Let us consider, then, brethren, of what matter we were made. Let us consider how we came into this world, as it were out of a sepulchre, and from utter darkness: who and what manner of beings we were. He who made us and fashioned us, having prepared his bountiful gifts for us before we[…]
Day: May 8, 2020
A Re-Appreciation of What the Mass Really Is
Absence makes the heart grow fonder… The proverb holds true in the main, but not, we must admit, always. There are many things, and we may admit, even people, we look back upon not with much affection. For the heart to grow fonder, it must begin with some fondness, in that holy absence, in the[…]
Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine
We have celebrated a number of ‘Catherines’ of late in our liturgical calendar: Kateri Tekakwitha on April 17th; Catherine of Siena on April 29th; and, today, Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine (+1688), venerated as one of the ‘six founders’ of the Church in Canada. Saint Franҫois de Laval, whose feast we celebrated a couple of[…]