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From the Roman office. V. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. 2nd on the Epiphany. Many kings of the Jews had been born, and died, but which of them was sought after…
Back in 2018 during the “Summer of Shame,” the successor to (Cardinal) McCarrick was Donald Wuerl. The latter claimed he knew nothing of McCarrick’s crimes crying to heaven, but many were skeptical, and with good reason. He initially denied knowledge, and then admitted he did, in fact, know. After the Vatican assured us that they…
From the office of Matins in the Roman divine office. V. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo. 2nd on the Epiphany, 30th on the Season. Wise men came from the East to…
I was recently examining an old school bus for purchase in the hopes of completing its conversion into a rustic motorhome. Unfortunately, this specimen was not in good repair; a lot of shoddy work was apparent—apparent to me, that is, after a mechanic friend started pointing it out. Various fixtures were messily welded onto the…
Lately, I have been on the watch for nails. The need has been especially keen in recent months, when my little street near New Orleans has been under reconstruction. As crews have finished section after section of fresh, clean concrete and discarded the wooden forms, I have pulled dozens of four-inch nails off of the…
Cardinal Robert McElroy, the bishop of San Diego who has enjoyed a meteoric rise through the hierarchy under Pope Francis, has been named the Archbishop of Washington, DC, succeeding Cardinal Wilton Gregory, whose resignation was accepted by the pope. While any faithful Catholic will be dismayed by this news, it should come as no surprise….
Above: St. Raymond and the miracle of the sailing cloak. So Pope Francis reportedly addressed thousands of Lutherans in Rome on October 13th, 2017, ahead of the ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (while standing beside a statue of Martin Luther!). Unfortunately, it seems the case, to quote Bishop Sheen, that…
With the coronation of the MAGA movement taking place January 20th, 2025, I have to confess, I have a bit of a beef with them. It’s not a capital B beef, more like a small b. I rather like the concept of making America great—not so much to have bragging rights, but so that we…
By now, we are all familiar with the basic details. Four years ago today thousands of Trump supporters, including Donald Trump himself, gathered in Washington, DC to protest the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. They believed that the election was either stolen or at least rigged and that more investigations into the results…
In the calendar of the Vetus Ordo, the Roman Rite, in proximity to what for centuries was called the Feast of the Circumcision that moment when Our Lord formally received the Name prescribed on the Father’s behalf by the Archangel Gabriel, on this Sunday we liturgically venerate the Most Holy Name of Jesus. This is…
