Oct

19

Primary Missionary Commitment is Prayer

October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Following this morning’s solemn celebration of the Eucharist and the traditional supplication to the Virgin of Pompeii, Benedict XVI prayed the Angelus with thousands of faithful gathered at the Shrine of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Holy Rosary.
Before the Marian prayer, the Pope entrusted the work of the current Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of [...]

Sep

30

Ego Vos Elegi

September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Non vos me elegistis sed EGO VOS ELEGI et posui vos ut eatis et fructum adferatis et fructus vester maneat ut quodcumque petieritis Patrem in nomine meo det vobis
John 15:16
You have not chosen Me: but I have chosen you; and have appointed you, that you should go and should bring forth fruit; and your fruit [...]

Sep

16

Pontiff: Saints Know They Are Sinners

September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment

The only thing that separates a saint from a sinner is that a saint looks less at himself and more at Christ and his love, says the Pope.
The Pope offered a commentary on the Eucharist on Sunday night at the conclusion of the Eucharistic procession in the prairie at the Marian shrine in Lourdes.
The Holy [...]

Aug

6

Martyrdom of Gabriel Garcia Moreno

August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Today we commemorate the martyrdom of Gabriel Garcia Moreno, Catholic President of Ecuador.  It was on this Feast of the Transfiguration and a First Friday that Garcia Moreno spent his last moments on earth attending Mass and receiving and adoring the Blessed Sacrament.  Just hours later would he meet His Savior face to face and [...]

Aug

6

Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ on the Mount

August 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

INTROIT: Your lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled. Ps. 83, 2, 3. How lovely are your tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord.
Sermon on the Transfiguration
Saint Gregory Palamas, Archbishop of Thessalonica
For an explanation of the present Feast and understanding of its truth, it [...]

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