the value of the dollar. Every trip to the … Continue reading
Fifth Sunday after Easter
“If you ask the Father anything in My name, He will give it to you.” As I have already pointed out, the Gospels we have been reading during these Sundays between Easter and the Ascension are from Our Lord’s discourse … Continue reading
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Brief intro: Brother Thomas Mary wrote this gem of a tribute to the Angelic Doctor in 1948 for an early issue of From the Housetops. The quote from the Preface alone, which Saint Thomas wrote for his work, is worth … Continue reading
I Have Seen the Secrets of God
Stay with me, do not go from me and I will be good. I will die happy. Saint Catherine of Siena By Sigrid Undset Fra Tommaso Caffarini, spiritual son of the mystic saint from Siena, heard about the sorry fate … Continue reading
The Carlists in America
We are soon to publish an article on the Carlists of Spain. The video below provides a “warm up” for that later piece, and from an interesting point of view, as it concerns Carlist assistance to the Confederacy. What interests … Continue reading
For the Children Again
This little rhyme might show you how to say—
Fourth Sunday after Easter
Today’s propers continue to give us practical instruction on living the “resurrected life” of Christ. The Gospel gives us our second notice that the Holy Ghost will soon come, and His mission will be to complete the work of Christ … Continue reading
