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
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 – 5 January – Saint Emiliana of Rome (6th Century) Virgin, Recluse, Mystic. Patronage – single laywomen. Also known as – Aemiliana, Emilian, Emilienne. The Roman Martyrology states: “In Rome, commemoration of Saint Emiliana, Virgin, Aunt of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who, shortly after her sister Tarsilla, also returned to […]
Saint of the Day – 5 January – Saint Emiliana of Rome (6th Century) — AnaStpaul
Saint of the Day – 4 January – Saint Pharaildis of Ghent (c 650-c 740) Virgin, although married, she remained a virgin during her marriage, apostle of charity, miracle-worker. Born in c 650 in Ghent, Belgium and died in c 740 of natural causes. Patronages – against childhood diseases, of toothache, difficult marriages, poultry, victims […]
Saint of the Day – 4 January – Saint Pharaildis of Ghent (c 650-c 740) — AnaStpaul
Our Lady, Queen of Ireland, or the Madonna of Ireland (1697) – 17 March: During the difficult times of Oliver Cromwell, one of the bishops who was …
Our Lady, Queen of Ireland, or the Madonna of Ireland (1697) and Memorials of the Saints – 17 March
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