Pope Pius X: The Pope Who Carried His Shoes
Named Bishop of Mantua, Sarto began in 1884 to teach dogma courses in the Seminary, giving each student a personal copy of the “Summa Theologiae.”
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Named Bishop of Mantua, Sarto began in 1884 to teach dogma courses in the Seminary, giving each student a personal copy of the “Summa Theologiae.”
In the mystery of the Incarnation, God takes delight in responding to man’s sensible, bodily nature, and the resulting need for tasting and touching our God.
“There is nothing in the Council text about turning altars toward the people.” — Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger

The importance of the priest singing the orations at Mass.
“And the practice of saying a Low Mass while the choir sings bits of things is too dreadful to be described.” — Fr. Adrian Fortescue, 1912

Whose Gift Is It?

A beautiful hymn from Rev Fr Popplewell FSSP from Canberra, Australia.

One of our contributors, Richard Clark, plans to write about the 1998 ICEL translation . . .
I published this article in 2007. I am reproducing it here in case anyone finds it useful.
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We must do all that we can do for the Lord, since our greatest is the least that is worthy of him. And when we do all the “little things” with love, we give Him great glory.

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).

A short film by Watershed which features live footage of the “Sacred Music Colloquium” (Church Music Association of America).
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