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Editor's Corner
Becoming Eunuchs for the Kingdom: What Gives?
In Matthew’s Gospel (19:12) Our Lord exhorts us to become ‘eunuchs’, which is not to be taken too literally, even if there are rumours the third-century theologian Origen did. And most certainly did Peter...
Quotes
Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the forbearing charity whereby we put up...
Quotes
Let us then remember one another, united in mind and heart. Let us pray without ceasing, you for us, we for you; by the love we share we shall thus relieve the strain of...
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We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee, for by Thy Holy Cross, Thou hast redeemed the world.
Nota in Brevis
The Holy Name of Mary
Besides commemorating the Battle of Vienna, today, September 12th, is also the memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, whose very name has been made sacred by the holiness of the woman, the very...
Reviews
Mendelssohn’s Ave Maria
On this memorial of the Holy Name of Mary, here is a magnificent rendition of the Ave Maria by Felix Mendelssohn, which may seem odd, as he was a 'Reformed Christian' from the age...
Quotes
Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession." (St. Thomas Aquinas)
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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. (G.K. Chesterton)
