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Fr. Brian A. Graebe: Calling on the Cross – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

Fr. Brian A. Graebe: Calling on the Cross

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Christ on the Way to Calvary by Titian, c. 1650 [Museo del Prado, Madrid]

By Fr. Brian A. Graebe,  The Catholic Thing, September 14, 2024

Fr. Brian A. Graebe, S.T.D., is a priest of the Archdiocese of New York. He is the author of Vessel of Honor: The Virgin Birth and the Ecclesiology of Vatican II (Emmaus Academic).

 

In his autobiography, Winston Churchill recounts an episode from his early school days when he had to decline the Latin noun mensa. When a puzzled Churchill asked why the vocative case is translated, “O table,” the schoolmaster responded matter-of-factly that that’s how one would address a table. After objecting that he does not speak to tables, Churchill received a reprimand for impertinence – and a distaste for the classics.

If, however, he ever prayed the Divine Office for the Feast of the Triumph of the Cross (today’s celebration), Churchill might have had a flashback to his school days encountering this antiphon: …

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