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The Holy Name of Jesus, the excruciating irony of it all…
[I took this picture of the annunciation mosaic above a side altar in the Rosary "Lower" Basilica in Lourdes, when I was a chaplain there for some years.] The Gospel for the Extraordinary Form Mass...
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Hearts on Fire! The Flames! Yikes!
May the hearts of the entire Mystical Body of Christ beat in unison as the one Heart of Mary’s Son… The flames! The flames! Yikes! Filed under: Jesus Tagged: Catholic, HSH, Jesus, Religion
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The Flames of Divine Mercy! The Fire! The Flames!
“But one of the soldiers pierced His side with a spear, and immediately blood and water flowed out. [...] They will look on Him whom they have peirced” (John 19,34.37). An email, betraying the age of...
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Of Jackasses, Jews, April Fools and Palm Sunday: How totally appropriate!
This above April Fools joke was meant to celebrate the opening of a new subway! Very cool! Do you have any practical jokes planned for today? (perhaps not so elaborate, but maybe!) And, by the way,...
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“When Jesus was in Prison”— My Guest Post on These Stone Walls — now on HSH
Click on the picture to see the article with the comments (Yikes!) over there. I get the idea that one needs a cup of coffee, or two, or three, to read this one. For archival purposes, I include the...
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Way awesome! New scientific stuff on the Shroud of Turin
This is a massive picture file. Click to enlarge. Then click again. Yikes! New scientific stuff: HERE Filed under: Jesus Tagged: shroud of turin
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Atheism answered by the Most Intense Suffering of a Little Boy and the Sacred...
When I was a parish priest in a certain country parish, one of the children of the parish family — some nine years old – was suffering in a most horrific way. I’ll spare you the details of his...
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Brief thoughts on Christ the King, Son of the Immaculate Conception!
Christus Rex. Christ the King. Today’s Feast Day in the Ordinary Form Calendar. In the Extraordinary Form, this falls on the last Sunday of October. I suppose that the reasoning of the transposition of...
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In thanksgiving to the Immaculate Conception for favors received: a ten...
This fiery ad orientem scene at the beginning of February 2013 makes all things look warm. It is way below freezing outside. Inside temps next to my chair right next to the wood stove are 34 degrees...
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Remember man, that you are dust and unto dust you shall return (Comments from...
Memento, homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris… Remember [man] that you are dust and unto dust you shall return… Sometimes a cross is traced on the forehead with ashes. Sometimes ashes are...
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OBITUARY OF JESUS CHRIST
And then He rose from the dead! [[I'm still on retreat, but I just thought I would put this up]] Filed under: Jesus Tagged: Jesus
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From an ancient homily on Holy Saturday — The Lord descends into hell
Something strange is happening—there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because...
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Surrexit Christus! Alleluia! Alleluia! Surrexit Christus vere! Alleluia!...
A most blessed Easter to all readers of Holy Souls Hermitage! May the Risen Jesus, the King of kings, the Lord of lords, the Prince of the Most Profound Peace, continue to bless ye all abundantly...
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The First Glorious Mystery! Thank you, Jesus!
[The "Noli me tangere!" sculpture above is one of my all time favorites. Antonio Raggi did the work under the direction of Gian Lorenzo Bernini. You can find it at the chapel of San Domenico e San...
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Jesus is the Terrorist — to keep locked up [An update to Mother Teresa's...
Mother Teresa’s Meditation In the Hospital [19th June 1983, when a patient herself] “WHO DO YOU SAY I AM” (Matthew 16,15) You are God. You are God from God. You are Begotten, not made. You are One in...
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Father Byers, the terrorist: “I could do it. In fact, I already have.”
Given the circumstances in life that Dzhokhar [pronounced "Joker"?] had, and prescinding from belief in the goodness and kindness of the Son of the Living God, could I do something like this? Could I...
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Tornadoes: Is God mocking us, playing Hide and Go Seek? Where is He?
We pray for the repose of the souls of the victims. We pray for the survivors. Years ago, Italian journalist Vittorio Messori interviewed Blessed John Paul II for what would eventually become Crossing...
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Adoration and the Body of Christ and Pope Francis
The Most Blessed Sacrament is the Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of Christ Jesus, Our God, Son of the Father, as He is now, risen in heaven. As Saint John says in the Apocalypse, He is the Lamb of...
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