13th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Wis 1:13-15; 2:23-24 [13] For God made not death, neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the…
Holy Water; Holy Salt; Blessed Sacramentals; First, Second, and Third Degree Relics; Lourdes Water; now add to the list, Holy Sand. Has the Church lost…
CHAPTER XV. SEVENTH MEDITATION. Of Hell. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself in God’s Presence.2. Humble yourself, and ask His Aid.3. Picture to yourself a dark city,…
The patient man goes through a great and salutary purgatory when he grieves more over the malice of one who harms him than for his…
Birth of John the Baptist 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Job 38:1, 8-11 [1] Then the Lord answered Job out of a whirlwind,…
My confidence is placed in God who does not need our help for accomplishing his designs. Our single endeavor should be to give ourselves to…
CHAPTER XIV. SIXTH MEDITATION. On Judgment. Preparation. 1. PLACE yourself in the Presence of God. 2. Intreat Him to inspire you. Considerations. 1. When the…
…that kind of civilization which conflicts with the doctrines and laws of holy Church is nothing but a worthless imitation and meaningless name.-Leo XIII, Encyclical…
11th Sunday in Ordinary Time First Reading Ezek 17:22-24 [22] Thus saith the Lord God: I myself will take of the marrow of the high…
Years after my first tentative steps into communion with the Saints, I found myself alone, in the middle of the night, driving through a snow…
