Now that I kneel at the throne, O Queen,Pity and pardon me.Much have I striven to sing the same,Brother of beast and tree;Yet when the stars catch me aloneNever a linnet sings-And the blood of a man is a bitter voiceAnd cries for foolish things. Not for me be the vaunt of woe;Was not I from a boyVowed with the…
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The Name of the Rosary
Today, I am posting an extended excerpt from a book which was penned in 1912 by a Catholic priest named, Fr. M. J. Frings. The book is titled: The Excellence of the Rosary, Conferences for Devotions in Honor of the Blessed Virgin. The posted excerpt is the entirety of the first chapter which is titled, The Name of...
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In the Bleak Midwinter
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.In the bleak midwinter a stable place sufficedThe Lord God Almighty, Jesus Christ.…
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Three Days to the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception
“We declare, pronounce, and define that the doctrine which holds that the most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instance of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by Almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin, is a doctrine revealed…
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St. Margaret Mary and the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ
“And He [Christ] showed me that it was His great desire of being loved by men and of withdrawing them from the path of ruin that made Him want to manifest His Heart to men, with all the treasures of love, of mercy, of grace, of sanctification and salvation which it contains, in order that those who desire to render…
