0
Author Archive for Catholic Lane Editor
Sts. Cyprian and Justina, Martyrs
by Catholic Lane Editor
THE detestable superstition of St. Cyprian’s idolatrous parents devoted him from his infancy to the devil, and he was brought up in all the impious mysteries of idolatry, astrology, and the black art. When Cyprian had learned all the extravagances of these schools of error and delusion, he hesitated at no crimes, blasphemed Christ, and […]
St. Albinus, Bishop
by Catholic Lane Editor
ST. ALBINUS was of an ancient and noble family in Brittany, and from his childhood was fervent in every exercise of piety. He ardently sighed after the happiness which a devout soul finds in being perfectly disengaged from all earthly things. Having embraced the monastic state at Tintillant, near Augers, he shone a perfect model […]
St. Serenus, a Gardner
by Catholic Lane Editor
SERENUS was by birth a Grecian. He quitted estate, friends, and country to serve God its celibacy, penance, and prayer. With this design he bought a garden in Sirmium in Pannonia, which he cultivated with his own hands, and lived on the fruits and herbs it produced. One day there came thither a woman, with […]
Bourgeois Receives His Marching Orders
by Catholic Lane Editor
The National Catholic Reporter (NCR) reports the former Reverend Roy Bourgeois has been formally notified of his dismissal from his religious community and the priesthood. Bourgeois is a vocal proponent of women being ordained priests. In 2008, he participated in the simulation of the Sacrament of Holy Orders involving a woman. Shortly thereafter, says the […]
New Year Plenary Indulgence Prayer, Veni Creator Spiritus: Latin-English
by Catholic Lane Editor
There is a plenary indulgence (under the usual conditions, i.e., Confession, Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Holy Father) for singing or reciting the Veni Creator Spiritus on January 1st. Veni Creátor Spíritus, Come, Holy Spirit, Creator come, Mentes tuórum vísita, From Thy bright heavenly throne! Imple supérna grátia Come, take possession […]
