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Twentieth Sunday: Prayer and Tradition
For my house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples (Is. 56: 7).
In any given region or country, a common language...
Beauty and the Assumption
In Danteâs epic poem, The Divine Comedy, the poet puts these words in the mouth of St. Bernard of Clairvaux as he gazes on...
Musical Offering: Mendelssohn’s Ave Maria
On this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven, body and soul, here to help celebrate is a magnificent rendition...
Pope Benedict on Martyrdom
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Papal Summer Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
The significance of martyrdom
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today in the Liturgy we commemorate St Clare of...
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Saint John Eudes and Giving Our All
A contemporary of his fellow Frenchman, Descartes, Saint John Eudes (+1680) was of quite a different mind and spirit. Rather that meditate like Descartes...
Assumption and the Resurrection
A blessed and glorious solemnity of the Assumption to one and all! A day commemorating the taking up of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body...
Sheer Cliffs and Discerning Risk
On August 13th in 1995, Alison Hargreaves, a wife and mother of two small children, summitted the notorious K2, one of the most dangerous...
Saint Cassian of Imola: A Teacher for the Ages
On this 13th day of August, we commemorate a little-known saint, Cassian of Imola, a Christian schoolmaster in northern fourth-century Italy. By edict of...
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Saint Helena and the True Cross
August 18th is the traditional feast of Saint Helena, a barmaid in Britain who caught the eye of the co-emperor Constantius Chlorus, who married her. Their son was Constantine the Great, who defeated the pagan Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge 312, and who legalized Christianity the following...
Saint Stephen, Hungary’s First and Greatest King
Until her recent elections, Hungary was one of the few nations standing against the tsunami of insanity washing over the rest of Europe, threatening to deluge civilization as we know it. As may be expected in this inverted world.
This may seem ironic, for Hungary for the first millennium of...
Saint Roch: Patron Saint of Bachelors and Dogs
Saint Roch (1295 - 1376?) - also known as Rock, or, in Scotland, Rollox, not to be confused with the luxury watch brand which is almost a homophone. Roch, whose feast we celebrate on this August 16th, was a Majorcan confessor, perhaps originally from Montpellier. On a pilgrimage to...
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A Pilgrimage By the Saint Lawrence
The mighty Saint Lawrence River is intertwined with the history of Canada and the United States, and forms a natural border between the two...
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and...
There and Back Again
I returned from Rome late last night, around about midnight â at least, all the way back home, which required an hourâs walk through...
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasnât quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off...
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze! Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words?...
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end...
Swtizerland and Frauenthal
Upon arriving in Zurich from Vienna, I had an hour or so before I caught a connecting train down to Knonau and the convent....
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show...
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Apologetics 101
Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peterâs admonition to âAlways be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverenceâ (1 Peter 3:15).
