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ASK FATHER Z: Does the SSPX “exercise legitimate ministries” or not?
From a reader at Fr Z’s Blog … QUAERITUR: I appreciate all of your hard work on the topic of the SSPX and just your whole candid approach to speaking clearly about topics that are otherwise ambiguous. I attend the … Continue reading
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St Edmund Campion’s Martyrdom
[Edmund Campion] was arraigned and indicted on 4 November 1581 at Westminster with treason -having conspired ‘to raise a sedition in the realm and dethrone the Queen.’ The trial was held on 20th November 1581. Continuing from PART ONE: [PART … Continue reading
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Feast of Saint Edmund Campion (1st December)
[PART ONE] Penal Times: The Early Life and Arrest of St Edmund Campion From ‘Venite Prandete’ on Facebook Edmund Campion was the son of “very honest and Catholic” parents. He was born on the feast of St Paul, 25 January … Continue reading
“We Have Found the Messiah!” Feast of Saint Andrew, Apostle and Martyr
On November 30, Catholics worldwide celebrate the feast of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr. St. Andrew is said to have spread Christianity in Russia and Asia minor after Pentecost in the first century. He was crucified by the Romans in Greece … Continue reading
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Sunday Readings and Reflections
Sunday, November 29 First Sunday of Advent Roman Ordinary calendar St. Saturninus Book of Isaiah 63,16b-17.19b.64,2b-7. You, LORD, are our father, our redeemer you are named forever. Why do you let us wander, O LORD, from your ways, and harden our hearts so that we … Continue reading
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“The Threefold Coming of Christ”
by Father George Roth (FI) First Sunday of Advent: 29th November 2020 “And this do, understanding the time, for it is now the hour for us to rise from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we came … Continue reading
Our Lady of Kibeho’s Messages Concern the Whole World
Kibeho is a small village located in southwestern Rwanda. Our Lady’s apparitions in Kibeho, Rwanda, began on November 28, 1981, and ended on November 28, 1989. November 28, 1981 was a time of increasing tension between the Tutsi and Hutu groups. The … Continue reading
De Mattei: The Safest Vaccine Against The Coronavirus
Roberto de Mattei RadioRomaLibera November 24, 2020 From Rorate Caeli: Over the last few weeks several of the world’s most important pharmaceutical companies have announced the imminent production of vaccines against Covid 19. Commenting on this news, an esteemed Italian … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving in the Words of St Catherine of Sienna
Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! And we do always have so much to be thankful for! When we think on it, thanksgiving is the language of heaven and all of our favorite saints were proficient at this most joyous … Continue reading
Graces abound when we pray the Memorare
The name Memorare, meaning “remember,” is the first word in the Latin version of the prayer. There are various English translations of the prayer but the following one is the most common:“Remember, O most gracious Virgin Mary, that never was it known … Continue reading
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Learning the Four Last Things with Dante Alighieri
A Sermon by Father Richard Cipolla “For as the lightning comes forth from the east and shines even to the west, so also will the coming of the Son of Man… And he will send forth his angels with a … Continue reading
A Holy Soul Comes to the Rescue of its Benefactor
From ‘Mary’s Blog’ France, 1827, at the height of the same time period Les Misérables was set. A young servant girl was working in a household ’til such time as her employers moved to Paris and took her with them. She had … Continue reading
Are We Living In The End Times?
from Fr. George W. Rutler’s ‘Weekly Column’ These days I am frequently asked if we are living in the “End Times.” As the grace of Holy Orders does not make me a seer, I defer, as is prudent, to the … Continue reading
Sunday Readings and Reflections
Sunday, November 22 Christ the King – Solemnity Roman Ordinary calendar St. Cecilia Book of Ezekiel 34,11-12.15-17. Thus says the Lord GOD: I myself will look after and tend my sheep. As a shepherd tends his flock when he finds himself among his scattered … Continue reading
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