Monday, December 8, 2014

The Eponymous Flower: The Real Meeting Between Saint Padre Pio and Archb...

The Eponymous Flower: The Real Meeting Between Saint Padre Pio and Archb...: What the archbishop wrote about his meeting with Padre Pio From the Society website: On August 8, 1990, Archbishop Lefebvre wrote a p...

Thursday, December 4, 2014

"Esperanza que construye mientras espera" : MarCha dE lA EsPeranZa...

"Esperanza que construye mientras espera" : MarCha dE lA EsPeranZa...: Hoy es la 34 Marcha de la Esperanza. Caminamos con María, y en Ella nos sentimos acompañados a seguir esperando y a poner en su corazón tod...

"Esperanza que construye mientras espera" : PARA LA GUERRA NADA

"Esperanza que construye mientras espera" : PARA LA GUERRA NADA: Hoy quiero compartir en este espacio una idea de Marta Gómez, una cantautora de un corazón hermoso como su arte, que abrió una posibilidad:...

Kissing the Leper: The Christian and how others view him

Kissing the Leper: The Christian and how others view him: artist El Greco "For his brothers and sisters around him, the Christian is a man who loves the things of this world as they really ...

HEATHER KING: THE HIDDEN, MISCHIEVOUS GOD

HEATHER KING: THE HIDDEN, MISCHIEVOUS GOD: Every time I go to a new place, I make it mine by walking. I never feel properly settled until I

Cassandra's Musings: St. Francis spoke to the Sultan

Cassandra's Musings: St. Francis spoke to the Sultan: St. Francis was a man of action. He took a trip to Damietta, Egypt in 1219, during the Fifth Crusade to either convert the (Muslim) Sultan,...

Sunday, November 16, 2014

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Full Prayer of Pope Leo XIII

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Full Prayer of Pope Leo XIII: Prayer to St Michael (Full Version) O glorious Archangel Saint Michael, Prince of the heavenly host, be our defense in the terrible warf...

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

The Radical Catholic: A Novena to St. Teresa of Avila

The Radical Catholic: A Novena to St. Teresa of Avila: St. Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) A great way to prepare for the upcoming feast of the St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church - ...

The Radical Catholic: A Novena to St. Teresa of Avila

The Radical Catholic: A Novena to St. Teresa of Avila: St. Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) A great way to prepare for the upcoming feast of the St. Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church - ...

Abbey Roads: Memorial of Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity

Abbey Roads: Memorial of Bl. Elizabeth of the Trinity: Like Br. Lawrence of the Resurrection, Blessed Elizabeth understood the secret of sanctity, the secret of the indwelling of the Most Ho...

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Friday, November 7, 2014

Tuesday, November 4, 2014

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Our Lady of Fatima: Miraculous Statues

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Our Lady of Fatima: Miraculous Statues: A statue of the Virgin Mary and the Infant Jesus is set at a makeshift altar before a pile of stones that was the 180-year-old Our L...

Offer It Up: The Greatest Commandment

Offer It Up: The Greatest Commandment: St. Anthony Mary Claret was a Spaniard who was ordained in 1835. He tried to join the Carthusian order but was rejected because of poo...

The Cloistered Heart: The Martyred Heart

The Cloistered Heart: The Martyred Heart: There are in fact two kinds of martyrdom.   One takes place only in the heart, the other in both heart and body.  We too are cap...

The Cloistered Heart: Right Before My Eyes

The Cloistered Heart: Right Before My Eyes: Studying Art history in college, I wondered why we spent a good chunk of the semester concentrating on Catholic church architecture. ...

The Cloistered Heart: No Other Foundation

The Cloistered Heart: No Other Foundation:                'Jesus, our Savior, true God and true Man, must be the ultimate end of all our devotions.                Otherwise th...

The Cloistered Heart: When God Dwells Within Me

The Cloistered Heart: When God Dwells Within Me: 'How can living surrounded by unfriendly hearts  do me any harm when I enjoy full happiness within my soul?  Or how can having k...

World-Inquisition: Absolute must read! From Saint Athanasius

World-Inquisition: Absolute must read! From Saint Athanasius: Absolute must read! 'May God console you! . . . What saddens you . . . is the fact that others have occupied the churches by violence, ...

Sunday, October 26, 2014

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: The Heart of the Gospel

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: The Heart of the Gospel: "Behold this Heart which has loved men so much, and yet men do not want to love Me in return. Through you My divine Heart wishes to ...

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

The Chant Café: Magnificat Monday: Bach

The Chant Café: Magnificat Monday: Bach: Thanks for the suggestion, Ben Whitworth! As always, you can suggest future magnificats over at the MusicaSacra forum or by emailing me...

Monday, October 13, 2014

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Pray for Richard Collins

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Pray for Richard Collins: I have had word from somebody who knows Richard Collins of Linen on the Hedgerow . Richard was among the first members of The Guild of Ble...

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Pope Benedict XVI & God's Revolution

That The Bones You Have Crushed May Thrill: Pope Benedict XVI & God's Revolution: In the light of the release of Universae Ecclesiae , for which many of us are are supremely grateful to our beloved Holy Father, I thought...

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Blessed Alberto Marvelli: Blessed Alberto Marvelli

Blessed Alberto Marvelli: Blessed Alberto Marvelli: Photo of Blessed Alberto Marvelli when he was 3rd year college, aged 18 years old     Alberto Marvelli  was born on 21 March 1918 in ...

Friday, September 26, 2014

Faith Warriors: The Importance of the Hail Mary

Faith Warriors: The Importance of the Hail Mary: Hail Mary  Excerpts taken from St. Louis de Montfort’s book,  The Secret of the Rosary. The Angelic Salutation, or Hail Mary, i...

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Teresa Higginson and the Sacred Head: Teresa Higginson's prayers to the Sacred Head

Teresa Higginson and the Sacred Head: Teresa Higginson's prayers to the Sacred Head: O Wisdom of the Sacred Head, guide me in all Thy ways! O Love of the Sacred Heart, consume me with Thy fire! Glory be... (repeated three ti...

Sunday, May 4, 2014

Abbey Roads: Our Lady Help of Christians

Abbey Roads: Our Lady Help of Christians: Auxilium Christianorum Virgin of Lepanto.* May 24 is the feast of Our Lady Help of Christians . The prayer Ave Maris Stella is a...

Sunday, April 27, 2014

Infallible Catholic: Our Lady of La Salette

Infallible Catholic: Our Lady of La Salette: On September 19, 1846, sixteen years after the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared in Rue du Bac, Paris, and twelve years before her appe...

Infallible Catholic: Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe

Infallible Catholic: Miraculous Image of Our Lady of Guadalupe: The image of Our Lady of Guadalupe has been the subject of numerous technical studies since 1751 and extensive scientific investigati...

Infallible Catholic: Fatima Miracle in Hiroshima, Japan

Infallible Catholic: Fatima Miracle in Hiroshima, Japan: In the foreground is a photo of the Church of Our Lady's Assumption and up the road the presbytery where the eight German Jesuit pri...

HEATHER KING: JOHN MONCZUNSKI'S VERSION OF THE ROSARY

HEATHER KING: JOHN MONCZUNSKI'S VERSION OF THE ROSARY: John Monczunski was my editor for many years at Notre Dame Magazine . On a cross-country trip in 2007, I stopped by South Bend, and he ga...

HEATHER KING: THE LIFE OF A WRITER

HEATHER KING: THE LIFE OF A WRITER: From an interview in The Paris Review with Nobel Prize winning novelist Kenzaburo Oe : INTERVIEWER How did your family respond when ...

Friday, April 11, 2014

St Gemma Galgani: The last battle and holy death of St Gemma Galgani...

St Gemma Galgani: The last battle and holy death of St Gemma Galgani...: The holy death of St Gemma Galgani, April 11, 1902 [Taken from the book "Gemma of Lucca" by Benedict Williamson, 1932] &q...

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Speramus-(We Hope!): Seeking the Face of Christ during Lent

Speramus-(We Hope!): Seeking the Face of Christ during Lent: "Hear my voice when I call O Lord and be merciful to me. Answer me when I call My heart says of you 'Seek his face!...

Saturday, February 15, 2014

Blog Catolico Jesus Te Sana: Oración Para los Casos Difíciles

Blog Catolico Jesus Te Sana: Oración Para los Casos Difíciles: Divino Niño Jesús, ante tí vengo con toda la fe de mi alma, a buscar tu sagrado consuelo en mi difícil situación, no me desampares; en las...

Friday, February 7, 2014

Monday, January 27, 2014

MILES CHRISTI: NOVENA A NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL BUEN SUCESO

MILES CHRISTI: NOVENA A NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL BUEN SUCESO: Traducción hecha del original en Inglés desde TRADITION IN ACTION    La novena, escrita por el Padre José M. Urrate SJ, tiene el Imprimat...

MILES CHRISTI: LOS DESPOSORIOS DE LA SANTÍSIMA VIRGEN MARÍA Y SAN...

MILES CHRISTI: LOS DESPOSORIOS DE LA SANTÍSIMA VIRGEN MARÍA Y SAN...: Sor María de Jesús de Ágreda, entre las revelaciones que tuvo de la vida de la Virgen Santa María, describe sus desposorios con San José, a...

Wednesday, January 15, 2014

The Eponymous Flower: The Combat of an Exorcist Today -- What the Devil...

The Eponymous Flower: The Combat of an Exorcist Today -- What the Devil...: (Rome) An exorcist is at the forefront in the fight against the devil. One of them is Father Francesco Bamonte. He is an exorcist of the ...