Of all the liturgical treasures of Holy Roman Catholic Church, perhaps the feast of Pentecost Sunday is the richest, at least in the pre-Conciliar Vetus Ordo. In the Church’s traditional Roman Rite, Pentecost, like Easter, has a Saturday Vigil which includes the blessing of baptismal water. This was and is also the time to baptize…
Gather a group in your parish or diocese to pray regularly these prayers for your bishop to restore the Latin Mass in your diocese and root our liturgical abuses and sacrileges.
"Synthetics furnish a world where man would become his own god."
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. Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa.Discourse on the Lords Ascension.The very thought of this day’s Festival is great enough in itself, but the Prophet David hath much inflamed our joyful enthusiasm by the…
On June 3, 1875, exactly 150 years ago, Georges Bizet passed away under mysterious circumstances in Bougival, near Paris, at the young age of 36. Despite his short life, his opera Carmen stands as a landmark work that “significantly contributes to the modernization of the genres of French musical theater and influences the developments of…
For Catholics in search of a spouse, bitterness and resentment slowly start to creep in.
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…
Let us be worthy of the name "Christian."
Above all these hath One of our nature been exalted.
Our Sunday is ensconced in the novena days after the Feast of the Ascension of the Lord and the mighty day of Pentecost. Church’s liturgical calendar gives us … gave us, at least, until about 1970 an Octave for Pentecost was removed which allows us to contemplate the mystery of the Holy Spirit’s descent from…
