Fr. Angelus: A Polished Arrow in God’s Quiver — By: OnePeterFive

Above: Rochester, Pennsylvania, Fr. Angelus’s hometown. Before following in the footsteps of St. Francis, Matthew Shaughnessy, competitive by nature, excelled at both baseball and basketball. My brothers Mike and Tim were avid readers. Mike preferred novels, while Tim leaned toward nonfiction, and neither of them shied away from books that, though not written in stone……

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Astronomy and Liturgy: the Symbolic Meanings of the Date of Easter — By: OnePeterFive

Once the First Council of Nicaea (325) concluded, the rule for determining the date of Easter was established: “Easter is to be celebrated on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon after the vernal equinox.” What is the symbolic significance of these astronomical reference events? Many years ago, Father Gregory Hesse (1953–2006), a Chestertonian…

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