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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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.…
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Home with the Holy Child at Christmas
“Any one thinking of the Holy Child as born in December would mean by it exactly what we mean by it; that Christ is not merely a summer sun of the prosperous but a winter fire for the unfortunate.” ~G.K. Chesterton (b. 1874- d. 1936) It is moving closer to the Nativity of Our Lord, the 25th day of December.…
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The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception: December 8, 2021
~Tomorrow we celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. Our forefather in the Faith, Blessed Pope Pius IX, declared the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, and promoted filial devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary to all Catholics throughout the world. I never tire of reading his exhortations, so I am sharing this, again, today: When Catholics pray the Hail Mary, we…
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Celebrating the Feast of St. Nicholas
I wish you all a happy feast of St. Nicholas, aka, Santa Claus. This Catholic bishop and saint is loved throughout the world; and I would like to promote this admiration by repeating his story via the posting of writings from the Catholic writers, Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira and Gilbert Keith Chesterton. First, from Professor Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira…
