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  • The Mystery of the Rosary

    “If you say the Rosary faithfully until death, I do assure you that, in spite of the gravity of your sins “you shall receive a never fading crown of glory.”… Even if you are on the brink of damnation, even if you have one foot in Hell, even if you have sold your soul to the devil as sorcerers do…

  • Gates of the Altar, Hail!

    I shall walk in blue all the days of my life even if all desert me.    It had not taken long to reach the church; a car ride of several hours along the eastern seaboard of the United States, the shores of the ocean just out of reach. As the car cut through the morning fog, the children texted…

  • Incorrupt Saints

    Pope St. Pius V’s incorrupt body lies in the grand basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. It is housed in a glass tomb making it possible for pilgrims to see him. He is dressed in papal garments. When I have seen him on visits to Rome, he appears quite regal, yet very accessible, as the pilgrim may draw near to the…

  • One Foot in Fairyland

    “One of the deepest and strangest of all human moods is the mood which will suddenly strike us perhaps in a garden at night, or deep in sloping meadows, the feeling that every flower and leaf has just uttered something stupendously direct and important, and that we have by a prodigy of imbecility not heard or understood it. There is…

  • The Riddles of God

    The following is a quote from G.K.C. which continues on the theme of yesterday’s post* regarding the mysteries of life: “The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.” G.K. Chesterton, from the Introduction to The Book of Job, 1916 Again, G.K.C. reminds us that historically man accepted the presence of the riddles of God in his life, and the…