Monthly Archives: October 2012

St. Peter of Alcántara

On this Feast of St. Peter of Alcántara, we take a short break from blogging for some days of prayer and good works.  We will resume posting the first week of November.  

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Destruction of The Fields of Flanders

I have been in correspondence with Elizabeth Morgan of www.churchlinens.com who sent me a most interesting article.  We were discussing linen, and she being an expert in the field, enlightened me on an aspect of both World Wars which I had … Continue reading

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My Summer Perusal: Vatican

The following is something I wrote earlier this summer; after saving the document, I plain forgot about it, until this morning that is, when I was searching for my text on St. Hildegarde.  Today is as good a day as … Continue reading

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“Where there is no true creed of belief there can be no true and fixed form of worship.”

The excerpts as well as the title of this post are from the sermon of Right Rev. Msgr. John P. Chidwick ( d.1935) delivered in 1923, on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of St. Agnes  church in New York, … Continue reading

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Miracle Whip(ped Up)

 Greg Tobin, in a Washington Post article of October 3, raises the question as to whether Blessed John XXIII should be declared a saint. He seems to believe that heaven weighs in with a “yes” by the miracle of incorruptibility.  … Continue reading

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The Rosary Is Liturgical Prayer

From the pen of Sr. Lucia dos Santos: “We have seen already how God, knowing the great need we have to pray and that the opportunities and conditions of each person’s life are very different, wished nevertheless to address to … Continue reading

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Peoria Catholics launch Rosary Crusade

I ran into an old friend this afternoon, and she asked that I participate in this very important rosary initiative, and that I spread the word far and wide so as to get as many involved as possible. How about … Continue reading

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Give us Credit, Please

Some of our images on this blog are rather popular, especially those graphics of the Tridentine Mass under the category “Theology of the TLM in Pictures”.  I do not mind people copying them, but please give this blog credit.  It … Continue reading

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My Projects

St. Augustine believed that pleasure is associated with beauty, with beauty being the cause of that aesthetic pleasure which is perceived by the senses.  He also said that what is beautiful must have unity and order, for example, in proportion … Continue reading

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