February 2018
Dom Prosper Gueranger on the laxities in his time on fasting & penance
“It is sad and humiliating to note that as laxities were introduced by the hierarchy and local churches into the laws of fasting and practices of severe penance, the members of the Church have suffered immeasurable spiritual loss – a loss of at least part of the rigor of those sacred times set apart to…
Ash Wednesday
Benedictio cinerum Exáudi nos, Dómine, quóniam benígna est misericórdia tua: secúndum multitúdinem miseratiónum tuárum réspice nos, Dómine. Salvum me fac, Deus: quóniam intravérunt aquæ usque ad ánimam meam. V. Glória Patri, et Fílio, et Spirítui Sancto. R. Sicut erat in princípio, et nunc, et semper, et in saecula saeculórum. Amen Exáudi nos, Dómine, quóniam…
St Valentine 14-February
St. Valentine, Priest and Martyr by Fr. Francis Xavier Weninger The holy Priest Valentine lived at the time of the Emperor Claudius. He was held in high estimation, both by the Christians and heathens, on account of his natural amiability, wisdom and virtue. Claudius himself desired to see him, and on his being brought into…
Lent is the Badge of Christian Warfare by Pope Benedict XIV
“The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of darkness, for it shields us with heavenly help. Should men grow remiss in their observance…
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY ~ Dom Prosper Gueranger
QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY The Church gives us to-day another subject for our meditation: it is the Vocation of Abraham. When the waters of the Deluge had subsided, and mankind had once more peopled the earth, the immorality, which had previously excited God’s anger, again grew rife among men. Idolatry, too, into which the ante-diluvian race had…
