I flew from London to Boston on September 9, just a couple of days before the attack. Something rather unusual happened at the U.S. Customs desk. The clerk briefly checked my only piece of luggage and zipping it closed he… Read More
We broke off yesterday’s narrative at the year 1531, which ends with the conquest of Peru and the apparition of the Virgin Mary in Mexico. We shall go back to the year of 1398, one hundred and thirty years before the Virgin’s apparition on Tepeyac Hill.
The legacy of the native peoples of America is enormous and mysterious. The remnants of their lost civilizations prompt us to ask: what happened to them? In Europe and Asia, Romans, Greeks, Slavs, Chinese, Egyptians, Persians lived on in one way or another. What happened in America that was so different?
Readings for May 21
Daily Divine Office
“Teach me to pray, Lord. Teach me to pray in your name, to pray with faith, to pray unceasingly. Teach me to pray for the people you have entrusted to my care. You want to shower your graces down upon…
May 27th – Pentecost Sunday
Vatican Basilica, at 9:30
PAPAL MASS
Holy Mass
Saint Peter’s Square, at 12:00
Regina Caeli…
“There is nothing more beautiful than to be surprised by the gospel, by the encounter with Christ. There is nothing more beautiful than to know Him and to speak to others of our friendship with him.” ~Pope Benedict XVI…
Be brave
St. Godric of Finchale
Spiritual advice from a Benedictine monastery by Brother Sebastian
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Pasta di San Giuseppe
(St. Joseph Pasta – Pasta with Sardines)
Italians have a great devotion to St Joseph, and the dishes they prepare to celebrate the feast day inevitably have a cute reference to him. Just before you serve…