We Came, We Saw, God Conquered!
Pope Innocent XI made September 12th a Feast of the Most Holy name of Mary to commemorate the victory that was done in Her name.
Pope Innocent XI made September 12th a Feast of the Most Holy name of Mary to commemorate the victory that was done in Her name.
Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaimed joy to the whole world; for from Thee arose the sun of righteousness, Christ our God; who released us from the curse, and gave us blessing; and confounding death, He granted us eternal life. -Greek antiphon chanted at the Magnificat for Vespers II September 8th One of…
More talking, statements, and documents do almost nothing to stop the heretic wolves from scattering the flock.
There is only one way to harmonize these passages which the inspired Evangelist has, with good reason, placed side by side.
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…
Above: Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, with gushing blood, detail of the Ghent Altarpiece, Jan van Eyck, c. 1432. The History of the Feast According to the Traditional Catholic Calendar of 1962 and prior, July 1st is the Feast of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ. This feast was instituted for the Universal…
The Apostles began the rudiments of the Christian warfare with holy fasts, that, having to fight against spiritual wickednesses, they might take the armour of abstinence, wherewith to slay the incentives to vice.
Heart of Him Who sleeps but watches always, Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.
I fear everything from my own wickedness and frailty, but I hope for all things from Thy goodness and bounty.
In view of the horrible maltreatments of Our Eucharistic Lord. no true Catholic bishop, priest or lay faithful can remain indifferent and simply stand by and watch.
The poison of Jansenism, however, which, under the pretext of showing due honor and reverence to the Eucharist, had infected the minds even of good men, was by no means a thing of the past.