The feast of All Saints according to the “Golden Legend“
The four purposes of this feast day according to Jacobus de Voragine‘s Golden Legend “The Feast of All Saints was instituted for…
2021
Memento mori, and the dance of the Maccabees
Memento mori “In all thy works remember thy last end, and thou shalt never sin.“ Ecclesiasticus (Sirach): 7: 40 “‘It is in…
The Twelve Holy Apostles no. 7: Saint Simon the Zealot and Saint Jude Thaddeus
On the 28th October each year, the Church venerates the Holy Apostles Simon and Jude. In expectation of that day, we will…
The Old Testament allusions of a prophetic message in the French Alps in 1846
Our Lady of La Salette – a Marian apparition approved by the Church Recently, on the 19th September, was the feast day…
The Twelve Holy Apostles no. 6: Saint Matthew-Levi
From sinner to saint Levi, the publican, the “son of Alphaeus“ (Mk 2: 14) from the Galilee, was sitting at his tax…
Ember Days, the Michaelmas Embertide, and the harvest moon
We may watch out for the weather on the 22nd September 2021. According to an old farmers’ rule of thumbs, the weather…
“When the sense of God is lost, the sense of man is also threatened and poisoned…“ – excerpts from Saint John Paul II‘s encyclical “Evangelium Vitae“
“Every individual, precisely by reason of the mystery of the Word of God who was made flesh (cf. Jn 1:14), is entrusted…
On three liturgical customs in the ancient Church
How babies and little children received Holy Communion in the ancient Church In the Eastern Catholic Churches, babies receive Holy Communion right…
Fish and vegetables
Diet as medicine In antiquity, doctors would try to cure the ailments and diseases of people by prescribing a certain diet or…
Sanctifying every day and praying without ceasing: the Liturgy of the Hours
The Liturgy of the Hours, and the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin I like the idea of regular hours of prayer…