I bind myself in this way so that for the rest of my life I will have neither permission nor freedom to refuse opportunities of dying and shedding my blood for you... Read more.
A Proposal for a Prudent Response to Covid, from Harvard and Stanford
(Courtesy of a source, slightly modified for publication🙂 There was an interview on September 23rd, of Harvard and Standford Professors of medicine, Martin Kulldorff,... Read more.
Final Summary on You-Know-What
(What follows is an adapted version of a summary I wrote for a friend of my thoughts at present on these protocols being put in place, which might help some, even... Read more.
Hope, pray…and don’t worry. God is merciful and will hear your prayer (Saint Pio of Pietelcina, +1968)... Read more.
To see a deeper understanding of the great celebration Matthew held at his house, we must realise that he not only gave a banquet for the Lord at his earthly residence,... Read more.
Sunday Musical Selection: O Magnum Mysterium
A reader wanted a version of O Magnum Mysterium, by Tomas Luis Victoria, first published in 1572, at the height of the Catholic restoration, a beautiful motet, normally... Read more.
The fullness of joy is to behold God in everything (Saint Catherine of Genoa, + September 15, 1510)... Read more.
The Madawaska Current and Magnifying the Masking Mandate
What follows may be of interest to readers who live in the Madawaska Valley, the location of Our Lady Seat of Wisdom College, and the region in which this writer... Read more.
Peace and union are the most necessary of all things for men who live in common, and nothing serves so well to establish and maintain these as the forbearing charity... Read more.
Pergolesi’s Sublime Stabat Mater
This versions of the Stabat Mater – the classic 13th century hymn in praise of Our Lady of Sorrows – put to music by baroque composer Giovanni Batista... Read more.