Picture post: the Holy Father Paul VI

Read his ‘Credo of the People of God,’ in his famous apostolic letter Solemni hac liturgia, given motu proprio. He lamented (in the 1960s) the uncontained desire for novelties among several influential Catholics, which was causing great danger (‘disturbance and perplexity’) to the Faithful, even challenging the very basics of the Catholic Faith such asContinue reading “Picture post: the Holy Father Paul VI”

Quiet, and blessed silence (Sunday VIII of Ordered time)

“…wisdom is gained in silence and listening, rather than in speech, and as the Lord says in our gospel reading today, a foolish man will lead everybody who follows him into the pit he has dug for himself.”

The Sacrament of Love (Corpus Christi Sunday)

It was not too long ago that this last Thursday was everywhere the feast day of the body of Christ (in Latin, Corpus Christi) and the first day of July was the feast day of the blood of Christ. But these days, the two have been lumped together into one feast day on the Thursday,Continue reading “The Sacrament of Love (Corpus Christi Sunday)”