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St. Paschal Baylon A CATHOLIC LIFE - May 17, 2013 ... poverty and penance." All through his life he was animated with a burning love for the Holy Eucharist, a love so intense that it enabled him to speak triumphantly to heretics about the most obscure mysteries of the Faith. He was a mystic and contemplative, and he had frequent ecstatic visions. He would spend the night before the altar in prayer many nights. At the same time, he sought to downplay any glory that might come from this piety. Pope Leo XIII declared him patron of ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/myST/~3/fvYVBhxXzes/st-paschal-baylon.html
St. Paschal Baylon CATHOLIC FIRE - May 17, 2013 ... favored with ecstasies and raptures. He died at Villa Reale, near Valentia, on May 17, 1592, at the age of fifty-two. As he lay dead in his casket, he opened and closed his eyes twice when the sacred species were elevated at the consecration. His body was exposed three days, during which time a vast number of people visited the church, witnessing to his many miracles. St. Paschal was beatified by Pope Paul V in 1618, and canonized by Alexander VIII. in 1690. Patron : Cooks; Eucharistic ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/05/st-paschal-baylon.html
Community Incarnated CATHOLIC LAND MOVEMENT - May 5, 2013 ... yard. I hope someday that again we will see such gatherings on lazy Sunday afternoons, along with more gatherings for barn raisings and such. We did most all of our work yesterday by hand. We did use elecricity for an air compressor and cut-off tool, but mostly we just worked. I have thought of the impact of machinery on such get-togethers. When suddenly a tractor could replace 10 men then it wasn't necessary to have a raising any longer. Now, with the lack of community these machines are ...http://www.thecatholiclandmovement.org/2013/05/community-incarnated.html
English Carthusian Martyrs CATHOLIC FIRE - May 4, 2013 http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/05/english-carthusian-martyrs.html
The Percys TEA AT TRIANON - May 3, 2013 ... Northumberland, receiving that title when his brother, the Wizard Earl's uncle, Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumbland was executed in 1572 for his leadership of the Northern Rebellion--and Thomas Percy was beatified by Pope Leo XIII as a martyr! The Wizard Earl's father died in the Tower of London, imprisoned there under suspicion of treason. His grandfather had also run afoul of the Tudor monarch of his era, as Sir Thomas Percy was executed by Henry VIII in ...http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-percys.html
Old Nick at 500 IDLE SPECULATIONS - April 27, 2013 ... Machiavelli: "For many, his teaching adopts the stance of immoralism or, at least, amoralism. The most extreme versions of this reading find Machiavelli to be a "teacher of evil," in the famous words of Leo Strauss (1958) on the grounds that he counsels leaders to avoid the common values of justice, mercy, temperance, wisdom, and love of their people in preference to the use of cruelty, violence, fear, and deception. A more moderate school of thought, associated with the name ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/Uocyk/~3/UM6IaL_ejjI/old-nick-at-500.html
Auc 2766 LAODICEA - April 21, 2013 ... the head of the world through the blessed Peter's holy See you attained a wider sway by the worship of God than by earthly government. For although you were increased by many victories, and extended your rule on land and sea, yet what your toils in war subdued is less than what the peace of Christ has conquered. - St Leo I the Great Dear Romans, I am now your Bishop. Thank you for your generosity, thank you for your sympathy, thank you for your patience with me! As Catholics, ...http://exlaodicea.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/auc-2766/
Evening Roundup - St. Leo the Great, Pope, Confessor & Doctor - Missa 'Si Diligis Me' - April 11th, 2013 TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - April 11, 2013 http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/04/evening-roundup-st-leo-great-pope.html
Pope Francis' Appointments Will Create Church of the Future CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 31, 2013 ... elected; Ratzinger was appointed to the doctrinal congregation, and Ottaviani died the following year. In 2005, Ratzinger became Benedict XVI. In 2012, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, older brother of the pope emeritus, wrote that he and his brother felt that Ottaviani had been on the right track, that Ottaviani "was thought to be narrow-minded, but that was a big mistake." What to watch for: who gets the Congregation for Bishops, and what is his background, and ditto ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/04/pope-francis-appointments-will-create.html
Like Jesus, Like Francis, Like Francis - Decide! THE CANON'S STALL - March 28, 2013 http://thecanonsstall.blogspot.com/2013/03/like-jesus-like-francis-decide.html
Pope Benedict XVI Resigns - Habemus Papam Novam - Pope Francis I ROMAN CHRISTENDOM - March 24, 2013 http://romanchristendom.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-benedict-resigns-habemus-papam.html
Morning Roundup - Thursday of Passion Week - Missa 'Omnia Quae Fecisti' - Commemoration: St. Benedict, Abbot - March 21s TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS IN MARYLAND - March 21, 2013 ... THOSE WHO ARE MORE INFLUENCED BY THE WORLD THAN BY GOD! Standing on My Head (Fr. Dwight Longenecker) > ;> ; The Church of Surprises Streets Of Gold (Olivia) > ;> ; The Lord remembers his covenant for ever (Psalm 105:8) The Catholic Thing > ;> ; Cuomo's "Abortion Expansion Act" (George J. Marlin) The Moynihan Letters (Robert Moynihan, PhD) > ;> ; Letter #54: "My Brother Andrew" The Sensible Bond > ;> ; Franciscan conniptions: the Gothic, the Baroque and the Pope TRADITIONAL ...http://tlm-md.blogspot.com/2013/03/morning-roundup-thursday-of-passion.html
The Cult of Youth THE CURT JESTER - March 18, 2013 ... Bishop of Rome, but also as an old man visiting his peers. It would be superfluous to say that I am well acquainted with the difficulties, problems and limitations of this age and I know that for many these difficulties are more acute due to the economic crisis. At times, at a certain age, one may look back nostalgically at the time of our youth when we were fresh and planning for the future. Thus at times our gaze is veiled by sadness, seeing this phase of life as the time of sunset. This ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/splendoroftruth/lNZE/~3/X8jvD6JLVbE/
St. Cyril of Jerusalem CATHOLIC FIRE - March 18, 2013 http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/03/st-cyril-of-jerusalem.html
Pope Francis: Devotion to Mary and the "New Evangelization" DR. TAYLOR MARSHALL CANTERBURY TALES - March 15, 2013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/taylormarshall/~3/8Ykkf4wpi8Y/pope-francis-devotion-to-mary-and-new.html
Benedict XVI Honored by Eastern Orthodox Hierarchs CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 7, 2013 ... of the Fourth Crusade by the Venetians and their sack of Constantinople that brought complete schism. As mentioned above, the differences in customs and the Filioque problem are no longer the main issue. The real bones of contention are the papal claims to universal jurisdiction and infallibility. These matters will take time to sort out. The obstacles to union between Rome and Moscow are further complicated by the history of the Ukrainian Church over the past 400 years and disputes between ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/benedict-xvi-honored-by-eastern.html
Sex and Corruption at the Vatican: The Cardinals Prepare for Conclave CLERICAL WHISPERS - March 5, 2013 ... months pregnant. The canonical judges declared her a virgin, to the general mirth of bystanders. Three months later, she gave birth to a son, also Giovanni. Giovanni's father was either Lucrezia's father, the pope, or her brother, the cardinal. It's possible that Lucrezia herself didn't know which it was. She went to give birth in the Convent of San Sisto, taking with her a new Spanish lover. She was surrounded at San Sisto by nuns who were apparently as sexually adventurous ...http://clericalwhispers.blogspot.com/2013/03/sex-and-corruption-at-vatican-cardinals.html
Feast of Saint Casimir, Patron of Poland SUNLIT UPLANDS - March 4, 2013 ... loyal patriot, and like Callimachus, well versed in statecraft. Casimir was placed in the care of this scholar at the age nine, and even then he was remarkable for his ardent piety. When Casimir was thirteen he was offered the throne of Hungary by a Hungarian faction who were discontented under King Matthias Corvinus. Eager to defend the Cross against the Turks, he accepted the call and went to Hungary to receive the crown. He was unsuccessful, however, and returned a fugitive to Poland. The ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SunlitUplands/~3/AWvu_UGoKhA/feast-of-saint-casimir-patron-of-poland.html
Facts and Fantasy About the Papacy VOICE FROM THE DESERT - March 1, 2013 ... collapsed, the bishops of Rome assumed more control over civil and ecclesiastical life. Pope Leo I (who died in 461) said "Peter speaks to the whole church through the Bishop of Rome." And here we have the beginning of the papacy! Since there was no Roman emperor, the bishop of Rome took over the ritual, the dress and the pageantry and power structures of the Roman emperor. Ancient Rome was resuscitated and baptized into papal Rome. Not even MGM could have reproduced Imperial ...http://reform-network.net/?p=19981
St. Peter Damian CATHOLIC FIRE - February 21, 2013 ... away to study. Peter was brilliant and excelled in his studies (theology and cannon law), later returning to Ravena as a professor. Unable to endure the scandals and distractions of university life, he joined a group of Benedictine monks living in northern Italy. There he became a prior at the young age of 36: a position he held unto his death. While at the hermitage, Peter performed austere penances to the extent that he developed near permanent insomnia and was forced to modify them. ...http://catholicfire.blogspot.com/2013/02/st-peter-damian.html
