The Gerasenes certainly Know how to pray In polite dignity and Solemn display,
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Our Catholic Duty of Feasting Well
This Christmas season (yes, it’s still Christmas season!) is a perfect time to pause, between bites of chocolate torte and sips of sparkling wine, and consider if we have learned to feast appropriately. This is less of a financial issue … Continue reading
Andalusian
Oh! What glory I have seen in your eyes! Oh! What beauties you have made me realize! I shall see you with the flowers of heaven I shall meet you in the courts of Paradise.
Blessed Gandolph the Gray?
This Franciscan holy man was entirely unknown to me until Brother David, a friar friend of ours, informed me of him. Considering that Blessed Gandolph lived in the time of Saint Francis himself, and that the Poverello’s habit was gray, we may conclude that Blessed Galdolph himself wore gray and is therefore entitled to the title we’ve given him. Continue reading
Where Are the Canonized Victims of Communism?
I was delighted to read on the Rorate Caeli website that Father Jerzy Popieluszko has been declared venerable, and a martyr, by Pope Benedict. I remember reading about the young Polish priest’s gruesome murder by Communist agents in 1984, but … Continue reading
The Mass Does Not Hinder Our Work, But Helps
We may go farther, and say, not only does holy Mass not hinder our work: it does more, it furthers it, as experience has often proved. It is related of St. Isidore, a Spanish saint of comparatively humble birth, that he was engaged by a wealthy nobleman of Madrid to cultivate his lands for a fixed annual salary. He fulfilled his duty with exemplary industry, but without discontinuing Continue reading
The Versifier
I cannot run the open mile It puts me out of breath. I consider skiing parties As the close approach of death.
Santa Lucia
Doing some research two days ago about the celebration of Saint Lucy’s feast day I kept hearing the lively and serene Italian folksong, Santa Lucia, playing over and over again in my memory. It was probably Andrea Bocelli’s voice. Or, … Continue reading
The Heart
Whence come those anguished works of art, Those songs of man’s distress? You find the secret in our heart, That entity of restlessness; The heart that is meant to be on fire Whose death is just to be cold; The … Continue reading
Sister Maria Philomena on Education
Sister entitled her Conference talk, “Towards a Deeper Understanding of the Powers of Life as they Transcend the Material: The Acquisition of Wisdom and The Transmission of Culture.” (To purchase the entire talk on DVD or CD, go to our … Continue reading
Eucharist
This is the dew which falls from heaven To bring God’s life to earth.
What Doth It Profit to Gain the Whole World and Suffer the Loss of One’s Soul?
These were the gospel words with which Saint Ignatius won the heart of the student, Francis Xavier. Yesterday was the feast of Saint Francis Xavier, who is Brother Francis’ patron. After Saint Paul, he is considered to be the greatest … Continue reading
The Church Plaintive
We come to you dear Jesus, For to whom else can we go, To bring our puerile complaints
Martha
(Luke 8:38-42) Of all who heard God’s call And sped away One to his pick and spade,
Professor Drew
Professor Drew was known to hold With certainty both firm and bold That this, our world, is far too old For even God to have had us told The story of humanity.
