‘The ban on Communion in the mouth is unfounded compared to the great health risks of Communion in the hand in the time of a pandemic. Such a ban constitutes an abuse of authority.’ Risk of Fragments:Nobody can force us to receive the Body of Christ in a way that constitutes a risk of the loss of the fragments, and a decrease in reverence, as is the way of receiving Communion in the hand. Although it is true that one … Read More
The Lumen Fidei Institute started off the new year with a conference on The Catholic Family focusing on the duties and responsibilities of Catholic parents. The conference washeld in The Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth on the feast of St Brigid, 1st February 2020. Defensive Strategy:For far too long Catholics in Ireland and elsewhere have been operating a defensive strategy where we spend more time defending ourselves against the slurs of those who oppose our Catholic faith and lifestyle and less time … Read More
Falling on Deaf Ears:Last September, I commented upon the fact that the Belfast newspaper, The Irish News has lost its way in that, while it still offers the reader the comfort that it is pro nationalist and “catholic” in its outlook and news identification of “Pro fide et Patria”, it saw fit to accept advertising revenue from the Belfast Fertility Clinic under its caption: “We make Mums!” This identification with the evil that is IVF is a clear renunciation with … Read More
The Saints’ Attributes:St. Raymond of Peñafort was born near Barcelona in 1175. He was an accomplished professor of canon law and held the canon law chair at the University of Bologna for three years. His treatise on ecclesiastical legislation is still conserved in the Vatican library. The saint joined the Dominican Order, influenced by the preaching of Blessed Reginald, prior of the Dominicans of Bologna. He received the habit of this order in 1222. At Barcelona, with Saint Peter Nolasco … Read More
No More Sacremental Preparation in Catholic Schools!On the 3rd of December 2019, the Archbishop of Dublin, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, released a statement to the press which indicated that a “significant change is proposed in sacramental preparation” for the Dublin Archdiocese. The press release is very interesting to read and is available on the Dublin diocesan website. We are told that an online survey was conducted to which there were 1800 respondents and that this “reflected the views of parents, parishioners, … Read More
“And another angel came and stood at the altar with a golden censer; and he was given much incense to mingle with the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar before the throne; and the smoke of the incense rose with the prayers of the saints from the hand of the angel before God.” (Rev 8:3-4) Smells and Bells:Most Catholics are familiar with the expression “smells and bells” which is invoked to describe the use of incense and … Read More
St. Frances of Rome: The Archangel and the Flaming Heart One of the most celebrated mystics of the fifteenth century, Saint Frances of Rome, was born in the Eternal City in 1384, to a noble family. She had from a young age desired to enter religious life, but her father had other plans, and she was married as a young woman to Lorenzo de’ Ponziani, a nobleman and soldier. Saint Frances distinguished herself by her charity towards the poor and … Read More
Pie in the Sky Doesn’t Come Cheap:Sinn Fein has gradually gained electoral advantage from the fact that the soi-disant “Irish” “Republican” “Army”, – the vicious, Marxist terrorist faction of which it is the political wing, – is a defeated and dwindling shadow of its murderous former self. The party has done well in elections on both sides of the Border because, with the demise of the IRA, it now conveys what is intended to seem almost as though it were … Read More
The Catholic Family Crusade:The Lumen Fidei Institute is starting off the new year with a conference on The Catholic Family which focuses on the duties and responsibilities of Catholic parents. The conference is scheduled for The Glenroyal Hotel, Maynooth on the feast of St Brigid, 1st February 2020, starting at 9.00am. Admission is free, but we recommend that you book a place to help us with our planning. We are hoping to do things a little differently for this conference. … Read More
Underground bishops are being forced to join the Patriotic church, whose leaders are openly saying that their first loyalty is not to God but to the Party-State. No one who follows the persecution of Catholics around the world can have missed what is currently happening in China. Despite the signing of the Sino-Vatican Agreement in September 2018, the persecution of Catholics in that country seems not only to be continuing, but to be intensifying, especially for those who refuse to … Read More
