Those canny hounds have, at length, arrived at the point in the Litany of Our Lady from whence this blog derives its title. Its scriptural source is pictured, appropriately enough, on the west front of the former abbey church of Bath!
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Music for the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
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On the feast of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, the Magnificat antiphon at
Second Vespers is borrowed from the Byzantine Rite, in which it is sung as
the ...
Leo XIV: the Mine-Clearing Pope
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by Vaticanist Luis Badilla (former editor of Il Sismografo)published by
Messa in LatinoBy now, Pope Leo XIV's style of government seems quite
clear. Above...
What the Pope wore for the canonisations yesterday
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The *Cæreamoniale Romanum* website picked up and shared a noteworthy ( in
these troubled times) feature of the Pope’s liturgical vesture at the
canonisati...
Generalissima: A Novel of Henrietta Maria
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Now in paperback. From the Amazon page:
"In this, the second part of the Henrietta of France trilogy, once again
Elena Maria Vidal relies on strong cha...
Dying As Photocopies
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Saint Carlo Acutis was born in 1991. In death as in life, he spreads to his
own generation, and now also to the next one, the message of daily Mass and
wee...
Is mandatory vaccination intrinsically wrong?
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Florida governor Ron DeSantis and state Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo have
announced that they will be ending all mandatory vaccination in the state. ...
Film: Young Mothers (Jeunes Meres)
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*Young Mothers* has just gone on release in the United Kingdom, though, as
might be expected for a foreign language film, it will probably only be
shown...
Walk, Pray, Work And March for Life
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Nathanael has *Walked for Pro-Life*, in fact he walked 27 miles in one day,
on the 15th Annual GK Chesterton Walking Pilgrimage. So far he has raised
£2,...
The eight ugliest churches
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We have reached the quarter-finals of the 2nd World Cup of Ugly Churches,
and the results will be posted here as we have them.
High-heel wedding church, B...
Space Lighter
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"A lighter is a type of flat-bottomed barge used to transfer goods and
passengers to and from moored ships. Lighters were traditionally moved and
steered...
Franciscus Christificatus by Francis Thompson
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********************* Thief that has leaped Heaven’s star-spiked wall!
Christ’s exultant bacchanal! Wine-smears on thy hand and foot Of the Vine
that struc...
What happened in the Conclave?
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A report from Ines San Martin provides some insight into what led Cardinal
Prevost to choose the name Leo XIV. She got some intel into it from Chilean
C...
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Live Adoration from Tyburn Convent, London
Eastertide
Please pray for the soul of Pope Francis. The Holy Father died on Easter
Monday at 7:35am local time...
Importing people to sustain demand
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I got involved in a discussion with a Youtuber called “Philosophy all
along”. This was in connection with criticism of Trump’s policy of
deporting illega...
Pro-Life Mass – March 2025
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The next monthly Pro-Life Mass is on Wednesday, 19th March at 7.30 pm at
Holy Cross, 113 Dixon Avenue, G42 8ER. The Celebrant will be Fr Joshua
Moir. Holy ...
Pre-1910 Calendar for Week Beginning 24 December
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*Announcement of the Indulgence, the Holyday and the Feast of Devotion*
+24 *Sunday* Fourth Sunday of Advent, second class. Vigil of the Nativity.
Mass o...
Spanish Q&A Session – Oct. 24
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Join the CMAA… …for a question and answer session completely in Spanish on
October 24. This is open to all with free admission – not members only, so
pleas...
CORONATION PRAYER
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In celebration of the Coronation of King Charles III, copies of these
leaflets were recently distributed in our churches. As well as a message
from Card...
Saint Gabriel
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The angels call for our veneration and awe as part of God’s creation. Part
of the destructive modernism of the 1970s included advice to Catholic
school t...
Last Post
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*Sorry for my long absence, I am writing to say that this will be my last
post. Google have forced my hand. They have been asking for my date of
birth...
Praying with chant
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Beautifully and practically, Stephanie Mann writes on praying with
Gregorian chant.
The post Praying with chant appeared first on Chant Café.
Septuagesima
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I was explaining to a Protestant friend the other day why the concept of
the 'January blues' didn't exist while England was Catholic. Having fasted
and abs...
Pachamama and the Pieta
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Those who are following the Amazonian Synod in Rome will have heard about
the furore over the feminine image first used in a tree planting ritual
when the ...
The White Rose of Conscience
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“But we know by whom we were created, and that we stand in a relationship
of moral obligation to our creator. Conscience gives us the capacity to
distingu...
Young Catholic Adults' Weekend, 25-27 Oct 2019
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I am happy to pass on this message from Young Catholic Adults:
*Young Catholic Adult Weekend @ Douai Abbey 25th - 27th Oct 2019 (18-40
yrs)*
Are you 18-4...
Prayer and Reality
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[image: Image result for kneeling "low Mass"]
"It is not the healthy who need a physician but the sick"
Jesus is supposed to be our Saviour but most of us...
Our Lady Who Turns Her Face to the Wall
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Some years ago, my late mother gave me a small statue of Our Lady of
Torreciudad. She sits on top of the chest of drawers by my bed, in the
corner of the ...
Patron Saints for Struggling Souls
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If you doubt the work of God in your life, seek a Patron Saint whose life’s
struggles resonate with your own. Look for perseverance over piety, and
then st...
Pilgrimage to Borris, County Carlow
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Members and friends of the Catholic Heritage Association joined together
this afternoon for a Pilgrimage to Borris, County Carlow, and a Traditional
Latin ...
The Remnant
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The Remnant from Laurence England on Vimeo.
This was fun to make but its low on humorous content.
For four minutes and and thirty four seconds I got to ...
Rosary On The Coast At Margate...
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Following the witness shown in Poland and Ireland recently, a group of lay
people in the UK decided to try and organise a similar day of pilgrimage
and p...
Three years
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I made a ten-day retreat at Our Lady of Clear Creak Abbey in Oklahoma in
Advent. My first visit there was for a week retreat last Lent. In many
senses I...
Sophronius of Jerusalem: A Baptism of Salvation
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Today the grace of the Holy Spirit, in the form of a dove, came upon the
waters. Today the unwaning sun has dawned, and the world is lit up with the
light ...
Sarah Says Turn and Face Your God
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I am reading Zola’s work on Lourdes. It focuses on that most
extreme contradiction between our Faith and modernism, when the doctors
have given up on certa...
Ad Orientem... Please?
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Last night we went to Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St Charles in Hull.
I am very grateful to Bishop Drainey for allowing this once monthly Mass to
con...
Reconciliation rumours
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I haven't posted for almost a year, but there has been some speculation
that the Society of Such Pious Gents will reconcile with Rome. I therefore
thought ...
Three thoughts
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First thought: whatever this Friday brings, don't lose your peace of soul.
Personally, I suspect we can expect the worst. But so what if that happens?
The ...
The Miracle of the Sacred Thorn
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I have not heard of this before but it is very interesting. The other
connection of Good Friday and the Annunciation is the martyrdom of St.
Margaret Clith...
Palm Sunday
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Here are recordings of some of the chants you may be singing on Sunday:
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> Hosanna filio David
> http://gregorian-chant-hymns.com/hymns-2/hosanna-filio.ht...
Saying goodbye ...
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Immediately after Easter I will be leaving the Potteries after 23 years.
[image: CarolService2015]
We all moved here in the Summer of 1992 when I became...
Holy Week/Triduum 2015 Debrief
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So this year between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday we sang: 4 hymns in
Latin 5 hymns in English 11 pieces of chant in English 16 motets (one in 8
parts) 27...
That Letter - Update
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We now have hundreds of signatures on the letter in support of our priests,
thanks to the many bloggers who carried the letter (see here for a list),
and m...
The Dominican Way 2015 - book your place now!
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*To find out more or book your place:*
*www.facebook.com/TheDominicanWay*
*thedominicanway@english.op.org*
*To read about last year's pilgrimage, click here...
REQUIEM MASS FOR RICHARD COLLINS
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A Requiem Mass for Richard Collins will be held on Tuesday 21st October at
12 noon at St David's and St Patrick's Roman Catholic Church, Dew Street, 9
...
El Camino con Padre Joe y Señor McSorley
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My dear friend Fr Joseph Lappin and a colleague of his, Mr McSorley a
teacher at St Thomas Aquinas High School in Jordanhill, are walking the 500
miles of ...
Words of Wisdom for Lent
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This is from my FSSP Latin Church Bulletin, and is so incredibly
insightful, I'm sharing it here. It is written by the pastor, an FSSP
priest whose line u...
Weekend Roundup
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Sunday, 31st of March. 2013.
At the Birmingham Oratory (EF 1100) the* Mass in E* of Leonce de
Saint-Martin. At Brentwood Cathedral (OF 1100) Vierne's *Mess...
Dom Prosper Gueranger on Our Lady's Expectation:
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This feast, which is now kept not only throughout the whole of Spain but in
many other parts of the Catholic world, owes its origin to the bishops of
the t...
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