The Rosary Light & Life – Vol 65, No 5, Sep-Oct 2012 Vatican II & An Emerging Lay Apostolate By Father Reginald Martin, O.P. In October, 1966, a year after the Council drew to its close, our present Pope, who was then Fr. Joseph Ratzinger, published a book of reflections on the work […]
Read MoreThe Rosary Light & Life – Vol 65, No 4, July-August 2012 The Gifts of the Holy Spirit, VI KNOWLEDGE By Father Reginald Martin, O.P. AN AID TO JUDGMENT The next of the Spirit’s gifts we will consider is the gift of knowledge, which is a counterpart to the gift of understanding that was […]
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By Father Paul A. Duffner, O.P. Most of us are familiar with the tradition that goes back many centuries, and which has been accepted in the writings of many popes, as to the connection of St. Dominic with the beginnings of the Rosary devotion. According to tradition, the occasion was the Albigensian heresy which ravaged […]
Read More By Paul A. Duffner, O.P. Much of this article is a summary of the Enchiridion of Indulgences issued under Pope Paul VI, and published in English by the Catholic Book Publishing Company of New York. This enchiridion (or handbook) contains, in addition to the Pope’s Apostolic Constitution on Indulgences, new norms and grants of indulgences, […]
Read More By Father Paul A. Duffner When the Mother of God appeared in Fatima, Portugal in 1917 to three small children with a plea for prayer and penance, part of her message included the following warning: “Pray, pray very much, make sacrifices for sinners, for many souls go to hell because there is no one to […]
Read More By Father Paul A. Duffner, O.P. THE MEANING OF THE WORD “HEART” IN CHRISTIAN PIETY Human life is dependent, in a special way, on the proper functioning of the heart. By its pulsations every minute of the day and night, blood is circulated to every part of the body. If it ceases to function for […]
Read More By Father Paul A. Duffner, O.P. On Nov. 15, 1972 Pope Paul Vl began his general audience with these words: “What are the church’s greatest needs at the present time? Don’t be surprised at our answer, and don’t write it off as simplistic or even superstitious: one of the Church’s greatest needs is to be […]
Read More By Father Paul A. Duffner, O.P. On the front cover of TIME magazine, April 8, 1966, there appeared in large bold type three words: “Is God Dead?” The question referred, among other things, to the apparent lack of any impact that religion seemed to have on the lives of so many people today. When this […]
Read More By Father Paul A. Duffner, O.P. This issue of THE ROSARY, LIGHT AND LIFE marks the beginning of another year. Whenever we pass the beginning of a new year, or a birthday, or an anniversary, we become vaguely conscious of the passing of time. Another milestone in our short pilgrimage in this world has been […]
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