Author Archives: Gertrude

June 1st marks the feast day of St. Justin Martyr, an early Father of the Church. He was one of the first apologists for the Christian faith and has been regarded as the leading interpreter of the theory of the … 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 →

by Joseph Shaw. Chairman, Latin Mass Society. It is tempting to see the decree allowing women’s feet to be washed on Maundy Thursday as an indication of an acceleration of liturgical decay underway with Pope Francis, following his breaking of … Continue reading →

From: The Catholic Herald Pope Francis washes the foot of a prison inmate during Holy Thursday Mass in 2013 (CNS) The Holy Father broke convention in 2013 when he washed women prisoners’ feet Pope Francis has issued a decree changing … Continue reading →

By kind permission of the Editor, Catholic Voice, Ireland. http://www.catholicvoice.ie by Deacon Nick Donnelly At this time of year I observe a personal tradition that my wife and I began over ten years ago as a way of preparing spiritually … Continue reading →

Please forgive me. Having already posted on the ‘O’ Antiphons, I really could not resist (with my historians hat on) this scholarly summation. From:  http://aclerkofoxford.blogspot.co.uk   The O Antiphons in Middle English: ‘To þe we clepe with alle owre hert … Continue reading →

Fr Richard Heilman   by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. “I thirst.”-John 19:28. OUR Blessed Lord reaches the communion of His Mass when out from the depths of the Sacred Heart there wells the cry: “I thirst.” … Continue reading →

Today the Great ‘O’ Antiphons begin. I have yet to find a better explanation than the following (even though we have posted on them before – see below)  by Dame Catherine Wyebourne at http://www.benedictinenuns.org.uk/   Every day at Vespers (Evening … Continue reading →

Fr Richard Heilman PART FOUR – THE CONSECRATION by Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, Ph.D., D.D., LL.D., Litt.D. “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me!”-Matt. 27:46. THE Fourth Word is the Consecration of the Mass of Calvary. The first … Continue reading →

 The ‘light show’ yesterday, on a Solemn Feast of Our Blessed Lady’s Immaculate Conception has caused much dismay. Father Z comments in a much more eloquent way than I would. by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf UPDATE 8 Dec 2015 GMT: I … Continue reading →

from: Eclectic orthodoxy. https://afkimel.wordpress.com  by Fr Aidan Kimel “Most holy, most pure, most blessed and glorious Lady, Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary.” Panagia, Achrantos, Theotokos, Aeiparthenos—the titles abound, not only in the private prayers of Eastern Orthodox Christians but … Continue reading →