Our Sunday Visitor will release the new book–The Apostles: The Origin of the Church and Their Co-Workers sometime this summer (July or August). It takes up where Jesus of Nazareth leaves off, but unlike that book which the Pope did not want to be considered part of his magisterial office–this one is and contains some [...]
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From Vultus Christi
Those lacking in understanding
find themselves standing under tongues of fire.
Those once dark are illumined from within;
the flame over every head dances its way into every heart
and faces once abashed shine as they have never shone before.
Unveiled now, they “behold the glory of the Lord” (2 Cor 3:18)
and in every mouth there is the [...]
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Red roses fall from the sky!
Father Z has the details and pictures:
There is a tradition in Rome on Pentecost Sunday. At the Church S. Maria ad Martyres, the Pantheon, at the end of Mass red rose petals are let fall in great abundance through the oculus, the dome’s “eye” which is completely open to the [...]
For May 2007
(as of May 27, 2007)
What Books People who Read Amy’s Open Book blog and Michael’s Annunciation blog are buying this month.
1. Jesus of Nazareth by Pope Benedict XVI
2. The DVD: Into Great Silence (Two-Disc Set)
3.A Pocket Guide to the Mass (A Pocket Guide to)
4. An Infinity of Little Hours: Five Young Men and [...]
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From Asia News Italy:
“In this extraordinray event – he continued – we find the essential and qualifying characteristics of the Church: the Church is one, as was the community of Pentecost gathered in prayer and ‘agreement’: ‘the community of believers was of one heart and mind’ (Acts; 4,32). The Church is holy, not because of [...]
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