Day: December 25, 2021

Pope at Urbi et Orbi: Christmas invites us to dialogue, unity, peace

In his “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message given at midday in Saint Peter’s Square, Pope Francis expressed the joy of this day when God shows us through the birth of Jesus the way of encounter and dialogue so that we might know it and follow it in trust and hope, something needed more than ever […]

Christmas Bells Ring Hopeful Notes Amid a Weary World

‘GOD IS NOT DEAD.’ ‘I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day’ by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, music by J.L. Hatton. The pencil annotation of the date appears to be by H.W.L. Dana, the poet’s grandson, who collected most of the sheet music in the collection at the Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site. Longfellow himself is […]

Hundreds Flock to Bishop’s Latin Mass

For the fifth year in a row, Catholic tradition made a quiet but profound appearance in an unsuspecting setting: before dawn, early on a Saturday morning on the campus of a public university. However, for the first year, it was led by a successor of the apostles. As was previously posted here on OnePeterFive, before […]

Christmas: In God’s presence

I took the time to reread my annual letter to the parish from Advent 2020. In anticipation of Christmas last year, I reminded everyone that we would find a way to celebrate the birth of the Lord that would help people remain safe as well as participative in this wonderful mystery. Then I listed ways […]

God Loves You!

[Editor’s Note: The passage below is from Divine Intimacy by Father Gabriel of St. Mary Magdalen, O.C.D (Baronius Press), originally published in 1963. Merry Christmas!] God is charity: He has loved us with an everlasting love! “I think God must have said to Himself: Man does not love Me because he does not see Me; […]

Christmas Season 2021: Rejoice in Christ’s birth – Archbishop Longley

The birth of Jesus is the most powerful sign and message of hope in a world darkened by the shadows of fear and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic. We bring you the voices of religious leaders and heads of Christian charitable organizations as they look to a future in which “No one is saved […]

Did the Mother of God Remain a Virgin in Conceiving Christ?

Let us recall that continence is the fact of abstaining from acts of the flesh despite temptation. Chastity is the virtue which moderates the appetites according to reason. Perfect chastity consists of total abstinence. Virginity is the virtue that consist in perfect chastity kept forever. The word also designates corporal integrity. Ante partum virginity (and […]

The Birth Of Christ Is The Birth Of Peace | Pope St Leo The Great

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