How clever! Probably got a chuckle or two from the audience. The trouble is the speaker actually meant what he said. Edward Schillebeeckx, O.P., summarized his theological legacy in these words in December 2008 at a symposium held in his … Continue reading
All the stars Must shine on high To make the sky.
“Tell me, is Monsignor Hickey still alive?” “Yes, he’s alive,” the visiting priest answered his host as they sat out on the lawn, one summer day in 1970, overlooking the valley vista beyond them. “But he’s very, very sick.”
O, Dear God why so much sky? The birds don’t need that much to fly, And far less is more than fills the eye.
The Name. We are in Septuagesima season, which began last week, with Septuagesima Sunday — the name comes from the word for seventy. It’s about seventy days before Easter. Today is Sexagesima Sunday: about 60 days until Easter. The Gospel. … Continue reading
You have read and read and read some more, History, fiction, science, lore,
First published in 1984, and more recently updated, Brother Leonard Mary’s analytical commentary and reference book, The Church of Salvation, is back in print. As a loyal and original disciple of Father Feeney, and, actually, of all the members of … Continue reading
O valiant maiden of Orleans, Leader in armies, model for heroines, Inspirer of kings and queens; O heaven instructed shepherdess Detect the beastly faithlessness In sheep’s fleece and shepherd’s dress. O gallant bearer in the field Of Mary’s banner and … Continue reading
My life is just one instant, one passing hour. My life is just a moment, that skips and runs away.
I promised last September that I would post answers to questions I received from a high school student about the angels. It’s been over four months now since I have done that. My apologies to anyone who was waiting for … Continue reading
Let not the poets fool us, They do not fly; they climb. For even were they birds of flight, Their wings are struck in lime.
There are a good number of canonized saints who died before reaching thirty years of age: Saints Dominic Savio, Stanislas Kostka, Therese of Lisieux, Maria Goretti, Gemma Galgani, and Anne Line, one of the forty English martyrs, come to mind. … Continue reading
Virtue is the science Of how not to annoy. Religion is the art Of how to suffer with Joy. From Divine Alchemy
(whose name means ‘increase’) Blessed are you, O man of benediction May the treasures you guard be ever multiplied. God the Father to you, his Son entrusted, God the Son, his Mother, the Holy Ghost, his Bride. Joseph, the keeper … Continue reading
Every Catholic of a certain age remembers the week in January when the Church Unity Octave or the Chair of Unity Octave was celebrated liturgically. The Octave began on January 18, Feast of St. Peter’s Chair in Rome, and ended … Continue reading
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