Christ on the Cross with Pope Pius II. c. 1475. German artist, unnamed. The verses around the picture are a hymn to Our Blessed Mother written by someone known as the Monk of Salzburg, who lived in the late 1300's. This monk wrote both sacred and secular music in German. More or less one hundred [...]
Hail, O Lady, unique gateway through whom the Lord alone has passed! Hail, O you who, through your maternity, have shattered the locks of Hades! Hail, divine access towards salvation for the saved, O you so perfectly worthy of our praise! From the Akathist hymn to Our Lady written by Saint Romanus in Constantinople around [...]
A Virgin of Paris statue replica is carried during a Marian candlelit procession through the streets of Paris Nov. 15, 2024, as the original, for security reasons, was transported on a truck back to Notre Dame Cathedral. The statue was kept at the Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois Church near the Louvre for five years since Notre Dame was [...]
I’m trying to change various parts of my life around: unimportant things like which day I go to the grocery store, and important parts like which days I visit my grandchildren. However, the first result of such changes is to confuse myself about what day it is. This is Friday. Blog post. Today I have [...]
As the year winds down, I’m finishing the podcasts of the Catechism in a Year from Ascension Press. It’s been a struggle to get through, but worth it. The sources that the Catechism drew from are wide and wonderful, and offer new reading material. Parts of the Catechism are like poetry, and parts are a [...]
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