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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
“In pensive mood I trod My garden plot one day;…”
Autumn Sighs By Cyril Robert In pensive mood I trod My garden plot one day; October’s smile was weary so! It’s green was gloomy gray. Where are the strains of summer gone? Its sun the livelong day? With sudden sadness … Read More
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The Battle of Lepanto (1571) and the Feast of the Holy Rosary
The Battle of Lepanto on 7 October 1571 was the largest naval engagement until Jutland in 1916. 40,000 dead in 4 hours. There are many famous battles, but most of them come no where near the significance of Lepanto for … Read More
WISCONSIN: Bishops to perform Act of Entrustment of the Faithful of Wisconsin to Mary, Mother of Mercy
The Year of Mercy is drawing to a close. In the Litany of Loreto, we invoke Mary under the title of Mother of Mercy… Mater misericordiae. On the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary, the bishops of Wisconsin will entrust the … Read More
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham to members of the Ordinariate
Happy Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham to members of the Ordinariate across the Pond. I’ll take this occasion to remind you of the image of Our Lady by the Catholic sacred artist Daniel Mitsui. The 7″ x 10″ print is … Read More
ASK FATHER: Why are we responsible for the sin of Adam and Eve when weren’t there?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Father, no priest/bishop/theologian/book has ever answered my question on how human beings after Adam & Eve can be responsible for their sins when, apart from our first parents, we weren’t even participants in their disobedience. I really don’t understand … Read More
15 Sept: Seven Sorrows of Mary, Mater Dolorosa, Queen of Martyrs
Today is the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Can you name them? Here the entry from the Roman Martyrology: Memoria beatae Mariae Virginis perdolentis, quae, iuxta crucem Iesu adstans, Filii salutiferae passioni intime fideliterque sociata est et nova … Read More
22 August: Immaculate Heart and Queenship of Mary
Here are a few thoughts I wrote for my weekly column at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald: On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer … Read More
PHOTOS: 15 August – Assumption Solemn Mass of Reparation for Sacrilege and Blasphemy
Tonight at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, minutes to the west of downtown Madison, we had a Solemn Mass for the Feast of the Assumption (the parish’s patronal feast), which I offered in reparation for sacrilege and blasphemy, especially that … Read More
Videos of Pius XII declaring the Dogma of the Assumption
The fabled pastor of my home parish, the late Msgr. Richard Schuler told stories about being in Rome when Ven. Pius XII infallibly declared the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin to be a dogma of the Faith. He was present … Read More
Assumption – The 4th Glorious Mystery
As today, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we are to begin the 54 Day Novena it is appropriate to share again something I put together back in 2006 for my “Patristic Rosary Project”. I drill into … Read More
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