Friday, April 30, 2010
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Inside Rome Tomb of St. Catherine of Siena
Opened by the Dominican friars each year on her feast day for the faithful to enter, kneel and pray.
Room Where St. Catherine of Siena Passed Away in Rome (Cubiculum S. Catharinae Virginis Senensis)
St. Catherine of Siena passed away in this room in 1380 (now attached to the sacristy of the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva).
This chapel was constructed in 1637 around the original room by Cardinal Barberini. If you ever want to pray here just ask the sacristan for permission to enter and see it.
More Blessings of Summorum Pontificum: Usus Antiquior Ambrosian Rite Events in Rome this Weekend
Friday April 30, 4:00 p.m.
Sung Mass at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Saturday, May 1, 4:30 p.m.
Solemn Vespers and Compline at Sant'Andrea del Quirinale
Sunday, May 2, 12:00 p.m.
Solemn Mass at Pantheon
Sung Mass at Santa Maria Sopra Minerva
Saturday, May 1, 4:30 p.m.
Solemn Vespers and Compline at Sant'Andrea del Quirinale
Sunday, May 2, 12:00 p.m.
Solemn Mass at Pantheon
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Rome's Usus Antiquior Faithful on Torino Pilgrimage to Pray Before the Holy Shroud of Turin
It was a wonderful pilgrimage.
From Rome came lots of priests, seminarians, families, young couples, kids and elderly and pontifical university students.
Many thanks to everybody who put the event together!
To pray before the Shroud of Turin was a very special gift and this group carried the torch.
You were remembered and your intentions were carried with us.
Let us pray!
Rome's Usus Antiquior Faithful on Torino Pilgrimage to Pray Before the Holy Shroud of Turin
Turin, Italy: April 24, 2010.
Shroud of Turin Extraordinary Exhibition A.D. 2010
Tuam Sindonem veneramur, Domine, et Tuam recolimus Passionem.
Know that in front of the Holy Shroud you were prayed for as well as for all readers of this blog and for all those involved in Catholic Internet evangelization.
It was one of the greatest honors of my life to pray before this most hallowed relic in all of Christendom.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Rome Quotes
"The peoples of the world will hear him [the Pope] gladly, but the rulers see in him a superior and will not brook it. They cannot subdue him, and they will not be subject to his voice. They are therefore in perpetual conflict with him. But whoever fought against him and has prospered? Kings have carried him captive, and princes have betrayed him; but, one by one, they have passed away, and he still abides. Their end has been so tragically explicit that all men may read its meaning. And yet kings and princes will not learn, nor be wise. They rush against the rock, and perish. The world sees their ruin, but will not see the reason. The faithful read in the ruin of all who lay hands on the Vicar of Christ the warning of the Psalmist, 'Nolite tangere Christos meos;' and of our Lord Himself, 'Whosoever shall fall on the stone, shall be broken, but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder" [Matthew 21:44].
-Cardinal Manning
-Cardinal Manning
Rome Quotes
"And in the midst of this, the Vicar of Jesus Christ, abandoned by all the powers of the once Christian world stands alone, weak but invincible, the supreme judge and infallible teacher of men."
-Cardinal Manning
-Cardinal Manning
Rome Quotes
"In these days laxity is mistaken for charity and indifference to truth for love of souls."
-Cardinal Manning
-Cardinal Manning
Blessed Michael the Archangel: Heavenly Patron of Brussels (Now the E.U. Capital with Strasbourg)
S.P.Q.B.
Pray the St. Michael Prayer each day that through his heavenly intercession the Catholic identity of Brussels, Belgium, might me saved.
Since 1958 Brussels has been the seat of what became in 1992 the European Union and the city is now crawling with Arab nationals and has the highest crime rate of any European capital. Meanwhile, the E.U. continues to ask for more and more abortion on demand.
Tourist brochures for the city advertise Brussels as a place which has always been characterised by "tolerance" and is open and welcoming to the "new" Europe "still" under construction.
Good news: the blessed statue of St. Michael felling the devil still reigns above the city.
The son of the Count of Leuven (1041-1063) who was the landowner of the county of Brussels is said to have been saved from sure death by St. Michael and in recognition of this he proclaimed Michael the patron saint of the city. Since 1455 the copper statue of St. Michael, with a cross atop his helmet and atop the devil with his sword has decorated the spire of the town hall as seen here.
Many have made an effort in recent years to have this statue removed.
Glory of Catholic Belgium: Primate Archbishop André-Joseph Léonard at First Pro-Life March in Brussels
March 28, 2010: First ever March For Life/Mars Voor Het Leven/Marche Pour La Vie/Marsch Für Das Leben at the E.U.capital of Brussels.
Glory be to Jesus Christ for holiness and grace such as this - an apostle in our midst.
Pray, fast and do penance for an end to the menace of abortion and may the Lord save Europe from the abortion industry which spells extinction for her native blood.
Read his life story here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Joseph_L%C3%A9onard.
April 26 in Rome: Feast of Mater Boni Consilii (Madonna del Buon Consiglio)
When you're in the Holy City be sure to visit the original icon in Genazzano, just east of Rome. Meanwhile, this is the Rome street shrine with altar for devotions.
Here is a taste of the Introit for the April 26 Mass:
"Gaudeamus omnes in Domino, diem festum celebrantes sub honore beatae Mariae Virginis boni Consilii Matris: de cuius solemnitate gaudent Angeli et collaudant Fillium Dei. Alleluia, alleluia."
Monday, April 26, 2010
Sunday, April 25, 2010
The Kid Says: "Bring Back the Old Cotta Griccia Surplice!"
The new generation of altar server has spoken: "Griccia rules!"
We need to rethink some of these traditions and bring them back.
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