Saint Elias Media

The 6th Sunday after Pentecost offers riches from the Epistle to the Romans and the Gospel of Saint Mark. The 1962 Missale Romanum presents these readings not in isolation, but as a liturgical unity, revealing the depth of Christian life in its paschal dimension: dying and rising in Christ, and being fed in the desert…

The growth of the “Restore the ‘54” Movement amongst traditionally-minded Catholic laity has led to a rediscovery of the above “Prayers for the Emperor” during the Traditional rites of Holy Week. Now, as with so much else, Dom Guéranger in his Liturgical Year gives us some important information on these prayers: On his coverage of…

It was consoling to see the image of the Roman Pontiff saying Mass for the Carabinieri in their chapel at the Castel Gandolfo Station last Tuesday. I am aware that the lone ad orientem image that has been circulated and talked about is part of a greater collection of photographs that includes a lot of…

Above: Cardinal Pizzaballa prays with Catholic children in Gaza. In the aftermath of the grievous strike on the Holy Family Church compound in Gaza His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, together with His Beatitude Theophilos III, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, entered Gaza this morning as part of an ecclesiastical delegation… Source…