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“A fragrance of prayer” – review of Dom Columba Marmion’s ‘Words of Life on the Margins of the Missal’
"It is enough to arouse reflection, stir the heart, stimulate the will, and call forth zeal."
Book Review: “Christ in His Mysteries” by Dom Columba Marmion
"The Mysteries of Christ are our Mysteries." Image: The WM Review As mentioned in the review of Benson's Christ in the Church, we are very happy to present readers with some pictures of books published by The Cenacle Press, which is a project of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland. The Cenacle Press was only launched in …
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The Kingdom of God – Christ is Risen!” – meditation for Easter from Cardinal Newman
"Teach me, like Mary, to sit at Thy feet, and to hear Thy word." Image: Caravaggio, Supper at Emmaus, Wiki Commons, (source). 1. MY Lord Jesus, how wonderful were those conversations which Thou didst hold from time to time with Thy disciples after Thy resurrection. When Thou wentest with two of them to Emmaus, Thou didst explain …
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“It Is Consummated” – meditation for Holy Saturday from Cardinal Newman
"It is over now, O Lord, as with Thy sufferings, so with our humiliations." Image: "Jesus is Placed in the Tomb", Cuypershuis, Wiki Commons, (source) 1. IT is over now, O Lord, as with Thy sufferings, so with our humiliations. We have followed Thee from Thy fasting in the wilderness till Thy death on the Cross. For forty …
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The Bodily Sufferings of Our Lord – meditation for Good Friday from Cardinal Newman
"He gave the word and His heart broke." Image: El Greco, Jesus Carrying the Cross, (source) 1. His bodily pains were greater than those of any martyr, because He willed them to be greater. All pain of body depends, as to be felt at all, so to be felt in this or that degree, on the …
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The Mental Sufferings of Our Lord – meditation for Maundy Thursday from Cardinal Newman
"Every fresh sin, every fresh ingratitude I now commit, was among the blows and stripes which once fell on thee." Image: Wiki Commons Public Domain. 1. AFTER all His discourses were consummated (Matt. xxvi. 1), fully finished and brought to an end, then He said, The Son of Man will be betrayed to crucifixion. As an …
Our Lord Refuses Sympathy – meditation for Spy Wednesday from Cardinal Newman
"He trod the winepress alone." 1. SYMPATHY may be called an eternal law, for it is signified or rather transcendentally and archetypically fulfilled in the ineffable mutual love of the Divine Trinity. God, though infinitely One, has ever been Three. He ever has rejoiced in His Son and His Spirit, and they in Him—and thus through …
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Book Review: “Christ in the Church” by Mgr Robert Hugh Benson
"She is authoritative. Yes, because her Master was." Image: The WM Review I'm very happy to present readers with some pictures of books published by The Cenacle Press, which is a project of Silverstream Monastery in Ireland. The Cenacle Press was only launched in the last couple of years, and while there are many reviews …
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Our Lady and the Gospel – A meditation for the Third Sunday in Lent
"Before the Blessed Mary could be Mother of God... she was set apart, sanctified, filled with grace, and made meet for the presence of the Eternal." Image: La Inmaculada Concepción, Francisco Rizzi, (Source: Wikimedia commons) Editors' Introduction The gospel of the third Sunday in Lent ends with the following verses: "And it came to pass, …
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