Holy Card Lent 2016 Roundup

Posted on April 7, 2016March 30, 2016 | by aklusman

If you’re interested in seeing the list of 40ish prayer and holy cards featured this past Lent, this post is for you. I hope to make this a regular Lenten and maybe Advent “feature”, so, I’ll keep these somewhat organized. Hopefully. As a note, I’ve taken my liturgical calendar from the FSSP’s Nebraska seminary website. […]

Easter Sunday, rejoice!

Posted on March 27, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

Here’s a double feature today, because it is Easter, and we ought to rejoice! Our Savior has risen! The top is a card received from the FSSP. It is pretty. The bottom card is a commemoration of receiving Communion in the Easter season. These Easter duty cards are passed out to those receiving Communion in […]

Our Great High Priest

Posted on March 26, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

Today, we await the joyous return of our great High Priest, our victorious King.

The Arma Christi

Posted on March 25, 2016March 7, 2016 | by aklusman

I have been fascinated by this depiction since I first saw it in a large, barn-wall-sized crucifix at the Schwarzwälder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof (Black Forest Open Air Museum) in 2008. The weapons of Christ (Arma Christi) are the instruments of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ. There’s so much going on, so much to see, and […]

Holy Thursday

Posted on March 24, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

Today is Holy Thursday! If you can, attend the Holy Week cycle of liturgies over the next few days. Even in their reduced forms (post-’55 and Novus Ordo), they are a rich source of symbolism and Catholic teaching. Let us use the liturgy and institution of the Eucharist to remind us that we ought to […]

Prayer for a Peaceful Death

Posted on March 23, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

This is one of those gorgeous stained glass images. The card doesn’t give the source of the glass, but it is colorful, edifying, and just a pleasure to look at. In light of the recent feast day of St. Joseph, and the terrorist attacks in Belgium, let us pray that we may have a good, […]

St. Louis IX, King of France

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

I love this holy card (and grab one whenever I find it in St. Louis). It’s big, it’s sturdy, and it features a wonderful Christian saint, that great ruler, that patron of France, St. Louis IX. This card was issued on the 800th anniversary of his birth and the 250th anniversary of the City of […]

Bl. Jordan of Saxony

Posted on March 22, 2016March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

Another Dominican! Whodathunkit? Bl Jordan of Saxony met St Dominic while Jordan was a student, and was inspired by the preaching of Reginald of Orleans to join the Order. After St Dominic’s death, Bl Jordan was elected as successor to the holy founder and became the Master General of the Order of Preachers. He is […]

Our Lady of Providence

Posted on March 22, 2016 | by aklusman

I’ve not really heard of this devotion, but it has a shrine in the Church of the Immaculate Conception at St. Mary of the Woods College. I really like the image used (in the church and on this card) and the patronage of the home that this devotion has. Also, having spent a few years […]

St. Joseph, pray for us!

Posted on March 19, 2016March 7, 2016 | by aklusman

Once again, we Catholics find ways to raise up our humdrum lives and make them into something holy and/or worthwhile. Invoking the saints in daily life is a good practice to do (as we have so many, and they love to help, especially for those things under their patronage), but we would do well to […]