Tuesday of Quinquagesima Week
…almost every page of the Gospel tells us, that we should live out of the world, separate ourselves from the world, hate the world…this World is everywhere, and holds a […]
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February 22 – St Peter’s Chair at Antioch
We are called upon, a second time, to honor St. Peter’s Chair: first, it was his Pontificate in Rome; today it is his Episcopate at Antioch. The seven years spent by […]
Mystery of Septuagesima
The season upon which we are now entering is expressive of several profound mysteries. But these mysteries belong not only to the three weeks which are preparatory to Lent: they continue throughout […]
January 13 – The Octave of the Epiphany
The thoughts of the Church today are fixed on the Baptism of our Lord in the Jordan, which is the second of the three Mysteries of the Epiphany. The Emmanuel manifested […]
Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent
The Lord is now nigh; come, let us adore. From the Prophet Isaias 41:8-16: But thou Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my […]
December 16 – St Eusebius, Bishop of Vercelli, & Martyr
When asked to tell the names of the Saints who were foremost in defending the dogma of the Incarnation, we think at once of the intrepid Eusebius of Vercelli, as one […]
December 7 – St Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
This illustrious Pontiff was deservedly placed in the Calendar of the Church side by side with the glorious Bishop of Myra. Nicholas confessed, at Nicæa, the divinity of the Redeemer; Ambrose, […]
