Illness precluded me from writing on January 1, and even though this is the third of the month I would like to share an important thought or two. The feast of the Circumcision of Our Blessed Lord usually takes place on January 1st. This is because Jewish boys were circumcised on the eighth day after their birth. This is still… (more…)
Today we celebrate one of the most important feast days, that of the Holy Name. There is no other name under heaven given to man whereby he must be saved… The very pronunciation of this Name with devotion is enough to save the greatest sinner and win heaven! This Name, so despised by the world and used to curse and… (more…)
HAIL AND BLESSED BE THE HOUR AND MOMENT IN WHICH THE SON OF GOD WAS BORN OF THE MOST PURE VIRGIN MARY, AT MIDNIGHT, IN BETHLEHEM, IN PIERCING COLD. IN THAT HOUR, VOUCHSAFE, O MY GOD! TO HEAR MY PRAYER AND GRANT MY DESIRES, THROUGH THE MERITS OF OUR SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST AND OF HIS BLESSED MOTHER. AMEN.
There is no rose of such virtue As is the rose that bare Jesu; Alleluia. For in this rose contained was Heaven and earth in little space; Res miranda. By that rose we may well see That He is God in person’s three, Pari forma. The angels sung the shepherds too: Gloria in excelsis Deo: Gaudeamus. Leave we all this… (more…)
That Christmas is lovely, sweet and enchanting can not be denied. It is a most special time of year and brings its own magic. However, it is important to remember that there are those poor souls for which Christmas brings a certain suffering, just because of the conditions and experiences of their lives. It is to those dear folks that… (more…)
Some says, that ever ‘gainst that Season comes; Wherein our Saviours Birth is celebrated, The Bird of Dawning singeth all night long; And then (they say) no spirit can walk abroud, The nights are wholesome, then no Planets strike, No Fairy takes, nor Witch hath power to Charme: So hallow’d, and so gracious is the time. – Hamlet, Act 1… (more…)
A Spotless Rose is growing, Sprung from a tender root, Of ancient seers’ foreshowing, Of Jesse promised fruit; Its fairest bud unfolds to light Amid the cold, cold winter, And in the dark midnight. The Rose which I am singing, Whereof Isaiah said, Is from its sweet root springing In Mary, purest Maid; Through God’s great love and might The… (more…)
Today is 12-12-12; it will never happen again, but then either will every moment of our lives! For this reason we should always live in the expectation of that moment when we will be called home to God to give an account of all these moments, which make up our eternal destiny. I urge you to read about the wonderful… (more…)
This secret was given by Our Blessed Mother and he who occupied the Throne of Peter was told to reveal it to the world. He did not, with disastrous results. It was the 13th. of October, 1917. On that day, the Holy Virgin appeared for the last time to the three, little visionaries Jacinta, Francisco and Lucia at the end… (more…)
Here are the actual words of the Decree of the Immaculate Conception of the BVM- “Wherefore, in humility and fasting, we unceasingly offered our private prayers as well as the public prayers of the Church to God the Father, through His Son, that He would deign to direct and strengthen our mind by the power of the Holy Spirit. In… (more…)
