Calling the saints to mind inspires or rather arouses in us, above all else, a longing to enjoy their company, so desirable in itself (Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, +1153)
Day: October 31, 2020
Beatification of Servant of God Father Michael McGivney, Live
(A note from Father Raymond de Souza, on today’s beatification of Servant of God, Father Michael McGivney) Dear Brother Priests, Parishioners and Friends, Praised be Jesus Christ! Now and forever! Today, Saturday, 31st October 2020, Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, will be beatified in Hartford, Connecticut. I am a Fourth Degree Knight[…]
Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die. (G.K. Chesterton)
All Saints’, Real Conversion Therapy and Hope Amidst the Ruins
This is the eve of All Saints’ known affectionately in our era as ‘Halloween’, even if many may not knows the derivative of this now-mostly-pagan holiday, with ghouls and ghosts and bloodied zombies. The solemnity of All Saints goes back to its official institution by Pope Gregory III (731 – 741), during what we know[…]