People who come to Italy rarely get off the beaten track of Rome/Florence/Venice. Places like Spoleto, Orvieto and Spello are wonderful and full of treasure.
These are absolutely beautiful - thank you for posting. I noticed you have a Narni, Italy address and we have friends in the Consoling Sisters Convent, located in Narni. They are a special bunch if you get the opportunity to visit!
The reason I moved to Narni in 2021 was the sisters buying the convent here. It has effectively become a parish of a couple of hundred people, and many new Narni residents have come here - some even from the US - because they provide a secure Mass, not subject to the vicious whims of Bergoglian bishops. The Italian bishops are insanely hostile to traditional Catholicism, and even before TC the number of Latin Mass parishes in this country could be counted on fingers. And they were constantly under threat. A Mass would appear for few months or years, and be cancelled or suppressed. There was never any point in moving to be close to something so unreliable, even in the extremely unusual cases where it was in a place where it was possible to live - not some tiny demographically doomed village on top of a mountain in the Alps. The SSPX -affiliated sisters are one of the extremely rare places where there is some measure of security that will allow a community to begin to grow in a place where it's possible to rent a home, buy groceries and have something approaching a normal life.
That's great to hear. We know a Sister Gertrude, (among other American sisters) who is from Kansas City. Please enjoy your unique, beautiful situation in Narni. - we'll enjoy subscribing to your posts!
Wonderful that Pius XII limited the formal definition of the Assumption to only that we are to believe that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven, and left the issue of whether she experienced death or only fell asleep undefined.
We had a beautiful solemn high Mass this evening for this wondrous feast. Great sermon by our newest priest, recently ordained, and beautiful music by the choir.
Anyone familiar with the most ancient Marian prayer "Sub Tuum Praesidium"?
Love your work! The perfect antidote to all the smart atheists who "love Italian culture and history" but ignore and deny the role of Catholicism in it.
While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception teaches that the Holy Virgin was sinless from the moment of conception, Christ God, like us in all things but sin died for us in the altar of the cross. The Lord died to rise.
Why would not the one whose spirit rejoices in her Son and savior also not end her life in a death like His? Albeit, without the passion and crucifixion?
The mother followed her Son and was raised to the glory of heaven by Him.
Later conjecture that the Panaghia did not die because of her all pure conception does not take any of this into account.
The Kontakion for the Feast of the Dormition seems to sum up the belief of the early Church:
-Not death nor the tomb could contain the Theotokos, our unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection. As the Mother of Life, Christ God dwelt in her ever virginal womb and raised her up to life!
Wow…I love the frescos by Fra Lippo Lippi. I’ve never seen those before.
People who come to Italy rarely get off the beaten track of Rome/Florence/Venice. Places like Spoleto, Orvieto and Spello are wonderful and full of treasure.
These are absolutely beautiful - thank you for posting. I noticed you have a Narni, Italy address and we have friends in the Consoling Sisters Convent, located in Narni. They are a special bunch if you get the opportunity to visit!
The reason I moved to Narni in 2021 was the sisters buying the convent here. It has effectively become a parish of a couple of hundred people, and many new Narni residents have come here - some even from the US - because they provide a secure Mass, not subject to the vicious whims of Bergoglian bishops. The Italian bishops are insanely hostile to traditional Catholicism, and even before TC the number of Latin Mass parishes in this country could be counted on fingers. And they were constantly under threat. A Mass would appear for few months or years, and be cancelled or suppressed. There was never any point in moving to be close to something so unreliable, even in the extremely unusual cases where it was in a place where it was possible to live - not some tiny demographically doomed village on top of a mountain in the Alps. The SSPX -affiliated sisters are one of the extremely rare places where there is some measure of security that will allow a community to begin to grow in a place where it's possible to rent a home, buy groceries and have something approaching a normal life.
That's great to hear. We know a Sister Gertrude, (among other American sisters) who is from Kansas City. Please enjoy your unique, beautiful situation in Narni. - we'll enjoy subscribing to your posts!
God bless,
Lisa Spencer
You are SO generous with your posts, Hilary, thank you.
From a long-time unsubscribed member.
Wonderful that Pius XII limited the formal definition of the Assumption to only that we are to believe that Mary was assumed body and soul into heaven, and left the issue of whether she experienced death or only fell asleep undefined.
We had a beautiful solemn high Mass this evening for this wondrous feast. Great sermon by our newest priest, recently ordained, and beautiful music by the choir.
Anyone familiar with the most ancient Marian prayer "Sub Tuum Praesidium"?
MOST HOLY THEOTOKOS SAVE US! ⛲☦️🕯️
Love your work! The perfect antidote to all the smart atheists who "love Italian culture and history" but ignore and deny the role of Catholicism in it.
While the dogma of the Immaculate Conception teaches that the Holy Virgin was sinless from the moment of conception, Christ God, like us in all things but sin died for us in the altar of the cross. The Lord died to rise.
Why would not the one whose spirit rejoices in her Son and savior also not end her life in a death like His? Albeit, without the passion and crucifixion?
The mother followed her Son and was raised to the glory of heaven by Him.
Later conjecture that the Panaghia did not die because of her all pure conception does not take any of this into account.
The Kontakion for the Feast of the Dormition seems to sum up the belief of the early Church:
-Not death nor the tomb could contain the Theotokos, our unshakable hope, ever vigilant in intercession and protection. As the Mother of Life, Christ God dwelt in her ever virginal womb and raised her up to life!