External Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus — A Message From St. Catherine of Siena
The Crucifixion from Korzenna, Anonymous, cir. 1440 Translation of the Holy Gospel According to John At that time: The Jews (because it was the Parasceve), that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the Sabbath day (for that was a great Sabbath day) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. The soldiers therefore came: and they broke the legs of the first, and of the [...]
A Poem for Our Blessed Mother
THE SCHOLAR'S SEARCH Xavier Donald MacLeod, Our Lady of Litanies, 1861. pgs. 167-9. "WHAT is wisdom?" asked the Scholar,"What its nature? Where its source?Whence derived this mighty forceOf our yearning to attain it ?" Weary days and silent midnightsSaw his piercing eye exploreAll the wealth of written lore,Saved from the decay of ages. And he dug the fields of science,Seized, rejected theories;And for all his toil at these,Gained and lost self-satisfaction. Up amid the circling [...]