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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The Lord will enter His Temple (Sunday IV of Ordered time)
“…S. Simeon returns the Child to Our Lady, saying to her that she would have to suffer much on the Child’s behalf, but through it all would Judgement come upon mankind, and Salvation to all who believe.”
Reading and understanding (Sunday III of Ordered time)
“Historically, in the time of Ezra and from the time before the destruction of King Solomon’s Temple, the Jewish people had been scattered throughout the known world. Wherever they went, they already began to establish what we would recognise as synagogues…”