A Poem About Our Blessed Mother
Postcard, cir. early 20th c.
O Mother dear, our age is full of thee
And the fair marvels of thy power and grace;
From many a glorious shrine and famous place
Flows the full river of thy charity,
Nor thence alone — for there are spots obscure
By angels honoured, to the world […]
Divine Mercy Sunday — A Message From Pope Benedict XVI
Translation of the Gospel According to John
In the evening of that same day, the first day of the week, the doors were closed in the room where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews. Jesus came and stood among them. He said to them, ‘Peace […]
Keeping Halloween Catholic — A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
- Prayers and Introductions: 0:00-0:27
- Puritanical Reaction to Halloween: […]
Keeping Halloween Catholic
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
By the Girl’s Bed, Jakub Schikaneder, 1909-10 Outline of Talk
- Prayers and Introductions: 0:00-0:27
- Puritanical Reaction to Halloween: […]
Feast of Christ the King – A Message from Pope Pius XI
Translation From the Holy Gospel According to John
At that time: Pilate said to Jesus: Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered: Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or have others told it thee of Me? Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thy own nation, […]
Esto Vir / Be a Man — A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Esto Vir / Be a Man
A Talk by Fr. Ermatinger
Outline of Talk
Esto Vir Be a Man
- Prayers: 0:00-0:55
- Introduction to Talk: 0:55-5:14
Devotion to the Seven Dolors of the Blessed Mary
- That those who before death invoke the divine other in the name of her dolors will obtain true repentance of all their sins;
- That He will protect all […]
Mater Dolorosa, Dieric Bouts, 1470–75. Graces Promised by Our Lord to Those Attached to the Practice of the Devotion
- That those who before death invoke the divine other in the name of her dolors will obtain true repentance of all their sins;
- That He will protect all […]
Sepulchre — A Medieval Poem by George Herbert
The Temple Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations, by George Herbert, 1633
O Blessed bodie! Whither art thou thrown?
No lodging for thee, but a cold hard stone?
So many hearts on earth, and yet not one
[…]
The Pearl — A Medieval Poem
The Pearl
A Middle English Poem in Modern English in the Metre of the Original
Sophie Jewett, Translator
1908
THE PEARL
I
Pearl that […]