One fortnight ago in this space, I took up the question, “Must I Pray Only to Mary?” I promised then that I would return to develop further “the idea that, because Marian Consecration is fundamentally Christological and Trinitarian in nature, … Continue reading
Category: Theology
The Power of Forgiveness and the Beautiful Conversion of a Jew
Some recent research on the subject of aeviternity led me to Life Everlasting, by the celebrated Dominican, Père Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange. Tangential to his main purpose in distinguishing time, aeviternity, and eternity, the learned friar tells of the conversion of a … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost: Absólve, quǽsumus, Dómine, tuórum delícta populórum: ut a peccatórum néxibus, quæ pro nostra fraglitáte contráximus, tua benignitáte liberémur. Here is my … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost: Largíre, quǽsumus, Dómine, fidélibus tuis indulgéntiam placátus et pacem: ut páriter ab ómnibus mundéntur offénsis, et secúra tibi mente desérviant. Here … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
(Last year, there were a couple of Sundays I missed in the What’s in That Prayer series. One of them was this past Sunday. I was unable to post it over the weekend this year because of our recent annual … Continue reading
Importance of Teaching the Accidental Joys of Heaven
For the month of July, my wife and I are reading Father Faber’s book on the mystery of the Precious Blood. In it, Father Faber writes the following about the salvation made possible by this mystery, “The least accidental joy … Continue reading
What’s in That Prayer? The Collect for the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost: Da nobis, quǽsumus, Dómine: ut et mundi cursus pacífice nobis tuo órdine dirigátur; et Ecclésia tua tranquílla devotióne lætétur. Here is my … Continue reading