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by bcadmin | Nov 13, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
In honour of today’s memorial of Saint Josaphat, the great apostle of the union between East and West, here is a sample of a mediaeval chant of the Eastern rite to Our Lady, Come Ye Peoples:
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 8, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
The United States votes today, November 8th, in the middle of the four-year presidential term – which this time, seems like an eternity in Dante’s inferno – and up for grabs are seats in the Senate, Congress, along with governorships. I have mostly despaired of politics. As one colleague, an expert in American history, put[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 2, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
The Liturgy of the hours is a great source of spiritual formation and teaching. Pope Saint John Paul II dedicated entire catecheses on the psalms and canticles of the Office. This he did to encourage and help all to pray with the same words used by Jesus, which have been present for thousands of years[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 1, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
The last day of October, we Capuchins celebrate the feast day of St Angelo of Acri. This great Capuchin remains known within the history of the Capuchin Order as a persuasive preacher and thanks to his preaching he interiorised in his hearers an extraordinary love for Christ’s passion. Born as Luca Antonio Falcone, on October[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 28, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
In light of today’s feast, and Saint Jude’s own warning of the wages of sin, this reflection on hell in a modern key provides some food for thought. In this life, we forge our own eternity, and the choice is ours: To becomes slaves to the d…
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
October 24th, 1648, marks the official end of the Thirty Years War, which had begun in 1618, and was one of the bloodiest and most brutal conflicts of modern times, until the world wars of last century. The conflict was officially Catholic states against the ‘Protestant’ ones, but was really princes against princes, with France[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 24, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
I miss the days when the main problem with Sesame Street was Bert and Ernie’s implied, ahem, same-sex intimacy. But, muppets don’t really have (a) sex – as inanimate objects, they do have gender. Now we have tis rank propaganda, even as jurisdictions across the globe discourage – or even illegalize – the vaccine illegal[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 21, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis, Saints | 0 |
Today is the traditional commemoration of Saint Ursula, who was put to death on this October 21st, in 383, along with – as the legend has it – 11,000 virgin martyr companions. They were all slaughtered by pagan Huns, but Ursula was spared, for the king was besotted with her, offering his hand in marriage.[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 19, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis, Saints | 0 |
On this October 19th we commemorate the Polish priest and martyr, Father Jerzy Popiełuszko, murdered by communist agents on this day in 1984, for his witness to the evils of Communism, and the truth of the dignity of the human person. He was a staunch supporter of the Solidarity movement, along with Archbishops Karol Wojtyla[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
Today is the feast of Saint Teresa of Avila (1515-1582), a discalced Carmelite nun who reformed the Order, which traced its origins way back to the 12th century in the Holy Land, to that very ‘Carmel’ spoken of in such exalted terms in Scripture where Elijah met with God. The Order developed through the ages,[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 13, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
A nourishing read: Why farmers make the best intellectuals. In class this morning, we were going over the distinction between speculative and practical knowledge – between what who know, and what you can do. Ideally, the two types of knowledge should work in harmony; sadly, as the article argues, they are becoming ever-more bifurcated, as[…]
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 9, 2022 | News, Nota in Brevis | 0 |
An intriguing take on the larger geopolitical significance of the battle of Lepanto, in the midst of what was then a rapidly changing world – and our world is also transforming in ways we cannot yet predict. Read the signs of the times, sayeth the Lord, and, we may presume, act accordingly, in hope and[…]
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