Inspiring words for the spiritually serious

Islam is the enemy of humanity. It cannot be reformed or helped, only abolished.

Holy Name of Mary (Thanks to Elena at the Fountain of Elias)

On September 12, the fifth day within the octave of the Nativity of the Virgin, in 1683, the army of the Turkish Sultan, 300,000 strong, was miraculously defeated at the gates of Vienna after an attempt to sweep across Europe. The King of Poland, Jan Sobieski, had come to the aid of the Habsburg Emperor Leopold, and they attributed the victory to the fact that they had put the name of Mary on their banners, thus invoking the aid of the Mother of God. The triumph, won against overwhelming odds, saved Europe from becoming a Moslem colony, and September 12 became the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary.







"Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, as terrible as an army set in array?" Canticle of Canticles 6:9






"And the virgin's name was Mary...." St. Luke 1:27

Eucharistic Miracle in Buenos Aires

Recently

I had been on vacation for awhile, and returned last week. Most of what's going on in my parish is the usual, end of summer, kind of thing.
The death of Sen. Kennedy is in the news. Thank goodness they're not making the funeral public! If I were preaching it, it would be difficult to come up with a eulogy.
Today is the feast of St. Monica, mother of St. Augustine. She had to deal with a straying son. Her prayers were answered when he converted. What joy that would have been to a mother's heart! What graces the Church received through his later ministry!

We've been doing this for centuries!

Why there is no such thing as "liturgical dancing" in the Roman Rite

Speechless in El Dorado

Here is a picture of the presiding she-bishop of the Episcopal Church vested for something. It is so horrifying that I am speechless. God help us all!