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The Lord cheers the heart of my youth, not just in age, but in spirit The Anointing of David by Samuel, by Félix Joseph Barrias, Musée de la Ville de Paris "Then I shall go in unto the altar of God, of God, who gives joy to my youth" (Ps. 42:4). The first time [...]

He lived in filial devotion to Joseph and Mary By Mark Drogin “The Word became flesh” to redeem us humans by sanctifying human life: 33 years after the Incarnation began, Jesus offered the one, holy, acceptable, living, eternal Thanksgiving Sacrifice on Calvary for our Salvation. He offered the Holy Sacrifice – in one Holy Week plus [...]

Latin poetry of the 20th century, "shot through with quiet reverence" By John Byron Kuhner One of the most common misconceptions people have about the Latin language is that it “stopped” at some point, many centuries ago. Actually, people have never stopped reading, speaking, and writing Latin. In fact, the Latin we have from the ancient [...]

By Becky Derks Egypt: Team led by Romanian archeologist discover world's oldest known monastery The ruins of the monastery discovered in the Egyptian desert by Romanian archeologist Victor Ghica A French-Norwegian team led by Romanian archaeologist Victor Ghica discovered the oldest archaeologically attested monastic site in the world. The site is 370 kilometers south-west [...]

By Peter Anderson The Jesus Prayer Pope Francis during his general audience on April P 21 spoke on the subject of vocal prayer. He cautioned that one should not succumb to the pride of scorning vocal prayer. In this regard, he referred to a well-known spiritual book which has the English title, The Way of the [...]