Above: Giotto (1266–1337) From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin.43rd, 2nd on Pentecost.My holy brethren, ye remember that I have likened the Saviour to that eagle, touching which it is written in the Book of…
Above all these hath One of our nature been exalted.
From the Roman office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great1st on the Lords AscensionAfter the blessed and glorious Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ, wherein the Divine Power raised up in three days the…
Be not satisfied with a mere sterile and unfruitful compassion for Mary, the Queen of Dolours.
They departed into their own country another way, that they might not be brought into contact with the unbelief of the Jews.
The freshness of our gladness and the quickening of our faith hath no time wherein to die away.
There are some heretics who believe Him to be God, but confess not His Kingly dominion over all things; these offer unto Him frankincense, but refuse Him gold. There are some others who admit that He is King, but deny that He is God; these present unto Him gold, but will not give Him frankincense.
While He was unknown in the stable, He was recognised in the heavens.
The French author Abbè Tanqueray offers an explanation of the beatitudes in relation to the spiritual life.
They inhabited a mystical world whose spell could not be broken by even the most relentless logician.
We cannot always have access to a spiritual Father for counsel in our actions, and particularly in our doubts.
