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3 days ago · Based upon a series of meditations “Salve Mundi Salutare” attributed to either St. Bernard of Clairvaux or the Cistercian abbot, chronicler, and poet Arnolf of Leuven (c. 1200-1250), Dietrich Buxtehude’s 1680 oratorio “Membra Jesu nostri” offers a musical meditation on the Crucifixion.
4 days ago · The shroud, held at Turin cathedral, claims to show a miraculous imprint of the dead Jesus. Zedekiah’s Cave – was an enormous limestone quarry used from biblical times to build the city of Jerusalem above. It’s named after the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, who revolted against his Babylonian overlord, Nebuchadnezzar.
Hope he rekindled, and in hope ended; over death, over dread, over doom lifted. out of loss, out of life, unto long glory. But Merry stood at the foot of the green mound, and he wept, and when the song was ended he arose and cried: 'Théoden King, Théoden King! Farewell! As a father you were to me, for a little while.
4 days ago · As St. Bernard once said, “In dangers, in doubts, in difficulties, think of Mary, call upon Mary. Let not her name leave your lips, never suffer it to leave your heart.” Amanda Evinger is the grateful mother of six children (and two others who have died), whom she homeschools with her husband Michael in a “little house on the prairie ...
5 days ago · The prayer to the guardian angels has been present in the Church since at least the beginning of the 12th century: to rule and guide. Amen. “Let us affectionately love His angels as counselors and defenders appointed by the Father and placed over us. They are faithful; they are prudent; they are powerful; Let us only follow them, let us ...
5 days ago · Bound for New England. Weymouth, 20 th of March 1635. 1 Joseph Hull, of Somerset, a Minister, aged 40 years. 2 Agnes Hull, his wife, aged 25 years. 3 Joane Hull, his daughter, aged 15 years. 4 Joseph Hull, his son, aged 13 years. 5 Tristram, his son, aged 11 years. 6 Elizabeth Hull, his daughter, aged 7 years. 7 Temperance, his daughter, aged 9 ...
2 days ago · Prayer by St. Bernard of Clairvaux. and became the Mother of Salvation. May you obtain the grace for us to go to the Son. who through you, gave himself to us. implore pardon for our vanity. and ...
