The Catholic Church: A History of Adapting and Embracing New Technology
Go forth without fear, for he who created you has made you holy, has always protected you, and loves you as a mother. —St....
Spy Wednesday and the Rending of the Veil
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed;...
Australia needs the Sacred Heart of Jesus
(Australia, the antipodean Land Down Under, is under a severe lockdown, with people arrested for surfing all alone, and, what is far worse, no...
The Mystery of the Mass
‘This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me….This is the cup of the new covenant in my blood....
Good Friday: Crux fidelis
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis;
nulla talem silva profert, flore, fronde, germine,
dulce lignum, dulci clavo, dulce pondus sustinens!
Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa...
A Lectio Divina on the Divine Mercy Prayer, “Eternal Father”
Today is the first day of the Divine Mercy Novena which can be found here.
Eternal Father,
God, You are eternal. Time is not something...
Easter Sunday: O Sacred Banquet in which Christ is Received!
Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia (Communion...
An Easter Hymn: Ad cenam Agni providi
Ad cenam Agni providi, stolis salutis candidi,
post transitum maris Rubri, Christo canamus principi.
Cuius corpus sanctissimum, in ara crucis torridum,
sed et cruorem roseum, gustando Dei...
In the Glorious Light of Easter, Alleluia!
Set your minds on things that are above, not on things that are on earth, for you have died, and your life is hidden...
Handel’s Messiah and the Resurrection
This day, in 1742, April 13th, was the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, in Dublin, of all places. Here was an Oratorio, following the...