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St. Teresa Benedicta is, indeed, a saint for our time. In April of 1933, Hitler enforced a law that no Jews could hold a university positi...

Today, we hear Christ telling the apostles at the Last Supper that He will be glorified. This is stated clearly after Christ shows that J...

Matthew 27:46  Douay-Rheims  46  And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? that...

Suffering forms the theme of many posts on this blog. Just follow the tags. But, this week, the holiest week of the year, one follows C...

Sunday, 24 February 2013 On St. Peter and the Transfiguration-- a lesson in not being afraid of the future, not holding on to the past...

The word Lent is actually from the root word meaning longer days, as in those days past the Spring Equinox. The root may be  lencten ---lo...

Long ago in the perfection series, and in the posts on St. Bernard, I referred to the sin of accidie. Here is the long definition. It is ...

I am resposting this as I have had recently a realization of one of the greatest sins found in this country. Americans demand a certain sta...

Psalm 28 Douay-Rheims  28  A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring t...