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A Modest Proposal to Pope Francis—Restore the Ember Days!
Recently, our Holy Father Pope Francis called for a day of prayer and fasting for peace in war-torn Syria. In a sight that we haven’t seen in recent memory, Our Blessed Lord in the Eucharist was exposed in St. Peter’s Square for this prayer vigil on the eve of the Feast of Our Lady’s birth….
Ember Days
Those of you who follow the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Liturgy, you will know that today is Wednesday in Ember Week. The Ember Feasts are days that follow closely the changing of the seasons and are set aside for partial fasting and penance. This liturgical custom has seen a renewed interest and practice in…
Footnote 46: Student Loans and Government Control
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WFF-Podcast-Education-and-Obamas-opinon-090213-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadThree years ago, the federal government quietly took over the student loan program from private lenders. Today, the other shoe is falling, as Obama announces that the government will decide which institutions of higher learning merit the federal support, “in the government’s opinion.” Will Catholic institutions suing the Obama…
Happy Feast Day!
Collect from Today’s Mass: O God, who adorned the Bishop Saint Robert Bellarmine with wonderful learning and virtue to vindicate the faith of your Church, grant, through his intercession, that in the integrity of that same faith your people may always find joy. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with…
Footnote 45: The Cures of Brother Andre
https://media.blubrry.com/bellarmineforumfootnote/bellarmineforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WFF-Podcast-Brother-Andre-2-090213-df.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSaint André Bessette cured so many cripples that their crutches line wall after wall of the Oratory of Saint Joseph, which he founded on Mount Royal in Montreal. Footnote looks at one of those miraculous cures, as chronicled by Laurent Bucher, CSC, Saint André’s biographer.
From Under the Rubble…”Incredibly Small”
During his speech to the nation regarding Syria on September 10, Obama spoke of “humanity” four times. Three of them reflected the sense of the term made famous by Turgot (+1781), the Enlightenment progressive for whom “the total mass of mankind (l’humanité) marches… slowly but steadily toward ever greater perfection.” In his prodigious studies of…
The Controversial Sign of Redemption: the heart of our logo.
Saint Thomas Aquinas would complete all of his works while meditating upon a Crucifix. It is said that after he finished writing the words to the song, Pange Lingua, the Corpus on his cross came to life and said, “Well done, Thomas”. At the end of his life, while Saint Thomas was meditating again on…
Is Christ Worth It?
By Fr. Jay Kythe (Homily delivered at St. Pius X Church. Fr. Kythe has answered the question for himself and on August 15th entrusted himself to Our Lady and entered the Benedictine Abbey in Atchison, Kansas.) “Who do you say that I am?” Jesus asks St. Peter and the apostles. St Peter responds on behalf…
Take a Lesson: The next Magazine Issue and Twerking a.k.a. “Butt Dancing”
Next Issue Has The Way Frank Morriss has 2 pieces in our upcoming issue of the Bellarmine Forum magazine, “Vatican II: Renewal or Rupture?” He writes eloquently about religious freedom, that freedom that comes from possession of truth. “I am the way,” Christ said, not “a way.” “Come follow Me,” Christ said, not “Go follow…
