July

  [“The Liturgical Year” by the Right Rev. Dom Prosper Gueranger, Abbot of Solesmes] Uniting the blood of kings with that of pontiffs, the glory of Anne’s illustrious origin is far surpassed by that of her offspring, without compare among the daughters of Eve. The noblest of all, who have ever conceived by virtue of…

(“Mary In Her Scapular Promise”, 1940)   It is eight hundred and sixty years before Christ. A striking scene is being enacted in Palestine. The entire Jewish nation is assembled there on the summit of the Scripturally famous Mount Carmel. Within a circle formed by the thousands of Israelites, eight hundred and fifty pagan priests…

[Sermon of Saint Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor of the Church] God, who is One, loves unity and union; and all that is not unified is displeasing to Him, as the great Apostle Paul says: One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all. [Gal. 3:20; Eph. 4:5-6]. But if He…

[“The Liturgical Year” by the Right Rev. Dom Prosper Gueranger, Abbot of Solesmes] John the Baptist has pointed out the Lamb, Peter has firmly established his throne, Paul has prepared the bride; their joint work, admirable in its unity, at once suggests the reason for their feasts occurring almost simultaneously in the cycle. The alliance…