Monthly Archives: September 2013

I like this song. (If you cannot follow the lyrics, you can find them on the internet.) We live in a world where demanding our rights trumps the simpler and more effective asking of favours. If only we could see … Continue reading →

St. Michael and the Devil by Raffaello Sanzio, 1518   The Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel (Michaelmas) Bless the Lord, all ye His Angels: you that are mighty in strength, and execute His word, hearkening to the voice of … Continue reading →

from:http://vaticaninsider.lastampa.it Destruction in Homs The testimony of Jesuit priest Van der Lugt who has spent fifteen isolating months standing by the poor in the Bustan al-Diwan neighbourhood of the Syrian city of Homs Giorgio Bernardelli Rome “For the past fifteen … Continue reading →

from: http://thesensiblebond.blogspot.co.uk Like speed, language is also war. It’s the stuff of propaganda. It’s the stuff of rousing pre-battle speeches and of post-battle excuses. It’s the handiwork of spies and the tool of diplomats. Yes, language is war in every … Continue reading →

St. Vincent was born of poor parents in the village of Pouy in Gascony, France, about 1580. He enjoyed his first schooling under the Franciscan Fathers at Acqs. Such had been his progress in four years that a gentleman chose … Continue reading →

from: http://www.catholicherald.co.uk The unfairly maligned founder of the London Oratory died 150 years ago By Fr Julian Large Fr Wilfrid Faber once said: ‘I walk down the street in my habit and I feel I dispel invincible ignorance wherever I go’ Preaching … Continue reading →

Sts. Cosmas & Damian were twins and early Christian martyrs born in Arabia who practised the art of healing in the seaport of Aegea (modern Ayas) in the Gulf of Issus, then in the Roman province of Syria. They accepted … Continue reading →

Video transcript: The Pope’s Interview Many words have been spoken and much ink has been spilled these past few days about the Pope’s recent interview that the media ran wild with. But something to keep in mind is this – … Continue reading →

from:http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org by Peter Kwasniewski The fundamental problem in modern Catholic theology, as in modern Catholic worship and life, is rupture and discontinuity with Tradition—that is, the modernism of breaking with the living identity of the past by introducing novelties of … Continue reading →