This good and holy man guided the Church through the turmoil of the second World War. Much careful guidance he has left us, for example in his letter of the sacred liturgy, Mediator Dei. Some excerpts… “It is unquestionably the fundamental duty of man to orientate his person and his life towards God. ‘For HeContinue reading “Picture post: the Holy Father Pius XII (1939-1958)”
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To reign from a Cross (Sunday XXIX of Ordered time)
“But the souls of the just are in God’s hands, and no torment, in death itself, has power to reach them. Dead? Fools think so; think their end loss, their leaving us, annihilation; but all is well with them. The world sees nothing but the pains they endure; they themselves have eyes only for whatContinue reading “To reign from a Cross (Sunday XXIX of Ordered time)”
Reading through S. Paul’s letter to the Colossians
This is a rather short letter and thankfully without any sign of the politics that had arisen in several of the other churches of the time, such as those of the Galatians and the Corinthians, because of other Christian missionaries presenting a rivalry to Paul’s message with their attempts to initiate the new gentile ChristiansContinue reading “Reading through S. Paul’s letter to the Colossians”
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