Collect: Keep Thy household, O Lord, with continual loving-kindness, that by Thy protection it may be free from all adversities and devoted to Thy name in well-doing. Epistle: Ephesians vi. 10-17 Gospel: Matthew xviii. 23-35 An image of the torments of …
When Being Fake Turns Deadly
I’m rather fond of one of my brother’s expressions. In reference to a snack I once offered him, it went something like this: “That’s not salsa, it’s tomato paste, lying about being salsa.” In his book, “12 Rules for Life,” …
Clandestine Ordinations Against Church Law: Lessons from Cardinal Wojtyła and Cardinal Slipyj
One of the most remarkable episodes in the life of Karol Wojtyła—and one from which we can learn a great deal today—took place during his time as Cardinal of Kraków. It is astonishing to me that, with all the attention lavished …
Faithful Laity: We Will Never Give Up the Latin Mass
Editor’s note: beyond theological debates, beauty can communicate to the hearts of all why we will never give up the Latin Mass. Please share these videos, subscribe to Una Voce’s channel, and bookmark their website to join the work of …
Understanding True Ultramontanism
Editor’s note: we welcome all contributions to OnePeterFive which seek to critically engage with these ideas under the same aims of Traditionalism, as Mr. Ureta does here. One can only agree with the editorial position published on OnePeterFive about uniting …
Ethnic Diversity and the Latin Mass
In a recent article in the Illinois Times, Massimo Faggioli, a theology professor at Villanova University in Philadelphia, is quoted as follows, of a specific Traditional Mass location: It’s not an accident that all of these Catholics at the old …
Why Columbus Day Matters to the Blessed Virgin Mary
“In fourteen hundred and ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue,” a chant familiar to every school-aged child in the United States. Well, let us hope that this is still the case! It marks the event, of course, in which the …
Deacon to Priests: Stop Tickling Their Ears and Preach the Gospel!
This column is a response to a piece written by a priest in a diocesan newspaper, essentially arguing that we must always seek common values and common views with all people who disagree – a false irenicism. While it is …
My Crisis of Faith
Everyone has a crisis of faith at some point in their life. I have had an on-going crisis of faith ever since I became a Christian. Now that crisis of faith is coming to a head. They used to say …
XX Sunday after Pentecost
“Brethren: Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise men but as wise, making the most of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is” (Eph …
Garrigou-Lagrange: The One Thing Necessary
From The Three Ages of the Interior Life By Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. — As everyone can easily understand, the interior life is an elevated form of intimate conversation which everyone has with himself as soon as he is alone, even …