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Saint Dominic de Guzman
2008-08-04 14:44:00 Early August is one of those periods when saints days were moved rather haphazardly in the new calendar, so that there was much shifting of this saint one or two days, and that saint for the same period. At least 3 major saints were shuffled back and forth, including Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Saint Jean Marie Vianney, and Saint Dominic de Guzman. In the new calendar, today is the feast of Saint
Today Would Have Been My Mother's 85th Birthday
2008-08-03 14:41:00 O God, Who hast commanded us to honour our father and our mother, in Thy mercy have pity on the souls of my mother Kathryn and father George, and forgive them their trespasses, and make me to see them again in the joy of everlasting light. Through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. V. Eternal rest More About: Today , Birthday
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2008-08-02 15:34:00 The Church dedicates the month of August to the Immaculate Heart of Our Blessed Lady. Her feast in the traditional calendar falls on August 22nd. And her Assumption, a holy day of obligation, falls always on the 15th. Therefore, August's editions of Our Blessed Lady's Saturday will be devoted to her Immaculate Heart. Today is also the first Saturday of August. Here is a good precis of the
Saint Alphonsus de Liguori
2008-08-02 14:46:00 August 1st was the date of his death, and is his feast in the ordinary mode of the Latin Rite. In the extraordinary mode, his feast is August 2nd, presumably to avoid conflict with that of Saint Peter Ad Vincula. His biography from the Catholic Encyclopedia There is an excellent short biography (20 pages, lavishly illustrated) by Brother Matthew, MICM, of Saint Alphonsus in a 1998 back
Don't Let the Door Hit You On the Arse On the Way Out!!!
2008-08-01 15:17:00 So long, Manny. I think Gerry Callahan says it very well. More About: Arse , Door
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2008-08-01 15:03:00 O Sacred Heart of Jesus, living and life-giving fountain of eternal life, infinite treasure of the Divinity, and glowing furnace of love, Thou art my refuge and my sanctuary. O adorable and glorious Savior, consume my heart with that burning fire that ever inflames Thy Heart. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Thy love. Let my heart be so united with Thine that our wills may be More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday , Foot
Lammas and Saint Peter Ad Vincula
2008-08-01 14:53:00 Today is the feast of Saint Peter Ad Vincula. In Europe, it was celebrated as the first fruits of the harvest. "Lammas" probably comes from "Loaf Mass", and a ritual blessing of loaves of bread made from the first grain harvested was part of the Lammas rite. Harvest queens would be crowned in villages, and harvest suppers would be held. The Feast of Saint Peter Ad Vincula is the Feast of Peter's
August
2008-08-01 14:12:00 Mushrooms blooming in Concord in august. Ah, mushrooms, not just blooming through my bedroom carpet anymore. Important feasts celebrated during August include: 1st St. Peter Ad Vincula (Lammas) 2nd St. Alphonsus Liguori 4th St. Dominic de Guzman 6th The Transfiguration 7th St. Cajetan 8th St. Jean Marie Vianney 9th St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) 10th St. Lawrence 12th St.
Saint Ignatius Of Loyola
2008-07-31 14:49:00 Founder of the Society of Jesus. Since I spent 7 years in a Jesuit school, though it was the very secular and very liberal Boston College, Saint Ignatius deserves a nod. He envisioned the Jesuits as much better than they have been in the last 50 years. And remember, the early Jesuits were the leaders in devotion to the Sacred Heart. Of course, there is the old joke about two college More About: Loyola
Priest Holes
2008-07-30 15:40:00 Richard Marsden has a goon entry on Oxborough Hall, and the priest holes created by Saint Nicholas Owen during penal days. Reminds me of Come Rack! Come Rope! by Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson, that I read three summers ago. Tip of the silver-laced cocked hat to Father Finigan. More About: Holes , Priest
July Sliding Away Rapidly
2008-07-30 15:09:00 It is almost Lammas, and the summer is fading, though the blistering heat is still annoyingly impressive. And fading just as fast are the Red Sox, after losing 2/3 to the Yankees at Fenway, and the first two games of a series with the California Angels. The offensive has been anemic, the bullpen has been a disater, and the starters have not impressed, especially Beckett, who is no where near More About: July
SS. Anne and Joachim
2008-07-26 15:42:00 This has apparently always been Saint Anne 's Day, but Saint Joachim 's has bounced all over the calendar over the centuries. His feast has been celebrated September 16, December 9, March 20, and on the Sunday after the Assumption. Finally, it has been joined to that of his spouse. This is another of those reforms of the calendar that actually makes sense (not all of them do). This is a brief
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2008-07-26 14:29:00 Daily Prayer To Our Blessed Lady, by Saint Alphonsus Liguori Most holy and immaculate Virgin! O my Mother! Thou who art the Mother of my Lord, the Queen of the world, the advocate, hope, and refuge of sinners! I, the most wretched among them, now come to thee. I honor thee, great Queen, and give thee thanks for the many favors thou hast bestowed on me in the past; most of all do I thank thee More About: Saturday
Saint Christopher
2008-07-25 15:18:00 Today is also the feast of one of the most popular saints, Saint Christopher, the Christ-bearer, who is the patron of travellers. Those in charge of the reform of the calendar thought they were doing us a favor when they decided that Saint Christopher was legendary, and removed him from the Ordo. But Catholics in the pews, the real John and Mary Catholics, have rejected this "reform" and
Feast of Saint James the Greater
2008-07-25 14:38:00 Click here to see my post from last year on one of my favorite saints. And of all the places I would like to go for a pilgrimage, Santiago de Compostella is right up there, right after Rome. Last year, I managed to put together an excellent array of images of this outstanding pilgrimage center. Even I am still impressed with these photos from various online sources. Now, let us revisit Saint More About: James , Feast
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2008-07-25 14:24:00 Consecration to the Most Precious Blood O Jesus, fairest of the children of men, Thou whom I see crushed beneath the weight of my sins, covered with wounds, Thy hands and feet pierced with nails, Thy side opened with a lance, I adore Thee and recognize Thee as my Lord and my God and as my beloved Redeemer. Pierced with grief at sight of the Blood flowing from Thy wounds for the redemption of More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday , Foot
Brideshead Desecrated
2008-07-24 14:54:00 The long-wished-it-would-just-go-away Andrew Davies production of Brideshead Revisited is due out tomorrow. Advance reviews have not been favorable, at least from my perspective. Deal Hudson is skeptical. And he isn't the only one. I don't think there is any possibility of improving on the 1981 miniseries. John Mortimer (Rumpole of the Bailey) is credited with the screenplay of the
More Details On Father Fitzpatrick
2008-07-23 15:59:00 Can now be found at the Saint Gregory Society's website. There will be a solemn requiem Mass on Friday morning at St. John the Evangelist church in Stamford, CT. Lord, swiftly grant happy rest to Thy good servant. More About: Father , Details
The Dog Days of Summer
2008-07-22 15:43:00 The Old Farmer's Almanac lists the traditional timing of the Dog Days as the 40 days beginning July 3 and ending August 11, coinciding with the ancient heliacal (at sunrise) rising of the Dog Star, Sirius. This is the time for Countrytime Lemonade, and old Nat King Cole songs: Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer Those days of soda and pretzels and beer Roll out those lazy, hazy, More About: Summer
St Mary Magdalene
2008-07-22 15:02:00 July 22nd is the feast of St Mary Magdalene, one of the great penitents, who stood by the Cross with Our Blessed Lady. Note, there has been much confusion, conflating this Mary with either the woman taken in adultery, or Mary of Bethany, the sister of Martha and Lazarus. I see that the error about her being the sister of Martha and Lazarus is perpetuated in my St. Joseph's Daily Missal (1959)
The Transalpine Redemptorists Are Changing Their Name
2008-07-21 15:38:00 This is part of the process of being recognized by Rome as a Catholic religious community. Since they are not affiliated with the larger Redemptorist community, they can't call themselves Redemptorists. The change was made in consultation with the Holy See. Now they are the Sons of the Most Holy Redeemer, the F.SS. R. Looks like they are moving swiftly towards completing the process. More About: Changing
Requiescat In Pace
2008-07-21 14:50:00 I have heard, though I have not seen any official write-up yet, that Father Kevin Fitzpatrick (no relation), pastor of a parish in Fairfield, CT, and stalwart of the Saint Gregory Society and its traditional Mass at Sacred Heart in New Haven, died yesterday morning at the age of 52, from complications following surgery for an ulcer. This is very sad news. Father Fitzpatrick was a very More About: Pace
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
2008-07-19 15:22:00 Image borrowed from Carolina Cannonball, who borrowed it from Jeffrey Smith, The Roving Medievalist. And come to find out, Jeffrey borrowed it from the estimable Mark Scott Abeln of Rome of the West. O Mary, ever blessed Virgin, Mother of God, Queen of the Angels and of the Saints, I salute thee with the most profound veneration and filial devotion. I renew the consecration of myself and all I More About: Saturday , Blessed
Catholic Eye Candy Alert
2008-07-18 15:31:00 Check out what the Holy Father will be wearing for the big WYD Mass: Very nice. More About: Candy , Alert , Catholic , Eye candy , Eye-candy
Friday At the Foot Of the Cross
2008-07-18 15:15:00 A Novena Of Reparation From The Raccolta: I adore Thee profoundly, O my Jesus, in Thy sacramental form; I acknowledge Thee to be true God and true Man, and by this act of adoration I intend to atone for the coldness of so many Christians who pass before Thy churches and sometimes before the very Tabernacle in which Thou art pleased to remain at all hours with loving impatience to give Thyself More About: Cross , The Cross , Friday , Foot
Opening Day
2008-04-08 14:38:00 Today is a near-holiday in Massachusetts, at least for the 38,000 or so folks who have tickets for today's Red Sox home opener. So far, the season has been mediocre at best. An opening two-game split in Japan with the A's, followed by a sweep of two games with the A's in Oakland, and being swept in three in Toronto. The starting pitching has been shaky, and the bullpen worse. But now, with More About: Opening
Holy Trinity Update
2008-04-07 15:13:00 I saw this item on Friday, but this is the first opportunity I have had to share it: Archdiocesan Reorganization News On March 14, 2008 Most Rev. Robert Hennessey, bishop of the Central Region of the Archdiocese, formally presented to the Presbyteral Council his recommendation that Holy Trinity Parish be closed. Fr. Connolly was present at that meeting and has reported that there were no More About: Update
Requiescat In Pace
2008-04-07 14:52:00 Charlton Heston died Saturday, at the age of 84, evidently from complications arising from the Alzheimer's Disease that had silenced this great American these last few years. Playing Moses, Judah Ben Hur, Michaelangelo, St. Thomas More, Cardinal Richelieu, and Taylor in The Planet of the Apes might have been enough for one lifetime, but following that up by marching for civil rights, and becoming More About: Pace
Our Blessed Lady's Saturday
More articles from this author:2008-04-05 15:10:00 ACT OF REPARATION To be recited on the First Saturday s, but one may do so at any time. Most Holy Virgin and our beloved Mother, we listen with grief to the complaints of thy Immaculate Heart, / surrounded with the thorns / which ungrateful men place therein / at every moment / by their blasphemies and ingratitude. / Moved by the ardent desire / of loving thee as our Mother / and More About: Blessed 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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