His image and likeness
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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Practice during Lent (2)
BY By Dom Prosper Guéranger
Extract from The Liturgical Year The courageous observance of the Church’s precept of fasting and abstaining during Lent must be…
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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…
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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 Year It is important to note that the discipline of the Church has changed since the…
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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…
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BY Alan Fimister
“Whosoever would be saved before all else it is necessary that he profess the Catholic Faith which faith unless he…
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BY Dom Prosper Guéranger
The joys of Christmastide seem to have fled far from us. The forty days of gladness brought us by the…
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BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalene OCD
Prelude O Jesus, give me light to understand the mystery and the value of Christian suffering. 1 Lent is approaching…
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BY Maria Madise
It is not every year that Christmastide and Septuagesima overlap. Seeing cribs still in place in churches while the priest…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Among the thousands of travellers who crowd the Termini station in Rome every day, some stop by the nearby Basilica…
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BY a Dominican Friar
“The devil cometh and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be saved.” On Sexagesima Sunday,…
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