V Day in the Octave of the Assumption
"We have received from ancient tradition that at the time of the glorious sleep of the blessed Virgin..."
7 Books of the Middle Ages to Inspire Heroism, Chivalry and Honor in Today’s Readers
"Middle Ages, art was for God’s sake. In the Renaissance, art was for man’s sake."
IV Day in the Octave of the Assumption
Let us rejoice in the ark of the Lord God with all our heart.
Faith of Our Fathers: Spiritual Formation Program for Young Adults
Practical formation in the fundamentals of the spiritual life for young adults.
In Illo Tempore: 12th Sunday after Pentecost
In the green flow of the Vetus Ordo, “the old order,” Sundays, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost brings the last selection from St. Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians before the Epistles move on to Galatians. The order of these readings is exceedingly ancient, older than the developed form of the Divine Office. Our Roman forebears…
The Forgotten Customs of Assumption Day
You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich harvest; The untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills. The fields are garmented with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain. They shout and sing for joy. -Blessing of Herbs on Assumption Day The Importance of the…
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, “Christian Plato”
"Thou, O Christian Plato, didst enlarge the horizon of philosophy."