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Mass With the Kaiser-Karl-Gebetsliga
A confrère of mine, Pater Marian Gruber, O.Cist., is the “Stellvertretender Geistlicher Assistent” of the “Kaiser-Karl-Gebetsliga” (Emperor Karl League of Prayers), a society founded during Bl. Charles’s lifetime for the sake of praying for peace between peoples. At Pater Marian’s suggestion the Gebetsliga recently had a meeting here in Heiligenkreuz, at which Archduke Charles of Austria… Continue reading
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A House Built on Stone
Today is the Feast of Bl. Charles of Austria. There is a wonderful, Christian paradox in the Benedictus antiphon that we sing on his feast. As I have mentioned before it is taken from Matthew: “Similabo eum viro sapienti qui aedificavit domum suam super petram: I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his… Continue reading
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Archduke Otto of Austria, 1912-2011
Yesterday I was in Vienna for the funeral of His Imperial and Royal Highness, Archduke Otto of Austria, Royal Prince of Hungary etc., eldest son and rightful heir of Bl. Charles of Austria, the last Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary. One of the the most striking things about the solemn and elaborate… Continue reading
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