Cloaked in turquoise, Fragrant Rose, carrying God…..to save us. The days are drawing us toward the 25th, and reports are that children everywhere are skipping about with anticipation. During these days, do watch the children: they know how to prepare for a celebration, and how to celebrate. They still walk the halls of innocence, and have not lost their love…
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Being Home 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 It is moving closer to the Great Day of the Nativity of Our Lord which occurs on December the…
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The Miraculous World
“What was wonderful about childhood is that anything in it was a wonder. It was not merely a world full of miracles; it was a miraculous world.” G. K. Chesterton As the days move closer to that Great Day, I have thought of the Charles Dickens book, A Christmas Carol, and must, today, come what may, look around the book shelves,…
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A Spiritual Master Speaks
In an ongoing string of posts, I have printed excerpts of traditional Catholic tips from Spiritual Masters. The following is such a tip. It was written by Fr. Jacques Philippe in his book, Searching for and Maintaining Peace. Fr. Philippe is an expert on the theology of the Little Way of the French Catholic Carmelite saint, and Doctor of the Church, St. Therese Martin. In this…
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Health of the Sick, Remember Us
“Let us run to Mary, and, as her little children, cast ourselves into her arms with a perfect confidence.” –Saint Francis de Sales One of the titles of the Blessed Virgin Mary is Health of the Sick. Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O. P. (b. 1877- d. 1964) writes about this Marian title in his book, The Mother of the Savior. Traditionally, the Catholic…
