HYMN “PANGE LINGUA” in English.


HYMN “PANGE LINGUA”* in English. Of the glorious Body telling, O my tongue, its mysteries sing, And the Blood, all price excelling, Which the world’s eternal King, in a noble womb once dwelling, shed for the world’s ransoming. Given for us, descending, Of a virgin to proceed, Man with man in converse blending, Scattered he…

HONOR, LOVE AND GLORY TO YOU FOR ALWAYS, JESUS IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST!


HONOR, LOVE AND GLORY TO YOU, JESUS IN THE MOST HOLY EUCHARIST! In the meme you have my translation of a beautiful Eucharistic Spanish hymn to Jesus in the Most Holy Eucharist, Himno de los Adoradores «Cantemos al Amor de los amores»,  composed by Restituto del Valle in 1911, the official hymn for the 22nd Eucharistic Congress…

FRIDAY DEVOTION TO THE PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD.


  FRIDAY DEVOTION TO THE PASSION AND DEATH OF OUR LORD. This crucified image of Christ is popularly known as ” El Cachorro”, a very popular religious icon in Seville, Spain. A legend says that it is so called because the sculptor chose as a model the face of a gypsy, who had that nickname,…

JESUS, BLESSED BE THY NAME FOREVER!


MY DEAREST JESUS, YOU ARE MY ONE AND MY ALL. BLESSED BE THY NAME FOREVER! “Iesu, Iesu, esto mihi semper Iesu (Jesus, Jesus, may you always be for me,Jesus)!” This is a short aspiration taught by St. Josemaria to his children, as he encouraged them to have a familiar, friendly, confident and loving relationship with…

January 3 HOLY NAME OF JESUS. Mass and readings


January 3 HOLY NAME OF JESUS ENTRANCE ANTIPHON In nómine Iesu omne genu flectátur, cæléstium, terréstrium et infernórum, et omnis lingua confiteátur quia Dóminus Iesus Christus in glória est Dei Patris.  At the name of Jesus, every knee should bend, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess…

THE NATIVITY SCENE OF OUR SCHOOL CHAPEL.


THE NATIVITY SCENE OF OUR SCHOOL CHAPEL. Thank God, Jesus is well-loved in our school. Everyday, when children and their parents arrive, they visit and greet Jesus in the school oratory with a short prayer and a genuflection. During this season of Advent, they also give Baby Jesus a loving kiss. Jesus, Mary and Joseph,…

ADVENT READING: THE WONDER OF THE INCARNATION (Saint Gregory Nazianzen).


ADVENT READING: THE WONDER OF THE INCARNATION (Saint Gregory Nazianzen) The very Son of God, older than the ages, the invisible, the incomprehensible, the incorporeal, the beginning of beginning, the light of light, the fountain of life and immortality, the image of the archetype, the immovable seal, the perfect likeness, the definition and word of…

“MY LORD AND MY GOD (Jn 20:28)!”


“MY LORD AND MY GOD (Jn 20:28)!” This was Thomas’ reply when Jesus appeared once more to the Apostles. Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet believe. (Jn 20:29)” Thomas’ reply was not simply an exclamation: it is an assertion, an…