To live without faith, without a heritage to defend, without battling constantly for truth, is not to live but to ‘get along’; we must never just ‘get along' (Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, +1925)
Land of our ancestors, Glorious deeds circle your brow, For your arm knows how to wield the sword, Your arm knows how to carry the cross; Your history is an epic of brilliant deeds...
We are celebrating a feast day, consecrated for us by the blood of the apostles. Let us love their faith, their lives, their labours, their sufferings, their confession of faith, their preaching. (Saint Augustine)
A blessed and joyous Sunday to one and all!
Suggestions from Pater Ignotus:
Vivalidi's In Exitu Israel, one of the innumerable, yet profound, pieces, he wrote for the girls' orphanage, of which he was chaplain and...