Joy in holy Church at the time of her bitter crisis
BY Maria Madise
“Just as in one man there is one soul and one body, yet many members; even so the Catholic Church…
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Saint Thomas Aquinas
BY G K Chesterton
This year, the feast of St Thomas Aquinas (7 March) marks the 750th anniversary of the death of the Angelic…
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BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalene
PreludeO Jesus, true Bread of eternal life, appease my hunger.1This Sunday there is a pause of holy joy and spiritual…
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BY Liam Gibson
There are two arguments that the euthanasia lobby consistently uses to promote its cause. The first claims that it is…
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BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
Extract from The Liturgical YearWe may be sure that a season so sacred as this of Lent is rich in…
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BY A Dominican Friar
“He was casting out a devil, and the same was dumb: and when he had cast out the devil, the…
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BY Liam Gibson
Perhaps no concept in human history could be said to have had such a profound influence in the fields of…
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BY By Dom Prosper Guéranger
Extract from The Liturgical YearThe courageous observance of the Church’s precept of fasting and abstaining during Lent must be accompanied…
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BY A Dominican Friar
“This is the will of God, your sanctification”In many European languages, the word for Lent comes from the Latin word…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
The following article is adapted from a talk given by Professor de Mattei on 21 May 2020 at the online…
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BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
Extracts from the Liturgical YearIt is important to note that the discipline of the Church has changed since the mid-nineteenth…
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BY A Dominican Friar
“Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by the devil.”According to a great pope of…
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