"Strengthen What Remains"
“The Lord knows that we have undertaken a just war for the safety of our nation.” In June 2019 I walked 84-miles across England following the route of Hadrian’s Wall; these are my reflections on one of the important historical sites, encountered along the route. This is an edited version of an article first published …
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“He removed the error of filthy heathenism from our parents.” “In the tenth year of [the reign of the emperor Maurice], Gregory, a man eminent in learning and in affairs, was elected pontiff of the Apostolic See of Rome; he ruled for thirteen years, six months, and ten days. In the fourteenth year of this …
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“Private revelations cannot be used to contradict traditional theology without creating serious problems.” Throughout history God has made private revelations to chosen souls, even for the public good. We could consider the revelations made to St Joan of Arc, which led to the victory of France over English rule; or the revelations of the Sacred …
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“All of us – yes, even you and I – are liable to be deceived.” In this essay we will consider: – Miracles as proof of Christ’s revelation – The continuation of miracles in the Church – Being too dependent on signs and wonders – Credulity and false miracles – The purpose of miracles, and …
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Here are some brief reflections on what the latest announcement may mean for us. 1. Our Lady said Russia, not Russia and the World, or Russia and Ukraine, or the USSR, or the individual Soviet republic, or the Russian Federation. Without this being a problem – why can’t we just do what we’re asked? 2. …
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This is the final part in our series summarising and re-ordering of the testimonies given in St Thomas’s 1319 canonisation enquiry.[1] These are not just pious stories written by hagiographers: they are sworn testimonies recounted under oath by respectable men, both from the clergy and from the nobility. We see amongst the laymen even civil …
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This three-part series is a summary and re-ordering of the testimonies given in St Thomas’s 1319 canonisation enquiry.[1] These are not just pious stories about St Thomas Aquinas written by hagiographers: they are sworn testimonies recounted under oath by respectable men, both from the clergy and from the nobility. We see amongst the laymen even …
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I would like to offer our readers this beautiful text on prayer taken from the Catechetical Instructions of St Thomas Aquinas. This is now available in Tradivox Vol. VI (UK readers click here). It is also available at the Internet Archive. Reminder: We earn with purchases through Amazon links. We hope that the text from St …
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INTRODUCTION This three-part series is a summary and re-ordering of the testimonies given in St Thomas’s 1319 canonisation enquiry, 45 years after his death.[1] These are not just pious stories written by imaginative hagiographers: they are sworn testimonies recounted under oath by respectable men, both from the clergy and the laity. We see amongst the …
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Editor’s comment: Benedict XIV observed that when St Thomas was called upon to refute his opponents, he would do so with such discretion and courtesy “that he deserved no less praise for his manner of disagreement than for his assertion of the Catholic truth.”[1] The incident narrated by Chesterton in the text below may be …
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