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Fr. Neuhaus with an overview of the day Do this in remembrance of me. And so it has been done; week by week, day by day, century by century, until we eat and drink with him in the kingdom of his Father, and ours. In the patristic era, this day began with the Reconciliation of…

Why wonder that he doffed his garments willingly, Who had unclothed himself of heavenly majest? Why wonder that he tied a towel round his waist, Who, for our sake as Master, assumed a servant’s place? Why wonder that he washed the feet of humble men, who later with his blood would wash away their sin?…

There’s been a lot of conversation and positive remarks about the upcoming God or the Girl program on A & E, a "reality" show which follows four potential seminarians as they discern. Matt Abbot writes that despite the goofy title, he liked it. Pia di Solenni agrees: The series, which airs on Easter Sunday, follows…

The text of the Pope’s homily – only in Italian so far A summary: The priest must be first and foremost a “man of prayer”; from this springs “friendship” with Christ, which allows man to act in God’s name and “bears fruit” in priestly deeds, “giving him my flesh”, as Fr Andrea Santoro used to…

American Enterprise Online: But a Cardinal ought not to regard himself as an ordinary political actor. Mahony ought to have thought about two other consequences of his gesture. First, by implicitly comparing the Church to those at whom the law is really directed, he gives the brazenly cynical traffickers in humanity moral and political cover.…

A USA Today piece on the declining number of baptisms Among Catholics, Sullins says, the rate of baptisms has fallen faster than the rate of decline in births. Baptism isn’t the only source of new members. The church’s U.S. numbers — up from 31.6 million in 1954 to 67.8 million last year — also have…

For David Morrison, his family, and the repose of the soul of David’s father, who died on Monday. Continued prayers for Jeremy Hand, son of Traditional Catholic Reflections’ Stephen Hand, as well as the entire family And for the Morris family, second cousins of mine in Texas, who are dealing with the tragedy of a…

St. Augustine: This is surely what we read in the Proverbs of Solomon: If you sit down to eat at the table of a ruler, observe carefully what is set before you; then stretch out your hand, knowing that you must provide the same kind of meal yourself. What is this ruler’s table if not…

I’ve been remiss on not pointing out some good stuff being written by Mark Stricherz. First is a post on his blog "What happened to the great Catholic pols?" But today the maternity ward for great Catholic pols seems to have closed down. What Catholic America has bred instead are a host of lesser types…

Sandro Magister reprints a portion of the Holy Week letter of the bishop of Monreale, in Sicily, in which the bishop provides a translation of an accout from Romano Guardini of his visit to the cathedral during Holy Week. When they brought the holy oils to the sanctuary, and the procession, accompanied by the insistent…
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