Sacred Heart: Burning Furnace of Charity
From Kim – as she returns to blogging here, as well. As I prayed the Holy Hour on Thursday night, I gazed upon this image of Our Lord. The image that I love so much, from a previous, more pious age. As...
View ArticleTraditional Catholic Education: Suffer the Little Children to Come Unto Me …
Traditional Catholic Education: an unforgettable memory of the tradition at work in Catholic France.
View ArticleO Paray! O Feast! O Sacred Heart!
O Paray-le-Monial, place of my heart and most sacred place of His Heart. Place where the Sacred Heart appeared to Saint Margaret Mary back in the 1670s. Lord, how I wish I were there, witnessing the...
View ArticleFeast of the Sacred Heart III
We approach the Feast of the Sacred Heart. In order to prepare ourselves, let us consider the history that gave birth to this great Feast. It is the Third Apparition of the Sacred Heart to Saint...
View ArticleHoly Communion with the Sacred Heart of Jesus
We are still in the Octave of the Feast of the Sacred Heart and I want to attempt to capture something of my thoughts and feelings on receiving communion last Friday, on the Feast itself. Since...
View ArticleThe Curé d’Ars Comes to the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
On the first Friday of July, the Archdiocese of Liverpool welcomed a very special guest. A relic of the heart of Saint John-Marie Vianney – whose Feast it is today – came to the Metropolitan Cathedral...
View ArticleSaint Philomena and the Curé d’Ars
Last Wednesday was the Feast of Saint John Marie Baptiste Vianney, the Curé d’Ars, who is known so well for having transformed the small French town of Ars into a hive of faith and piety. He is also...
View ArticleCatholic Obedience and New Age Thinking
Roger has recently posted a long piece, on the traditional nature of the Catholicity of Valentin Tomberg. This piece was written largely in response to questions and comments by a reader of the site....
View ArticleAdoration of the Precious Blood
When I gaze upon this image, I see so much. Hidden behind the image, I see our Lord Jesus Christ upon the Cross, arms stretched wide, presenting us His Heart, loving. Loving, forgiving, in the...
View ArticleOn the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
Recently, Alisa left a comment, saying that she is going to have the Enthronment of the Sacred Heart in her home. I have to say, I’m so thrilled. It is such a wonderful thing to make the Sacred...
View ArticleIreland, Holy Island …
Here I am now in Ireland. A new home, in a new country. I am bewildered by the move, but very happy in my heart and in my soul. I have moved from my homeland, England – which has not felt like home...
View ArticleUpholding the Day of His Ascension
I like to think of the Liturgical Year, like a system of arteries and veins – through which the Blood flows to each and every member of the Mystical Body of Christ. The Liturgical Year makes real...
View ArticleIn the Octave of Pentecost
From Ascension Thursday until Pentecost Sunday, the Apostles were gathered together in the Cenacle. Here they prayed over the nine days between the two great Feasts, giving rise to the first...
View ArticleFeast of the Sacred Heart IV
For the fourth year now, Roger and I mark the Feast of today: the Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. The vigil of which, yesterday, is shared with the octave day of Corpus Christi. It is no...
View ArticleProtecting Ireland from the Sword of Death
There shall be a time, when they will not endure sound doctrine; but, according to their own desires, they will heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears: And will indeed turn away their...
View ArticleQueen Assumed into Heaven
Hodie Maria Virgo caelos ascendit: gaudete, quia cum Christo regnat in aeternum. (This day the Virgin Mary ascended into heaven; rejoice, for she reigns with Christ for ever – Vespers Antiphon.)...
View ArticleOn the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Thy Nativity, O Virgin Mother of God, was the herald of joy to the whole world; since from thee arose the Sun of Justice, Christ our God, who, destroying the curse, bestowed the blessing, and...
View ArticleYearning for the Traditional Latin Mass
One may feel the deepest yearning for the traditional Latin Mass. Once one has first tasted it, it is difficult to be deprived ...
View ArticleThe Sacred Heart of Jesus is Our Home (Feast of St. Margaret Mary)
The Sacred Heart is our home: Recollecting the Passion of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
View ArticleThe Holy Hour: In Gethsemane
To pray the Holy Hour is to meditate on Gethsemane and on the Fall. Our Lord first called St. Margaret Mary Alacoque to this devotion in 1674.
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