Monthly Archives: March 2023

Friday after Passion Sunday, The Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin

Our Lady of Sorrows The prophecy of Simeon is fulfilled: a sword of grief pierces the most gentle soul of the glorious Virgin Mary, who by her unequalled love becomes the Queen of Martyrs. Every life climbs its Calvary. Every … Continue reading

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Purgatory: The Attractive Impulse of His Burning Love

Souls Arrive in Purgatory, Singing Psalms; Canto II of The Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri; Illustration by Gustave Doré Part I: Hell is Real, and You Could Go There Part II: Throwing Yourself Away, or Yielding Yourself to God Purgatory and … Continue reading

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Pope Francis in hospital ‘with heart problems’

The Pope was taken in an ambulance, according to Italian media By Nick Squires at The Daily Telegraph, IN ROME 29 March 2023 at 6:50pm Pope Francis has been admitted to a hospital in Rome, with Italian media reporting that he … Continue reading

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An Eucharistic Miracle in Connecticut?

On March 5, 2023, there was a Eucharistic miracle – multiplying of the Host – during the distribution of communion… it was reported immediately by an extraordinary minister who was a last-minute substitution for the Pastor (whose thumb was bandaged … Continue reading

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Why Do Heretics Remain in the Church?

By Jennifer Bryson at Crisis Magazine: Fifty years ago, then – Fr. Joseph Ratzinger and Ida Friederike Görres were watching their era’s equivalent of a livestream of the implosion of the Church in Europe. And they were asking the same questions about … Continue reading

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Sunday Mass Readings

Sunday, March 26 Fifth Sunday of Lent Roman Ordinary calendar St. Ludger Book of Ezekiel 37,12-14. Thus says the Lord GOD: O my people, I will open your graves and have you rise from them, and bring you back to the land of … Continue reading

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The Annunciation

In the midst of our Lenten journey, we joyfully celebrate today the great Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. At the hour of fulfillment, the archangel Gabriel appeared to Mary, a virgin betrothed to St. Joseph.  Knowing … Continue reading

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The Dignity of the Priesthood Destroys the Idol of ‘Equality’

‘Jesus died,’ says St. Alphonsus Liguori, ‘to institute the priesthood.’ Edward Pentin at the National Catholic Register: The dignity of the priesthood, esteemed throughout Church history as the most superior dignity of all, is under attack today by a pervading … Continue reading

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God of Mercy and Compassion

CP&S comment. Here we have one of the most beautiful and evocative Lenten hymns; the repentant soul beseeching the Lord for His Mercy and Compassion, begging forgiveness for his sins which he now detests. The sinner’s heart is broken; he … Continue reading

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Salutation to the Glory of Mary

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The merit of crosses

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Love Letters to the Latin Mass 3: First We Must Be Cleansed

By Cynthia Millen at CATHOLIC STAND Continued from HERE and HERE Asperges me, Dómine, hyssópo, et mundábor; lavábis me et super nivem dealbábor. (Thou shalt sprinkle me, O Lord, with hyssop, and I shall be cleansed; Thou shalt wash me, … Continue reading

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The Anti-Language of Modernist Art

By Anthony Esolen at Crisis Magazine: The winners of the recent Pontifical Academies Sacred Architecture Award speak in a thing I shall call The Language of No. By now, our readers have probably seen pictures of the winners of the gold … Continue reading

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Two Poems to Welcome in the Spring

“For see, the winter is past, the rains are over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth, the time of pruning the vines has come, and the song of the turtledove is heard in our land.” (Song of Songs … Continue reading

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A Globalist Coup

From The Remnant Underground THE VATICAN-UKRAINE ALLIANCE: From Francis to George Soros In this episode of The Remnant Underground, Michael J. Matt starts off with a look at the latest indicator of full-blown apostacy in Catholic Ireland – a muezzin … Continue reading

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