I recently added a small page on the Saints of the Roman Canon (Eucharistic prayer I), which Father rushes through at Mass on Sundays. England has been part of the Roman Church since at least the end of the seventh century, and all existing English altar Missals that I know of contain the Roman Canon, and English Catholics would have had this list of Saints read either silently or aloud for much of the history of the Church in these countries. And yet this is a Roman list and, if they are not Apostles and New Testament martyrs like Stephen and Barnabas, the Saints enlisted are Popes of Rome, or Roman martyrs. It's nice to learn a little about them, although the glory of the internet provides much more if you look for it.
I'm beginning another small page on the devotion of the daily Rosary, which is so often recommended to us in glowing terms by Saints of the Church or priests we talk to. This little string of prayers is the Gospel abbreviated and is worth picking up. In the old days, our grandparents and other Catholics would have been able to draw their pocket rosaries out quicker than a cowboy in a Western could draw his revolver. We must return to that level of devotion if we are to confidently face whatever else comes at us as Christians in the next few decades. It has not exactly been greatly promoted for some time, and is usually taken for granted; I myself did not take up the daily recitation until about three year ago, and I can recommend it highly.
Both these pages, like the Doctors page, are under development. That means they will be constantly added to over the weeks. When they are properly completed, they may be transferred to the parish website, where I eventually want to create a small bank of spiritual material that can be useful to the parish.
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