Category: Christianity

One Minute Reflection – 11 January – ‘Consider the most prudent woman Mary …’ — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

One Minute Reflection – 11 January – Sixth Day within the Octave of Epiphany “He went down with them and came to Nazareth and was obedient to them and his mother kept all these things in her heart.” – Luke 2:51 REFLECTION – “Consider the most prudent woman Mary, Mother of true Wisdom, as the […]

One Minute Reflection – 11 January – ‘Consider the most prudent woman Mary …’ — AnaStpaul

One Minute Reflection – 10 January – Asking them questions… Luke 2:46 — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

One Minute Reflection – 10 January – The Fifth Day within the Octave of Epiphany, Readings: Romans 12:1-5; Luke 2:42-52 “After three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions…” Luke 2:46 REFLECTION – ”Because He was a small child, He is […]

One Minute Reflection – 10 January – Asking them questions… Luke 2:46 — AnaStpaul

Tolkien and the Roman Catholic Church — The Imaginative Conservative (Reblog)

Though J.R.R. Tolkien said that the Roman Catholicism only entered “The Lord of the Rings” consciously in its revision, one finds prayer, notions of hierarchy, and Catholic sacramental elements in the earliest conceptions of the legendarium. In 1900, much to the dismay of her family, Mabel Tolkien was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church. Her […]

Tolkien and the Roman Catholic Church — The Imaginative Conservative

Saint of the Day – 8 January – Saint Apollinaris the Apologist (Died 2nd Century) — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Saint of the Day – 8 January – Saint Apollinaris the Apologist (Died 2nd Century) Bishop of Hierapolis, Apologist, Confessor, Defender of the True Faith against heretics, Writer, renowned Scholar. Also known as – Apollinaris Claudius, Apollinaris of Hierapolis, Claudius Apollinaris, Apollinare di Gerapoli. Additional Memorial – 7 February on some calendars. The Roman Martyrology […]

Saint of the Day – 8 January – Saint Apollinaris the Apologist (Died 2nd Century) — AnaStpaul

Saint of the Day – 7 January – Blessed Matthew of Agrigento OFM (c 1377-1450) “Apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus” — AnaStpaul (Reblog)

Saint of the Day – 7 January – Blessed Matthew of Agrigento OFM (c 1377-1450) “Apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus” Bishop, Priest and Friar of the Friars Minor, Missionary Preacher often with St Bernardine of Siena, Provincial Vicar and General Commissioner of the Order, founder of many Convents. The Etymology of the name Matthew […]

Saint of the Day – 7 January – Blessed Matthew of Agrigento OFM (c 1377-1450) “Apostle of the Holy Name of Jesus” — AnaStpaul