Monthly Archives: May 2016

  What an easily-overlooked but beautiful Feast the Visitation is! Begun by St. Bonaventure among the Franciscans in A.D. 1263, it became a universal Feast in 1389, during the papacy of Urban VI. This Feast commemorates what is the second … Continue reading →

By David Torkington When I first decided to spend my life searching for God I visited the great Carthusian monastery, St Hugh’s Charterhouse, Parkminster in Sussex with the intention of living the enclosed eremitical life. I was deeply impressed and … Continue reading →

Posted on 30 May 2016 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Fr Z’s Blog: A theologian friend feeds me stuff which I occasionally share here with some editing and editorializing. Perpend: Cardinal Raymond Burke gave a talk in Rome on May 7. I couldn’t attend, … Continue reading →

The world owes a huge debt to the sons and daughters of Ireland who ventured forth into the unknown to spread the Gospel therewith. These brave souls were all filled with the same spirit that filled their spiritual mentor St Paddy. … Continue reading →

I am of an age and physical condition that I have to constantly think about my lacking of  a future, at least in this world. I am currently drafting my last will and testament, and putting my finances in order. … Continue reading →

By Sue Nicholson  BBC News: More than 800 years after he was murdered at Canterbury Cathedral, a small piece of elbow bone thought to belong to St Thomas Becket has been the centrepiece of a week-long pilgrimage in London and … Continue reading →

from: The Catholic Gentleman –  http://www.catholicgentleman.net by  Sam Guzman Of all the gifts that God has given his Church, the greatest is without question the Blessed Sacrament, for it is nothing less than the body, blood, soul and Divinity of … Continue reading →

 Sam Guzman   As a blogger, one of the biggest temptations is to become fixated on likes, shares, and views, and to write everything so that it gets the most of them possible. Social media and the internet provide the … Continue reading →

  From Rorate Caeli: By Roberto de Mattei May 25, 2016 The centenary year of Fatima was opened on Pentecost Sunday to news that caused quite a sensation. The German theologian Ingo Dollinger revealed to the “OnePeterFive” site that after … Continue reading →

Msgr. Charles Pope  In many places, this Sunday features the (moved) Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Our Lord. On a solemn feast like this many things occur that might be preached and taught. Here are three … Continue reading →

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Queen of the most holy Rosary, Help of Christians, refuge of the human race, victorious in all the battles of God, we prostrate ourselves in supplication before thy throne, in the sure hope of obtaining mercy and of receiving grace … Continue reading →

From: http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2016/05 One is Simon, the other is Peter? – Gänswein: Papacy was changed in 2013 into an “expanded” Petrine Office with two members. – Does this confirm the Socci-Messori thesis of a papal diarchy? Double-Headed Church? Edward Pentin’s latest … Continue reading →