Apr

30

Pope St. Pius V

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Not two days ago, I attended a lecture given by some Turkish diplomat representing the OIC. Yes, I know you’ve probably never heard of them. That’s ‘Organisation of the Islamic Conference‘. He began with a long history of Islam working in Europe through the Middle Ages and through to today, telling how Muslims in Europe [...]

Apr

29

The Consolation of Philosophy - YouTube

April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

This is an excerpt from the film The Consolation of Philosophy and demonstrates conversational Latin. This from the YouTube summary:
“A short excerpt from George Sharpley’s film about Boethius, who wrote the Consolation of Philosophy in the prison where he died in the early 6th century AD. Latin language learning resources and films from the LATIN [...]

Apr

29

St. Catherine of Siena, virgin and Doctor

April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment

St. Catherine of Siena, a Dominican tertiary, was an Italian visionary of the fourteenth century. At age seven, she consecrated herself to Christ, at age sixteen, she took the Dominican habit. Always radiantly happy, serving the sick and the poor, labouring for the conversion of sinners, she was persecuted by members of her own order. [...]

Apr

28

St. Peter Chanel, priest and martyr

April 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

On Saturday, I was at Walsingham, at the shrine to Our Lady of Walsingham, called England’s Nazareth, and where is also located the National Shrine to Our Lady. Located at the end of a long four-hour drive from Oxford, one arrives first at the ‘Slipper Chapel’, so named because in times gone by pilgrims would [...]

Apr

25

St. Mark, evangelist

April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment

It’s St. Mark day and the churches have gone red. St. Mark is, of course, the author of the second Gospel and probably John Mark of the Acts of the Apostles. He was probably wealthy from the size of this home as described in Acts, and a Roman citizen as given by his last name. [...]

Apr

24

Easter, fifth Thursday

April 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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In the news…

Robocop director Verhoeven is attacking Christianity at its roots, bringing up an old idea: Jesus was the son of Mary and some Roman soldier. Judas was no traitor. Let’s call this character VerhoevenJesus, since there’s no historical basis for him. No biggie; these crazies come and go and the Church lives on until [...]

Apr

23

St. George, martyr

April 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Who was St. George? I’m sorry, there will be no dragons in the rest of this post. Except, of course, the dragons that are the liberal, secular and socialist mentalities of the enemies of the Church, and thereby my enemies.
St. George suffered at or near Lydda near Jerusalem. Several legends are connected with the saint. [...]

Apr

22

Easter, fifth Tuesday

April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I’m reading Edward Kessler’s What Jews believe. Surprisingly, it’s listed in the city library’s computer system as What we believe. Perhaps the person who put it in was a Jew. It’s a rather small book, but written in an attractive way and about all I have time for now, as term has begun. Perhaps I [...]

Apr

21

St. Anselm, bishop and doctor

April 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment

 St. Anselm  seems to have been a mother’s boy, a position I can identify with. Aiming at a monastery in his teens, he was declined because of his age and fell towards dissipation, the only thing restraining him being the love for his mother. After her death and illtreated by his father, he found his [...]

Apr

19

Easter, fourth Saturday

April 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I said something about the AmericanPapist creating a News Breaking story if the Pope so much as sneezes: here, he delivers.
As the Holy Father mentions in his address to the Jews, the Pessah holiday is here. In this article, the Exodus story is recounted to renew commitment ‘to fight present-day abuse’.

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The beatification of [...]

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