Octave Day of St. Lawrence
He felt not the torture.
Octave Day of St. Lawrence
He felt not the torture.
In Illo Tempore: 12th Sunday after Pentecost
In the green flow of the Vetus Ordo, “the old order,” Sundays, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost brings the last selection from St. Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians before the Epistles move on to Galatians. The order of these readings is exceedingly ancient, older than the developed form of the Divine Office. Our Roman forebears…
The Forgotten Customs of Assumption Day
You have crowned the year with your bounty, and your paths overflow with a rich harvest; The untilled meadows overflow with it, and rejoicing clothes the hills. The fields are garmented with flocks and the valleys blanketed with grain. They shout and sing for joy. -Blessing of Herbs on Assumption Day The Importance of the…
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, “Christian Plato”
"Thou, O Christian Plato, didst enlarge the horizon of philosophy."
The Baroque Composer who Influenced Bach, Vivaldi
A voice that shaped the Baroque.
A Literary Masterpiece and a Discrete Testimony of Princess Bibesco’s Faith
One of the most beautiful pages of literature and Christian witness ever written.
“This Latin course was amazing” – High School Student
Of the six latin courses I've taken since 4th grade, only after this one can I say, "yeah, I can read Latin."
Bishop Antônio de Castro Mayer: Trajectory, Ideology, and Legacy of Catholic Traditionalism
The fundamental bedrock of his resistance to the reforms of the Second Vatican Council.
In Illo Tempore: 11th Sunday after Pentecost
Deep in the green season after Pentecost, when the Church has passed through the great mysteries of Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost, the Roman liturgy turns our attention toward the harvesting of what has been planted. Pius Parsch observed that the 11th, 12th, and 13th Sundays after Pentecost form a kind of triad…
First Friday Reminder: the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
"I wholeheartedly support and bless this lay initiative for eucharistic revival in the Church of our day." -Bishop Athanasius Schneider
