William Hemsworth's Blog, page 65

“He Who has broken the bonds of sinners is now bound by an infant’s bands”

What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with astonishment. The Ancient of days has become an infant. He Who sits upon the sublime and heavenly Throne, now lies in a manger. And He Who cannot be touched, Who is simple, without complexity, and incorporeal, […]

“He Who has broken the bonds of sinners is now bound by an infant’s bands”

The Birth of Christ: The Invasion of Time by Eternity

The very first Christmas was the invasion of time by Eternity. It is both a reality and a mystery, a sacred moment changing all of history. We can only respond by being still, in awe of God who became a man, and the fact that Eternity entered our timeline. When we recite the Nicene Creed,…

The Birth of Christ: The Invasion of Time by Eternity

The Apologetic Dimension Of Misa De Gallo

Misa De Gallo is a “living tradition” in action in the modern world which reminds us that the Church and the people of God is alive and welcoming to the coming of the Messiah.

The Apologetic Dimension Of Misa De Gallo

Padre Pio Brings Us Into the Mystery of the Baby Jesus at Midnight Mass

St. Padre Pio had a deep love for Christmas and the Baby Jesus. Eye-witnesses have written about seeing the Baby Jesus in the saint’s arms. When people were seeking his prayers at Christmas, Padre Pio sometimes handed them a picture of the Infant Jesus of Prague and blessed it. He told them that Christmas was […]

Padre Pio Brings Us Into the Mystery of the Baby Jesus at Midnight Mass

How Midnight Mass begins with a special proclamation

In the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church, it has become customary to recite or sing a special proclamation of Jesus’ birth at Christmas Midnight Mass. The proclamation summarizes salvation history by placing Jesus’ birth in the context of various historical events. The proclamation begins with the creation of the world and then gradually goes […]

How Midnight Mass begins with a special proclamation

Kentucky parish marks second Christmas in a shed, amid both hardship and hope

For the second straight Christmas, parishioners of Resurrection Catholic Church in Dawson Springs, Kentucky, will celebrate Mass in a one of one church building – a 20-by-20 foot steel shed in a parishioner’s backyard.

Kentucky parish marks second Christmas in a shed, amid both hardship and hope

Video: The moment when Catholic woman praying silently is arrested by THREE police officers – Catholic Herald

This is the moment when three uniformed police officers arrest a Catholic woman for standing silently outside an abortion clinic.They are seen approaching Isabel Vaughan-Spruce close to the British Pregnancy Advisory Services Robert Clinic in Kings Norton, Birmingham, which in September was granted a “buffer” zone by the local authority to prevent people praying outside […]

Video: The moment when Catholic woman praying silently is arrested by THREE police officers – Catholic Herald

Prayer for the Morning. December 23, 2022

Prayer for the Morning. December 23, 2022 Jesus Christ is the light of the world:come, let us adore him! Glory to the Father, and to the Son,and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning,is now, and will be for ever. Amen. Alleluia! Hymn Meter: LMThis hymn can be sung to the tune used…

Prayer for the Morning. December 23, 2022

Mexico’s Night of the Radishes, a Quirky Christmas Tradition

Radishes are not native to Mexico. They were brought over by Spanish settlers and monks more than 200 years ago. it is largely believed that two Dominican monks encouraged local farmers — Zapotec and Mixtec people along with other indigenous groups — to grow the radishes, along with other fruits and vegetables they brought, for […]

Mexico’s Night of the Radishes, a Quirky Christmas Tradition

Meet Sister Bernadette, the most recently-cured person at Lourdes

She added: “I knew it was impossible.” For his report, Whitaker visited the Marian shrine and the Lourdes Office of Medical Observations, where doctors and researchers undertake rigorous investigations into the validity of the miracles reported there. Dr. Alessandro de Franciscis, a Catholic, serves as the office’s president and presiding physician.  “We sent her to […]

Meet Sister Bernadette, the most recently-cured person at Lourdes