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The cardinal of Chicago, Blase Cupich, has issued a directive to demand that parishioners in the archdiocese not kneel to receive Holy Communion, on the grounds that doing so interrupts the flow of the procession and calls attention to the individual. Of course, kneeling at a Communion rail would not interrupt anything at all, or…
Above: Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Photo credit: Vatican News. Pope John Paul II, a Slav, spoke often of his desire for healing the breach between Rome and Orthodox Christians. In his 1995 Apostolic Letter Orientale Lumen, he wrote: Of the many tragic effects of the East-West schism, one…
Christmas was the beginning of the greatest tale ever told, and lesser tales have mingled with it for centuries to participate in its glory. On this night, God became Man as singing angels gathered peasants and kings and beasts beneath a sky of dancing stars. Every Christmas since, ghosts have gamboled in graveyards, animals have…
It might have all been different. We might have been forced to watch child sacrifice elevated to a national sacrament, sales of potassium iodide and fallout shelters exploding in anticipation of nuclear strikes, twerkers and groomers and drag queens in the White House Christmas videos. Innocent men and women held hostage here and abroad might…
[Editor’s Note: The passage below is from Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D (Baronius Press), originally published in 1963. Merry Christmas!] God is charity: He has loved us with an everlasting love! “I think God must have said to Himself: Man does not love Me because he does not see Me;…
Above: Adoration of the Shepherds by Dutch painter Matthias Stom, c. 1650. Everything is Mystery in this holy season. The Word of God, whose generation is before the day-star [Ps. cix 3], is born in time – a Child is God – a Virgin becomes a Mother, and remains a Virgin – things divine are…
The day before Christmas is special. No matter our age, we always get excited for the celebration of Christmas day. There is something about it that brings us back to our childhood. It brings us back to when our lives were much simpler. The only thing that mattered was being with family and celebrating the…
Before He was born as Christ the King on earth, He was “born” in the “mind” and “heart” of God as Christ the King in Heaven. He was firstly born in eternity before time began, so that the glory that reigned in Heaven could also reign on earth, in Him. However, if God’s Son was…
Above: artistes roam around town breathing fire, juggling stick’s aflame, and entertaining the crowd with gymnastic tricks at Le Grand Crèche Vivant. All photos taken by Maxence Malherbe. Here in France we celebrate the season in memorable ways, three of which I’d like to share with our Anglophone readership at OnePeterFive. Each year, the faithful…
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