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Ye modern throng, whose tinsel joys reveal The strain’d and labour’d ecstasies you feel; Whose empty pastimes hold a spurious bliss, And feebly copy brighter days than this: Your clumsy games suspend, and pause to hear Of genuine mirth, and … Continue reading → The post Yuletide Self-Defence appeared first on Catholicism.org. Read More

Adapted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” Fear sabotages happiness as few other things can. Happiness is a contentment that we experience in the contemplation of the good, the true, the beautiful. That is Aristotle’s definition that … Continue reading → The post The Fear of Difficulties appeared first on Catholicism.org. Read … Read moreThe Fear of Difficulties

As the Halloween decorations in American stores make way for those of Christmas (although in many such places the two have already co-existed happily in different aisles), here and there yet remain retail locales — especially such as sell turkeys … Continue reading → The post Having a Real Thanksgiving appeared first on Catholicism.org. Read … Read moreHaving a Real Thanksgiving

Quotes Worth Contemplating (belatedly) for the Feast of St. Rose Philippine Duschesne No one in his right mind sets out to grow mealy apples. If you plant an apple tree and take the time to fertilize it, prune it, keep … Continue reading → The post The Sweet Fruits of Failure appeared first on Catholicism.org. … Read moreThe Sweet Fruits of Failure

Excerpted from Sr. Marie Gabrielle’s talk, “A Thousand Times Happy” The expression “a thousand times happy” might not be immediately familiar to you out of context, so allow me to put it in context: “Happy, a thousand times happy, is … Continue reading → The post By No Means Incompatible appeared first on Catholicism.org. Read … Read moreBy No Means Incompatible

Halloween’s Jack O’Lanterns may be gone, and the last Trick-or-Treater long since consumed his last bit of candy. But the “thinness of the veil between the worlds” of which innumerable writers speak at this time of year — and with … Continue reading → The post Dead and Gone? appeared first on Catholicism.org. Read More

This document, which I reproduce word-for-word from the forty-third edition of the Enchiridon Symbolorum (Denzinger-Hünermann, or DH), is of interest to our doctrinal Crusade. It is a Brief sent by Pope Benedict XIV (Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini) to Cardinal Henry, Duke … Continue reading → The post Benedict XIV’s Brief, ‘Singulari Nobis,’ to Cardinal Henry, Duke … Read moreBenedict XIV’s Brief, ‘Singulari Nobis,’ to Cardinal Henry, Duke of York, February 9, 1749

(LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican has unveiled an official animated mascot for the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025 in an apparent attempt to appeal to more young people. Revealed at a press conference Monday, the mascot is a female pilgrim named Luce (light) who … Continue reading → The post Hope Does Not Disappoint, but ‘Luce’ Does appeared first … Read moreHope Does Not Disappoint, but ‘Luce’ Does

Dr. John Campbell is a nurse with multiple higher degrees, including a Ph.D. in nursing. He was a strong supporter of the COVID “vaccines,” at first; then, after reviewing the evidence, he reversed himself and presented hundreds of videos plainly … Continue reading → The post Dr. John Campbell on the Shroud of Turin appeared … Read moreDr. John Campbell on the Shroud of Turin

(Diego López Colín/CNA) For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, who holds a doctorate in Latin American studies, the so-called “black legend” of the Spanish conquest of lands in the Americas arose “essentially and fundamentally as a profoundly anti-Catholic narrative.” Traslosheros, a … Continue reading → The post Black legend of Spanish conquest is ‘profoundly anti-Catholic,’ historian … Read moreBlack legend of Spanish conquest is ‘profoundly anti-Catholic,’ historian says