Saturday within the Octave of the Sacred Heart was marked in the rite of our Order as the feast of the ‘Triumph of St. Norbert’. This feast recalls the zeal exercised by Our Holy Father Norbert in defending and strengthening the doctrine of the Real Presence, which was strenuously tested in the north of Belgium about the year 1124. [...]
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The Triumph of St. Norbert
Posted in Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati, St. Norbert on May 30, 2008 | Comments Off
The Translation of St. Norbert
Posted in Norbertine History, O.Praem Saints and Beati, St. Norbert on May 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Saint Norbert was originally buried at Magdeburg, the church he had governed as archbishop. At the time of the so-called Reformation the cathedral fell into the hands of the followers of Martin Luther. The pain felt by the Order at this usurpation of the tomb of their revered founder is well recorded by the chronicler Du [...]
May
Posted in St. Norbert on May 1, 2008 | Comments Off
May is the month of Mary
“He is no true son of the ever Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, who is not with his whole heart devoted to her.
The intention of this Mother of fair love in adorning us with the white habit - a symbol of purity - was no other than to teach [...]
The Birth of the Order 886 years ago
Posted in Norbertine History, St. Norbert on December 25, 2007 | Comments Off
On Christmas Day 1121 Our Holy Father Norbert and his companions made their profession at Prémontré.
“Indeed many religious men, both bishops and abbots, had advised him in various ways, one suggesting the eremitic life, another that of an anchorite, still another to take up the lifestyle of the Cistercians. But Norbert, whose work and plans depended on [...]
Our Holy Father Norbert : On the Priesthood
Posted in O.Praem Saints and Beati, St. Norbert, Vocation on October 20, 2007 | Comments Off
“O Priest, who are you?
You are not yourself because you are God.
You are not of yourself because you are the servant and minister of Christ. You are not your own because you are the spouse of the Church.
You are not yourself because you are the mediator between God and man. You are [...]
