National Catholic Register, Anna Abbot: “Going medieval” is a term synonymous with ignorance, barbarism and being uncouth. The Middle Ages are often portrayed as a bleak time, living in the shadows of Roman civilization. The Middle Ages also tend to be caricatured, from the gory violence of HBO’s “Game of Thrones” to the goofy exoticism of Renaissance Fairs. But the Middle Ages lasted about a millennium from the Dark Ages after the Roman Empire’s collapse through the early, mid and high Medieval periods. A civilization that has such longevity is remarkable, considering the upheavals of modernity. Can we get beyond the stereotypes and learn something from the Middle Ages? Review is here.
New Catholic Book Out on the True History of the Middle Ages
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“This feast is more lovingly called “the Dormition” (the Sleep) of Our Lady... Then, with her body incorrupt, Mary was restored to life and was assumed, body and soul, into Heaven.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Sensing that he would not live long, he would say, “If I do not become a saint when I am young, I shall never be one.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“Saint Hippolytus had been an antipope during the pontificate of Pope Saint Callistus. He was banished to Sardinia where he submitted to the legitimate Pope and urged his followers to submit also. He atoned for his sins by his martyrdom.”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“One day, when the Saracens were besieging Assisi and trying to enter the Convent of Saint Damian where she and her nuns lived, she lifted up a monstrance in which the Blessed Sacrament had been placed and called upon Jesus to put the Saracens to flight…”
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Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.“She lived at Augsburg and was the mother of the martyr, Saint Afra. Saint Hilaria was martyred at the tomb of her daughter.”
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