~On Fridays, the Church bids us to reflect on the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The following is a revised post on this topic. In a series of Church approved apparitions, the Sacred Heart of Jesus was revealed (by Jesus) to the Roman Catholic saint, Margaret Mary Alacoque. St. Margaret Mary was a French Visitation sister who was born in 1647,…
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Devotion to Mary on Candlemas 2022
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales Today, on the feast of Candlemas, I am re-posting a poem in which the English Catholic writer Gilbert Keith Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) professed his love of, and need for, the Blessed Virgin Mary. The poem…
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Epiphany 2022
January the sixth is Epiphany, a feast once celebrated with grandeur and joy. Let us revive Epiphany celebrations; let us restore Catholic culture in our homes and in our families. To learn about the history of Catholic Epiphany customs, I am (again) posting the following Epiphany-related text(s) from the French priest and Benedictine monk, Dom Prosper Gueranger (b. 1805- d.…
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The Season of Christmas
Christmas Day by Christina Rossetti “A baby is a harmless thing And wins our hearts with one accord, And Flower of Babies was their King, Jesus Christ our Lord: Lily of lilies He Upon His Mother’s knee; Rose of roses, soon to be Crowned with thorns on leafless tree. A lamb is innocent and mild And merry on the soft…
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Merry Christmas
In the Bleak Midwinter by Christina Rossetti (source): “In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, long ago. Our God, Heaven cannot hold Him, nor earth sustain; Heaven and earth shall flee away when He comes to reign.…
