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…
"I bear the marks of the Lord Jesus in my body."
Above: Caspar David Friedrich‘s Monk by the Sea (ca. 1808). Friedrich was influenced by Novalis’s aesthetic theories. Last year, Angelico Press published one of the most intriguing theoretical texts by the poetic genius of 18th-century Germany, Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772–1801), better known under the pen name Novalis. Titled Christendom or Europe?, it was included…
American Catholics will reap the bitter harvest of their corrupt support for Trump and their betrayal of their fellow-Catholics in Ukraine.
Arthur was eventually hailed as one of the three great heroes of Christendom as a whole.
