At communion we ought to ask for the remedy of the vice to which we feel ourselves most inclined. (Saint Philip Neri, +1595)
Day: June 19, 2024
Juneteenth and Subtle Slavery
Just a few words about Juneteenth, a commemoration, instantiated into law in 2021, celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, which was promulgated in 1863, but only made known to slaves in Texas on this day two year on. As Wikipedia puts it: The holiday’s name is a portmanteau of the words “June” and “nineteenth”, as it[…]
Wednesday for Saint Joseph
Wednesday is traditionally a day dedicated to Saint Joseph, and to those who love and pray to the great patriarch. As Catholic tradition and spiritually recalls, it is a special day in which St Joseph obtains for us great graces by his powerful intercession, especially on this nineteenth, which is the day in March of[…]
Consubstantial with the Father
On this day in 325, the first version of the Nicene Creed was adopted by the Council of that name, the first such ‘ecumenical’ gathering in the Church, with the Second Vatican Council being the 21st such. We will see if God wills any further Councils, and more on that, perhaps, anon. The key to[…]
Saint Joseph’s Perpetual Virginity and the Apocrypha
Some time ago a good friend of mine asked me to write an article touching on the Perpetual Virginity of Saint Joseph and concerning the portrayal of Saint Joseph as an old widower who had children from a previous marriage. This article is the answer to my dear friend’s request, and here in these paragraphs[…]