Thursday after Ash Wednesday
Die we must: we have not only God’s infallible word for it, but no reasonable man could ever entertain the thought that he was to be an exception to the […]
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February 26 – St Margaret of Cortona, Penitent
Close to the faithful Virgins, who form the Court of Jesus, there stand those holy women, whose repentance has merited for them a prominent place in the Calendar of the […]
Ash Wednesday
We are entering, today, upon a long campaign of the warfare spoken of by the Apostles: — forty days of battle, — forty days of penance. Yesterday, the World was busy […]
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 […]
February 24 – St Mathias, Apostle
In Leap-Year, the Feast of St. Mathias is kept on the 25th of February. An Apostle of Jesus Christ, St. Mathias, is one of the Blessed choir, which the Church […]
Monday of Quinquagesima Week
The life of a faithful Christian, like that of a patriarch Abraham, is neither more nor less than a courageous journeying onwards to the place destined for him by his Creator. […]
February 23 – St Peter Damian, Cardinal & Doctor of the Church
It is the Feast of the austere reformer of the 11th century, Peter Damian, the precursor of the holy Pontiff Gregory VII, that we are called upon to celebrate today. To him […]
