Liturgical Index
Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The angel Gabriel did not tell Mary to
visit her cousin Elizabeth. It seems strange that a young girl would be allowed
to venture so far from home... more »
During my novitiate year in 1950 Pope Pius XII declared as a dogma to be believed by Catholics as a matter of Faith that 'Mary, the immaculate... more »
In the early Church there was little concern for setting down a detailed biography of the Virgin Mary. The New Testament highlights just a few brief,... more »
'Go up Lord, to the place of your rest, you and the ark of your strength.' This phrase, from the psalm set for the vigil Mass of this solemnity, is... more »
Concepts have a history. They don't just come out of the blue. It may take decades, even centuries, for a concept to develop and pass into common... more »
Some years ago I visited Georgia -- the real one, in the Caucasus, not that pseudo-Georgia in the United States (apologies to any residents thereof... more »
A few weeks ago I took part in a 'Thinking Faith' week for young people in which we thought about areas of contemporary life in Britain where out... more »
When you receive a gift, are you the sort of person who keeps the box? A child's instinct seems correct: to tear off the coverings and get at the... more »
The God of our Salvation comes to be enthroned among human beings through their praise.Yet you O God are Holy, enthroned on the praises of Israel... more »
And a great portent appeared in heaven, a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars ...Today... more »
And Mary said,For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed; for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his... more »
In 1950, five years after the end of the carnage of the Second World War which had ruptured the peace of the world and during which millions of human... more »
