The divine goodness…is a fathomless and shoreless ocean, and I confess that when I plunge my mind into thought of this it is carried away by the immensity and feels quite lost and bewildered there. In return for my short and feeble labours, God is calling me to eternal rest; his voice from heaven invites[…]
Month: June 2023
Theology on Tap – New Location
So, due to some last-minute, ah, difficulties, with which I was not directly involved, the Theology on Tap talk this evening has been moved, to the hall of Saint Columbkille’s cathedral. Apparently, some people considered the topic ‘unsafe’, for reasons unclear to me. The theme was simply the principles which constitute the various forms of[…]
Would That We All Were Bold Restorers
What is a ‘restorer’? One restores buildings, books, institutions, and it seems a good thing to do so. Pope Saint Pius X’s motto was instaurare omnia in Christo – to restore all things in Christ, a mission he accomplished with great gusto in the time given to him. Why Pope Francis thinks this a bad[…]
The Sacred Heart and Human Life
The devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is of great help towards a flourishing human life. St Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690), the humble French Visitation nun to whom Jesus appeared and chose to propagate the devotion to His Sacred Heart in its modern form, tells us: As to persons living in the world, they[…]
Sleeping Beauty – A Musical: June 22 and 23
Our local homeschooling cooperative is putting on a production of the original musical Sleeping Beauty – the version before it was Disney-fied. The cast are all children, directed by Christine Helferty, who have all worked hard to present what is sure to be a delightful and fun-filled show. For those who live in the area,[…]
Better to pray one psalm with devotion than a hundred with distraction (Saint Romuauld, +1027)
If you put all the love of the mothers into one heart it still would not equal the love of the Heart of Mary for her children.” – Saint Louis de Montfort
Devotion to the Most Sacred Heart is the extraordinary remedy for the extraordinary needs of our time.” (Pope Pius XI, 1928)
Letter of Pope Saint John Paul II on the Hundredth Anniversary of the Consecration of the World to the Sacred Heart
LETTER OF JOHN PAUL II ON THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE CONSECRATION OF THE HUMAN RACE TO THE DIVINE HEART OF JESUS Dear Brothers and Sisters! The 100th anniversary of the Consecration of the Human Race to the Divine Heart of Jesus, prescribed for the whole Church by my Predecessor Leo XIII in the Encyclical[…]
The Litany of the Sacred Heart
The Litany of the Sacred Heart, as chanted in Latin: The English may be found here.