Category: Matters Liturgical

Ave, Verum Corpus!

10 November 2006

I do love this painting of Saint Martin’s Mass. It is the work of an unknown Hungarian master and dates from 1490. Saint Martin’s acolyte,...

A Holy Baptism

6 November 2006

Yesterday I had the joy of baptizing Michael Mario Guidone, son of Michael and Kerry Guidone, Oblates of the Benedictine Monastery of the Glorious Cross...

The Churching of a New Mother: Kerry Guidone

23 October 2006

Proud parents Michael and Kerry Guidone are Benedictine Oblates of the Monastery of the Glorious Cross in Branford, Connecticut. Before the birth of little Michael...

Dignum et iustum est

13 October 2006

Terry Nelson at Abbey–Roads, Father Zuhlsdorf at WDPRS, and Father Jim Tucker at Dappled Things discuss with serenity and good sense current speculation on unimpeded...

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