As I continue to read through Fr Lacordaire’s, OP Letters to Young Men, I came across this letter on the Dignity of a Christian. I found Lacordaire is surprisingly upfront in this letter – he does not pull any punches. “In any case you can no longer live a coward’s or a sluggard’s life.” Note, here, […]
The last few weeks have been exciting, if you follow the Order of Preachers at all. First off, the Order kicked off its 800th Jubilee on November 7th, 2015. The Jubilee celebration runs until January 21, 2017. I’ve written up a bunch of good information at the St Louis Bertrand Young Adults website, including notes on […]
I have taken to reading the book “Letters to Young Men”, by Fr. Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, OP. Fr. Lacordaire was the man who re-established the Dominican Order in France in the 1850s. I cannot say too much about him (as I do not really know all that much about him yet), but he showed great courage […]
Dies irae, dies illa, solvet saeculum in favilla, teste David cum Sibylla. Thus begins that famous Catholic hymn, the Dies Irae. That day of wrath, that dreadful day, shall heaven and earth in ashes lay, as David and the Sybil say. Haunting and beautiful, that hymn permeates Western civilization. “Andy, you kid. That medieval and negative […]
Back in August 2014, New Liturgical Movement posted a recording of the Trappist monks at Gethsemani singing in 1958. The recording was the hymn O quam glorifica. You can read more about the history and usage of the hymn at “A Special Hymn for the Assumption”. What I find a bit interesting, however, are the […]
I’ve gone to St. Joseph University Parish pretty much whenever I’ve been in Terre Haute, IN. It is the University Parish, and my understanding is that, since it is the home to the campus ministry programs at Rose-Hulman (among others), it is my spiritual home. St. Joseph’s has been the cause for much spiritual development […]
Coming on the heels of my last post about the Divine Office and its timelessness, this wonderful reflection is posted by one of the priests of Silverstream Priory at the blog Vultus Christi: Before going down to Vespers last evening, I remarked to Father Benedict that I was far more interested in what the Magnificat Antiphon would be […]
Continuing with Thursday’s post on St. Louis Bertrand, provided below are the propers to St. Louis Bertrand’s Office. Lauds Antiphons (for Sunday Psalms): Louis, when you address the Lord who is glorious on high, the wondrous surgings of the sea are suddenly quiet. Let the noble and the lowly praise the Lord in this great […]
October 9th is the feast day of St. Louis Bertrand (in the 1962 calendar and onwards – in 1955 and earlier, his feast was observed on Oct 10), the Apostle to the Americas. He is the patron of my parish in Louisville, KY, and he is the namesake for my Knights of Columbus Council as […]
Over at New Liturgical Movement, Gregory DiPippo has translated (out of Italian) a beautiful meditation on the praying of the Divine Office by Bl. Card. Ildefonso Schuster, Archbishop of Milan, 1929-54. For Mr. DiPippo’s commentary, please see the NLM post, because it gives some context to the quote and when it was made. I close my […]