Monthly Archives: December 2024

Unboxing the Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments

One of you dear readers sent me the new Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: Old and New Testaments from my wish list. I am delighted with it. I spent some time last night exploring it. US HERE – UK HERE Your … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1209 – powerful

Two years ago today, Pope Benedict XVI passed away at 95. His final words, “Lord, I love you,” captured a life devoted to faith. Serving as Pope for 8 years before resigning in 2013, he spent his final days in … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 30 – 6th Day after Christmas: What shall I give?

Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Some bleak exuberance about Exsuperantius. Fathers Parsch and Troadec remark on the point of the condescension of God.

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Daily Rome Shot 1208 – Black Moon

HEY! au****.w****@erickson.com My thank you note to you was kicked back as undeliverable. New email? Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – UK HERE  WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas (N.O. Holy Family) 2023

It’s the Sunday in the Octave of Christmas and, in the Novus Ordo, Feast of the Holy Family. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Share the good stuff.  Quite … Read More

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St. David: Musical Poet King, Prophet, Progenitor of Christ

Holy Church considers many Old Testament figures to be saints. Today when you open your trusty copy of the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum you will find, just below the St. Thomas Becket, this interesting entry: 2. Commemoratio sancti David, regis et … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1208 – Succisa virescit

Octave of Christmas, let’s look back to the 1st Mass of Christmas! Right click for larger. And then there’s this jackass. One notes with interest that what he attacks is traditional rather than post-Conciliar.   I wonder if he was perhaps … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 29 – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas: What does He want?

Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Card. Schuster remarks on the office of bishop. Then Pius Parsch, with the help of St. John Chrysostom, remarks on the office of priest. Card. Bacci comments on what the … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 28 – Holy Innocents: A lamentation in Ramah

Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Fr. Troadec with a lyrical prayer to the Holy Innocents. Jewish convert and scholar Alfred Edersheim situates the slaughter of the children in the context of salvation history. Card. Bacci … Read More

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27 Dec – St. John Evangelist and St. Fabiola and Card. Wiseman about the Bible

Today, being the Feast of the Evangelist John, we have a special blessing for wine and other libations.  I wrote about that HERE.  We have this blessing because of an assassination attempt.    There was an attempt on the life … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 27 – St. John – Lessons in contrasts

Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. Card. Bacci tells us about St. John’s constancy with Christ and his emphasis on charity. Fulton Sheen recounts the difference between the two miraculous catches of fishes and how John … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Must we do penance, abstain from meat, on Friday in the Octave of Christmas?

This is a question which comes up each year. It came up again today. Must we do penance on Friday within the Octave of Christmas? The short answer is YES.  This year. According to Canon Law, Catholics are bound to … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 26 – St. Stephen – “Forgive them”

Today a 10 minutes podcast for your Christmas Octave reflections. A note from Fulton Sheen, some history of the celebration of the Feast in the ancient Roman Church, what happened to Stephen and why, what it means for us.

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26 Dec: St. Stephen the Protomartyr, his Archconfraternity, and the Octave

In addition to Boxing Day, and the day good King Wenceslaus went out, it is the feast of St Stephen. I hope all your snow is neat and crisp and even. St. Stephen’s feast has been celebrated this day since the … Read More

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25 Dec 2020: Fr. Reginald Foster, OCD – RIP

In your goodness, please offer a prayer for the repose of the soul of Fr. Reginald Foster, OCD, who died on Christmas Day in 2020. Foster was a Carmelite if Holy Hill, WI, Latinist for many Popes in Rome, and … Read More

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“Et verbum caro factum est”

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The Burning Babe – A Christmas Day Poem by a English Martyr Saint

The Burning Babe by St Robert Southwell, S.J., martyr (1561–1595) As I in hoary winter’s night stood shivering in the snow, Surpris’d I was with sudden heat which made my heart to glow; And lifting up a fearful eye to … Read More

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Daily Rome Shot 1207 – Buon Natale!

Many thanks to anyone who has sent an item from my wishlist.   I try to send a note, when I am able.  Amazon has made it harder to do that.  Sometimes, they don’t include gift slips.  Once, the slips had … Read More

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CHRISTMASCAzT 2024 – 25 – Christmas Day – “Ah, how much it has cost thee to love us!”

A 10 minute podcast for your Christmas reflection. Fr. Pius Parsh on the “exaltation” of the “King”.  Bl. Ildefonso Schuster on the least we should do. Fr. Troadec: “Reestablish the reign of Our Lord Jesus Christ!”

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ADVENTCAzT 2024 – 24 – Vigil of Christmas – Inside

A 5 minute daily podcast to help you in your Advent preparation. Today we have a reflection from Fr. Troadec about the place where the Lord was born.  Cardinal Bacci on apparent success and true success.

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