“The Great Gospel Book of Columcille”
“At that time Jesus said to His disciples: If you love Me, keep My commandments.” Thus begins the Gospel reading for the special day of anticipation, at the end of the first ever novena....
Tagged: medieval manuscripts
Medieval Bookmarks and 8th Discourse
You know that little thrill that one gets upon happening across an old fragment of paper, a card, newspaper cutting or any random flat object that has been used as a bookmark in an...
To Honor St. Francis
St. Andrew Avellino They’ve been painstakingly cleaning each delicate page with a brush, and now thirteen medieval manuscripts from the Sacred Convent of St. Francis in Assisi plus some other artifacts will leave Italy...
Where the Feeble Senses Fail
St. Isaac Jogues and Jean de Brebouf Those public acts of faith are so powerful. The Dauphin models respect and reverence for the Blessed Sacrament in this short Nobility story, “The Dauphin Kneels for...
Sowing Seeds
Beheading of St. John the Baptist “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church,” said Tertullian–a great quote to remember on this feast of the beheading of St. John the Baptist. Here,...
Behold This Heart
St. John the Baptist June is drawing to a close, and you may realize with a pang that you didn’t do all you intended to in order to honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus. ...
The Role of Recycling in Catholicism, Then and Now
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Recycling Then Hold onto your hats! Medieval book historian Erik Kwakkei explains how a medieval volume of Norse love poetry was recycled into the lining of a bishop’s mitre....
Appreciate the Sublime
St. Boniface This short Nobility piece makes clear that we cannot expect a great civilization as long as we laud the ugly: “To the degree that members of social units appreciate the sublime together,...
