Advent Wreath at the Seminary

Advent Wreath at Kenrick-Glennon Seminary, in Shrewsbury, Missouri.  This large wreath is in the seminary's lobby.

Advent wreaths are originally a German custom; in that country, all four candles are typically red instead of using the Catholic Advent liturgical colors of purple and rose as seen here.

Advent Wreath

Advent wreath and tabernacle, at Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist Church, in downtown Saint Louis.

At Saint John the Apostle and Evangelist Church, in Saint Louis.

Glorious things are told of thee, O Mary, for He who is mighty has done great things unto thee.

“New Jesuit Review”

A NEW PUBLICATION from members of the Society of Jesus:

The New Jesuit Review has as its goals the recovery of Jesuit spirituality from its authentic sources and reflection by contemporary Jesuits on its significance for their lives. The writings of St. Ignatius and the First Companions, the lives of Jesuit saints and martyrs, and classics of Jesuit spirituality are examined in the spirit of Perfectae Caritatis, the Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life of the Second Vatican Council:

It redounds to the good of the Church that institutes have their own particular characteristics and work. Therefore let their founders' spirit and special aims they set before them as well as their sound traditions -- all of which make up the patrimony of each institute -- be faithfully held in honor. (Perfectae Caritatis, 2)

http://www.newjesuitreview.org

Feast of the Immaculate Conception

The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, Illinois: photo taken in 2007.


Macvla non est in te; there is no stain in thee.

Benedicta es tu, Virgo Maria, a Domino Deo excelso, prae omnibus mulieribus super terram. Tu gloria Ierusalem, tu laetitia Israel, tu honorificentia populi nostri.


Blessed art thou, O Virgin Mary, by the Lord the most high God, above all women upon the earth. Thou art the glory of Jerusalem, thou art the joy of Israel, thou art the honor of our people.


(Don't forget, today is a holy day of obligation!)