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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...
Pontian, Hippolytus, Pope and Anti-Pope, Now Saints Together
An anti-Pope is someone who thinks he's the Pope - or at least who claims to be the Pope - when in reality he...
A Possible Addendum to the Chesterton – Darrow Debate
Recently I returned to an unsigned New York Times review of the Darrow - Chesterton debate in 1931. In that review the author quotes...
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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...
Jane Frances de Chantal’s Visitation
Jane Frances Fremiot (+1641) was a beautiful, refined young woman from Burgundy, betrothed to the handsome Baron de Chantal at 21 years old -...
Modern times are dominated by Satan and will be more so in the future. The conflict with hell cannot be engaged by men, even the most clever. The Immaculata alone has from God the promise of victory over Satan. However, assumed into Heaven, the Mother of God now requires our cooperation. She seeks souls who will consecrate themselves entirely to her, who will become in her hands effective instruments for the defeat of Satan and the spreading of God's kingdom upon earth. (Saint Maximilian Kolbe, +1941)
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Saints Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe: Witnesses to Hope
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Apologetics 101
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