Selection from Angel Food For Jack and Jill: Little Talks to Little Folks by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan. Hardcover and EPUB Audio The Poor Dog (the Shepherds Grave) by Edwin Henry Landseer (d. 1873) Chapter 14 — Chippy Eddie Cooper wanted a pet for his son, Teddy, who was seven months old. So, Eddie decided to buy a dog. He looked at all kinds of dogs, and finally, one day he bought a small puppy. Eddie named the dog, "Chippy." Now, I don't have to tell you that little Teddy Co

Ave María! May our Lady of Walshingham, the Immaculate Queen of England and all English domains, with her loving child bless us, and together with St. John Wall and All Saints, pray for us! In October 1863, US president Abraham Lincoln officially declare the holiday of thanksgiving: “ I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.” President Lincoln was not t

Ave María! May Our Lady, The Immaculate Mother of God, together with St. Peter, Pope St. Nicolas and St. Josaphat, pray for us. In recent years there has been a great desire to celebrate Russia as a champion against the degeneracy that plagues the western world. However, Russia is the origin of many modern errors. As our Lady warned at Fatima “Russia will spread her errors” I would like to spend some time on this feast day of St. Josaphat, discussing the original error of Rus

Ave María! May Our Lady, Queen of All saints, together with all the Saints and Martyrs, pray for us, and May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. As we hopefully gather at the cemeteries in prayer the next few days, we should ponder a lesson from a priest of Old Florida. Who is Father Miguel O'Reilly? Father O'Reilly was born in Ireland and later left for Spain to pursue the priesthood, as the British suppressed Catholicism in

Today at Mass, Father recommended everyone pick up a copy of Toal's Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers . Specifically, he recommended the two sermons offered for today's feast, one by St. Augustine and the other by St. Leo the Great. A hardcover edition used to be published by Ignatius but appears to be out of print. Amazon stocks a paperback edition for $25 per volume (Volumes One , Two , Three and Four ). Digitally, all volumes are collected in one handy 93MB PDF . For t

Ave María! May our Lady, Queen of All Saints, together with all the Saints and Martyrs, pray for us! Blessed All Hallows Eve, as the world focuses on that which is evil, I think it’s appropriate to similarly consider the saints and demons that shaped our world and are similarly both overlooked. On this day, 31 October 1696, Franciscan Father Luis Sanchez was killed while saying Mass at his chapel just 10 miles from our beloved St. Thomas More Priory. Father Sanchez is among

Selection from Sermons of the Curé of Ars: Sermons for the Sundays and Feasts of the Year by Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie Vianney Text ( PDF or EPUB ) Audio Feast of All Saints “I beseech thee, my son, look upon heaven.”—II. Mach. vii. 28. Today, my dear Christians, is a day on which, more than on any other, the faithful look up to heaven and reflect, how supremely happy the saints are who enjoy the bliss of heaven at the throne of God; a day on which, by meditating on the nev

Quas Primas Introducing the Feast of Christ the King Pope Pius XI - December 11, 1925 Christ the Eternal High Priest by Br. Maximilian Schmalzl, C.Ss.R. (died 1930) ON THE FEAST OF CHRIST THE KING To Our Venerable Brethren the Patriarchs, Primates, Archbishops, Bishops, and other Ordinaries in Peace and Communion with the Apostolic See. Venerable Brethren, Greeting and the Apostolic Benediction. In the first Encyclical Letter which We addressed at the beginning of Our Pontif

Selection from Life of Saint Teresa written by herself and translated by John Dalton English Text and Audio Spanish Text and Audio Hl. Therese von Avila (1615) by Peter Paul Rubens Chapter II She relates how she began to be fond of reading romances, and how necessary it is for youth to keep good company. It seems to me that a certain circumstance, which I will now relate, began to do me great harm. I sometimes consider what evil those parents commit, who do not always end

Selection from The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers by M. F. Toal. Text Audio The Gospel of the Sunday Matthew ix. 1-8 At that time:...