Tuesday within the Octave of Corpus Christi
Let us adore Christ, the King, who ruleth the nations: who giveth fatness of spirit to them that eat him. Wisdom prosecutes the fulfillment of the divine plan framed before all […]
Let us adore Christ, the King, who ruleth the nations: who giveth fatness of spirit to them that eat him. Wisdom prosecutes the fulfillment of the divine plan framed before all […]
The history of the blessed Eucharist is one with that of the Church herself: the liturgical usages, which have varied in the celebration of the most august of all the Sacraments, […]
That we may thoroughly understand the meaning and influence of the Season of the Liturgical Year upon which we have now entered, it is requisite for us to grasp the entire […]
The practice for this holy Season mainly consists in the spiritual joy, which it should produce in every soul that is risen with Jesus. This joy is a foretaste of eternal […]
Of all the Seasons of the Liturgical Year, Eastertide is by far the richest in mystery. We might even say that Easter is the summit of the Mystery of the sacred […]
We may be sure that a season so sacred as this of Lent is rich in mysteries. The Church has made it a time of recollection and penance, in preparation for […]
Christmas Eve, with its own happy spirit, is drawing to its close. Already has the Church terminated all her Advent Offices, by the celebration of the Holy Sacrifice. In her […]
The Lord is now nigh: come, let us adore. The Church does not read anything from the Prophet Isaias today; she merely gives, in the Office of Matins, a sentence […]
This great Pontiff comes before us in the Liturgical Year not to bring us tidings of Peace, as St. Melchiades did, but as one of the most illustrious defenders of the […]
If, now that we have described the characteristic features of Advent which distinguish it from the rest of the year, we would penetrate into the profound mystery which occupies the […]
Let us adore Christ, the King, who ruleth the nations: who giveth fatness of spirit to them that eat him. Wisdom prosecutes the fulfillment of the divine plan framed before all […]
The history of the blessed Eucharist is one with that of the Church herself: the liturgical usages, which have varied in the celebration of the most august of all the Sacraments, […]