Le Petit Jésus est né

ASH WEDNESDAY
Q. What do you mean by fast-days?
A. By fast-days I mean days on which we are allowed but one full meal.
According to the traditional Catholic method of fasting, one may eat "one full meal" each day with meat included, plus two smaller meatless
meals, both of which together do not equal the one full meal. No eating between meals is allowed, although drinking beverages such as coffee and tea are allowed and are not considered to break the fast. (Milk, juice, and soft drinks are also considered not to break the fast, although they are in fact foods and mitigate the effects of the fast and work contrary to its intent because they satisfy one's hunger to some extent, since they have food value.) They, therefore, who follow the above regulations obey the Catholic method of fasting. Today the prescribed days of fast for the whole Church are Ash Wednesday and Good Friday (these are also days of abstinence). However the Church today says that the meaning of the law of fasting during Lent remains, although the extent of the obligation has been changed. In other words, Lent remains as a season of penance in the Church, but how it is to be observed is greatly up to the individual, though no one may think himself excused from all penance whatsoever, and those who are in the fasting age group should still practice the Church's form of fasting, since fasting is a primary and very efficacious form of penance.

Homily on the Sinful Woman
St. Ephraim
"She took up her gold in her palm and held it up to the face of heaven, and began to cry secretly, to Him who hears openly: This, O Lord, that I have gained from iniquity, with it will I purchase to myself redemption. This which was gathered from orphans, with it will I win the Lord of orphans."
#reading #daily #lent #book

The professionalising of #music in church is sometimes regarded with suspicion by clerics and laypeople dedicated to the “modernising” and “democratisation” of religious idea and practice, nervous of the alienating resonances of old-fashioned, hierarchical “elitism”. The churches went through their 1960s revolutions too, and in some things these were necessary and liberating. The musical fallout from these has been problematic, though, especially to those involved in maintaining high standards.
#today

https://standpointmag.co.uk/music-october-2017-james-macmillan-liturgical-music-sweet-singing-in-the-choir/

Treasury of Latin Prayers (everything included!)
https://www.preces-latinae.org/index.htm

This #book is a must read for any Christian who wants to know about #Islam, what Islam teaches about Christians, and the reasons why "dialogue" is not just futile, but dangerous. Many of the myths about Islam are based on an improper knowledge of its doctrines and beliefs. Mr. Solimeo provides a concise explanation by citing the Koran and Islamic authors. He also looks at the history of Islam and its internal contradictions.

This book spotlights many reasons why "dialogue" with Islam will not work.

Haydn: Ave Regina Caelorum

Via Classical Sound

Number Going to Hell

"Out of one hundred thousand sinners who continue in sin until death, scarcely one will be saved."
-Saint Jerome, Father and Doctor of the Church

"The number of the elect is so small — so small — that, were we to know how small it is, we would faint away with grief: one here and there, scattered up and down the world!”
-Saint Louis Marie de Montfort

"So vast a number of miserable souls perish, and so comparatively few are saved!"
–Saint Philip Neri, mystic

“The greater number of Christians today are damned. The destiny of those dying on one day is that very few – not as many as ten – went straight to Heaven; many remained in Purgatory; and those cast into Hell were as numerous as snowflakes in mid-winter.”
-Blessed Anna Maria Taigi, mystic

“Among adults there are few saved because of sins of the flesh. […] With the exception of those who die in childhood, most men will be damned.”
-Saint Remigius of Rheims

#hell #reading #saint

#Sermon / #homily : Do You Sin When You Hate

https://www.luke2427.org/sermons/

Fr. Fromageot [FSSP]'s sermon list

and a helpful website with good reading https://olrl.org/

https://soundcloud.com/user-711249699 some good podcast

#reading #theology #love

What can you and I do to help bring about the triumph of the Immaculate Heart in the world?

Read this little booklet “Towards the Triumph” by Fr. Maximilian Mary of Jesus Crucified and learn more.

https://onepeterfive.com/what-if-st-jean-marie-vianney-were-assigned-to-a-parish-today

"Yet, as I immediately noticed, Fr. Vianney himself is quick to judge. Need an example? I personally went to a wedding on the weekend. Let’s just say I had a good time. Good food, dance, drinks… Apparently, according to “the saint,” I’m running towards hell…"