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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Keeping an eye on the “Amoris laetitia” confab in Rome – 7-14 October: “allegorical betrothal Of course it is “nuptial”. It is at a well. “Flirting” is stupid. Review OT at wells.”
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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 4th Sorrow – Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem Now we turn to… Mary meets Jesus on the way to Calvary. (Tradition … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 3rd Sorrow – The loss of the Child Jesus in Jerusalem
So far… 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt Now we turn to… The Loss of the Child Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem. (Luke 2:43–45) In the Presentation, the Lord – the … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 2nd Sorrow – The Flight into Egypt
The first post in the series is 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon Now we turn to the: 2nd Sorrow – The Flight or Escape into Egypt. (Matthew 2:13-23) Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the … Read More
Our Lady of Sorrows Project: 1st Sorrow – The Prophecy of Simeon
Sunday, 15 September is, in the traditional calendar, the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (2nd Class). For Holy Mass we will use the 14th Sunday after Pentecost with commemorations of the Feast. I believe that the Rubricae Generales of … Read More
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Tagged Our Lady of Sorrows Project, Seven Sorrows of the BVM
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8 Sept – Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Stop for a moment. Consider what our eternal prospects were before the birth not only of Our Lord, but also before the birth of His Mother, from whom He took our human nature, the Blessed Virgin Mary. Ponder the state … Read More
22 August: Mary’s Immaculate Heart and Queenship
On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary he told … Read More
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VIDEO: 1950 – Pius XII infallibly proclaims the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In 1950 my late pastor, Msgr. Schuler, was in Rome on a Fulbright working on the manuscripts of Giovanni Maria Nanino, the successor of Palestrina for the Sistine Chapel. He had great stories about being a priest in Rome in … Read More
BOOK: The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity
Oh, boy. Several people recommended that I read this book. I’m reading it and it is bothering me a great deal even as it informs and confirms. The Anti-Mary Exposed: Rescuing the Culture from Toxic Femininity US HERE – UK … Read More
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2nd Joyful Mystery: The Visitation (Traditional 2 July)
In the traditional calendar, the Feast of the Visitation, 2 July, came at the end of the long-suppressed Octave of John the Baptist. In the Novus Ordo it now falls on 31 May, between the Annunciation and the Birth of … Read More
NOVENA FOR SEMINARIANS – from Corpus Christi to Sacred Heart, with a Marian Consecration
From a priest: Dear Father, we have met several times, most recently last year at the Canon Law conference in La Crosse. I wrote a novena for seminarians to be prayed from Corpus Christi to the Sacred Heart, with a … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Keeping an eye on the “Amoris laetitia” confab in Rome – 7-14 October: “allegorical betrothal Of course it is “nuptial”. It is at a well. “Flirting” is stupid. Review OT at wells.”
