Liturgical Year – Dom Gueranger, Feast of the Epiphany; Hamon’s Meditations – The Faith of the Magi; Liturgical Year – The Great Dignity of Our Lady as Mother of God; Christmas singing from the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary: The First Noel
By the rivers of Babylonthere we sat weepingwhen we remembered Zion.On the poplars in its midstwe hung up our harpsFor there our captors asked usfor the words of a song;Our tormentors, for joy:“Sing for us a song of Zion!”But how could we sing a song of the LORDin a foreign land? Psalm 137:1-4 Is this […]
(Cross-posted from faithpilgrims.com) On August 24 in the year of our Lord 410, a cataclysmic event occurred that many thought could never happen: the sack of Rome! To try and put this historic happening into perspective, think of Pearl Harbor and 9/11 with the imagined “sack” of New York City and Washington, D.C.–combined–and you will have an […]
Peter reads a bit of the President’s proclamation marking the 850th anniversary of St. Thomas Becket’s martyrdom. The interview is Timothy Tandy.
“Epiphany of our Lord”, also known as “Little Christmas” and “12th Day of Christmas”, all names given to the season in which we glorify God by giving thanks and praise to the baby Jesus.The liturgical readings tell us, as they always do, the great and royal significance of this season going back to the Hebrew prophets, […]