Wikipedia is already updated. There are lots of “firsts” here. [Read more...]
St. Bridgid of Ireland: A Saint After My Own Heart
February 1, 2013 By 1 Comment
It’s the feast day of the plucky little lass from Ireland who penned one of my favorite little prayers of thankfulness and joy,
I should like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I should like the angels of Heaven to be drinking it through time eternal.
Hear, hear! In fact, her whole prayer gives me a warm feeling all over, [Read more...]
For this Hymn by St. Thomas Aquinas (Zion, To Thy Savior Singing)
January 28, 2013 By 1 Comment
I am late in coming around to an appreciation of St. Thomas Aquinas. As the old saw goes, better late than never. Jacques Maritain’s book The Peasant of the Garonne has pointed me towards learning more about this Doctor of the Church. [Read more...]
For This Hymn Commemorating the Baptism of Our Lord
January 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
On the Liturgical Calendar today, the Church celebrates the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Below is the conclusion of a three part kontakion written by Saint Romanus, the Melodist, in the 6th century. It was written and sung to commemorate this holy event. [Read more...]
For All the Saints: John, Apostle and Evangelist UPDATED
December 27, 2012 By 2 Comments
Today is the feast day of St. John, the “disciple whom Jesus loved.” Jesus called him and his brother James the “sons of thunder,” so they must have been quite a lively pair. This is a portrait of the young John painted by El Greco.
What follows is the citation on John from Jesuit Father Francis Xavier Weninger’s book, Lives of the Saints. [Read more...]
Have a Very Merry Rock n’ Roll Christmas
December 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
It’s Christmas Eve, and it’s Monday too. So you all know what that means? Music, of course. And as the Christmas season lasts until the Feast of the Epiphany, I can still cue up a few videos in celebration. [Read more...]
Because Christ is the King, Not Mammon
November 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
Because Christ is God and frankly, Mammon is a chump.
The Mammster is nowhere even close to having the qualities that we human beings crave and desire to emulate, follow, and become. Christ the King, though, smiling down on us from the banner collage, and the photograph above, and warming our hearts inside, has all of the qualities that we desire in abundance. [Read more...]
Happy 237th Birthday, Leathernecks!
November 10, 2012 By 3 Comments
Because Now I Know Today is the Birthday of the New Eve
September 8, 2012 By 1 Comment
I came pretty close to spending an entire lifetime on planet Earth without knowing that it’s Our Mother’s birthday today. The painting above reflects this event from the perspective of a contemporary Russian artist named Vasili Nesterenko, who painted this in the year of Our Lord, 2002. Here’s a little something else I found in the old Roman Breviary over on the YIMCatholic Bookshelf. Genealogists might get a kick out of it. [Read more...]
A Poem on St. John the Baptist’s Day
June 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Happy Birthday to St. John the Baptist! Here is a little poem I found written by John Keble in honor of this, the greatest of all men. [Read more...]
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