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…
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November Traditions
In November, Catholics around the world remember, and pray for, the poor souls who have died and are suffering in Purgatory. The Institute of Christ the King issued this brief directive last year: Visit a cemetery this week! From November 1-8, a plenary indulgence, applicable to the souls in Purgatory, may be obtained each day by visiting a cemetery (Coemeterii…
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The Rosary: A Never Failing Light
“May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” ~ the elf-queen Galadriel speaks these words to Frodo Baggins as she gives him a crystal phial (the Phial of Galadriel) which has been interpreted to be symbolic of the Rosary given to St. Dominic by the Blessed Virgin Mary, from The Lord of…
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Pope Leo XIII: 1883 Encyclical on the Holy Rosary
SUPREMI APOSTOLATUS OFFICIO ENCYCLICAL OF POPE LEO XIII ON DEVOTION OF THE ROSARY To all the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops and Bishops of the Catholic World in the Grace and Communion of the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Health and the Apostolic Benediction. The supreme Apostolic office which we discharge and the exceedingly difficult condition of these times, daily warn and almost…
