2012
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Holy Communion with the Sacred Heart of Jesus
We are still in the Octave of the Feast of the Sacred Heart and I want to attempt to capture something of my thoughts and feelings on receiving Holy Communion last Friday, on the Feast itself. Since receiving Holy Communion on that Feast, I have been focussed on the meaning of the words, Our Lord…
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Feast of the Sacred Heart—‘Behold this Heart’
We approach the Feast of the Sacred Heart. In order to prepare ourselves, let us consider the history that gave birth to this great Feast. It is the Third Apparition of the Sacred Heart to Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque that is relevant here. Known as the Great Revelation, this Third Apparition took place in the…
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O Paray! O Feast! O Sacred Heart!
O Paray-le-Monial, place of my heart and most sacred place of His Heart. Place where the Sacred Heart appeared to Saint Margaret Mary back in the 1670s. Lord, how I wish I were there, witnessing the pilgrims gather from far and wide, to celebrate tomorrow the great Feast of Thy Most Sacred Heart. Yet, more…
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Statues Of Christ
Statues of Christ … The Catholic world is filled with such statues, some of them small, some of them mighty and monumental indeed. For example, overlooking Rio de Janeiro, we find Christ the Redeemer. Here is a closer view than the one above. The statue is roughly two thirds the size of the Statue of…
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Valentin Tomberg, Catholic France and the Sacred Heart—Pt. 5
2023: Here is the fifth and final post from an unfinished, strangely and embarrassingly personal five-part series from 2012 concerned with Valentin Tomberg, France and my time living in France. After spending nearly all my life in Britain and America, this period profoundly opened my eyes to Catholicism—and the very un-British and un-American thinking of…
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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