On a number of occasions both here and in private conversations, I have complained about our society not being ordered in a such a way that major feast days are also public holidays (except for Christmas). And on this Feast of Christ the King our pastor gave an excellent homily about putting Christ at [...]
Today is the feast of St.Luke even though it gets overshadowed by Sunday. As I have mentioned before, St. Luke is my patron saint. When it was time for my confirmation I had a really hard time picking a saint. To be honest I didn’t know that much about any of them. [...]
I recently ordered both volumes of the complete Golden Legend. The translation in this version is nice and clean, and easier to read than some other versions available online. Now when I write posts about feast days, I am looking forward to included notes from this great work of the Middle Ages! Lest [...]
Last week was the feast of the Dedication of St. Michael the Archangel, or more simply, Michaelmas (9/29). Traditionally this was a pretty grand feast day in the Church, and it’s an important feast to me personally. Now, I confess that I never heard of Michaelmas until a few years ago. Doubtless this is partly [...]
To be honest, the future of this blog looks bleak. I have been debating with myself for the last six months or so, whether or not to continue with it. I was leaning towards dropping it, but for whatever reason, I suddenly feel like giving it one more shot. So, I am going to put [...]
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