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Some Lovely Easter Vigil Images From Saint John Henry Newman, Victoria, BC

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The Consecration   At The Baptismal Font The Exultet The Exultet The Preparation of The Paschal Candle The Blessing of The New Fire

The Donning of The Chapel Veil

The Dawn of Civilization Renewed Those of us living in the beautiful oasis of one of the personal ordinariates know well the fact of the increasing employ of the chapel veil among younger people, so-called millennials . In an age that claims the liberation of women, yet when so many women fall prey to new and unimaginably vicious attacks on womanhood, motherhood, virginity and chastity, a time during which women are marginalized by their supposed liberators , the Holy Spirit is quietly leading a revolution whereby women and men discover their dignity in Christ through signs such as the chapel veil, signs that remind us that our true identity is not found in empty slogans and ideological games played at the expense of innocent human life. The veil reminds us that women are holy, that woman's dignity is inalienable and not created by big business nor any political entity. Woman's dignity comes from God, for she is created in the image and likeness of God. Male and female...

POPE LEO XIV Magnifica Humanitas

Even in the darkest nights, the Lord raises up men and women who refuse to give up, who persevere in doing good, who protect the vulnerable and open pathways to reconciliation. The memory of the saints, righteous people and the oft-forgotten peacemakers, show us that grace does not magically eliminate conflict, but instead it inspires active resistance to evil and an astonishing creativity in doing good” (paragraph 211).

WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

I doubt not then but innocence shall make false accusation blush, and tyranny tremble at patience.

WORDS TO THE WHYS

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive. Thomas Sowell

SENECA

He who spares the wicked injures the good.