Above: The Temptation of Christ on the Mountain by Duccio di Buoninsegna (1255-1319). The reason that the fallen angels hate us is because of envy. They have been cast down from their celestial thrones and now their places in the …
Many are Called, but Few Are Chosen
It has been quite a liturgical ride over the last few weeks, with Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity Sunday, Corpus Christi, coincidental Sacred Heart and Nativity of John the Baptist. Coming up in Rome, where I write this entry, will be Sts. …
The End of Roe: First Responses from Pro-Life Leaders
This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade and the 1992 Planned Parenthood v. Casey decisions that decriminalized abortion in all 50 states, …
Enthronement of the Sacred Heart
In a homily delivered at Chartres on Pentecost Monday back in 2015, His Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider offered to the pilgrims gathered there both an analysis of the most pressing challenge facing the Church today as well a strategy for …
The United States of Freemasonry
The USCCB vs. Freemasonry & the Modern Kulturkampf Back on September 20, 2011, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), with then Timothy Dolan, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of New York, serving as its President, analyzed the decision by …
A Neglected Gem in the Traditional Roman Missal: The Eucharistic Heart of Jesus
If you have ever shown up early to church and found yourself quietly paging through your hand missal—let’s say, a Saint Andrew Daily Missal reprint from 1945—you might have stumbled across a section of Mass formularies that may be unfamiliar …
Vatican I Also Defined Faith
Objective and Subjective Principle of Theology In general, theology is the science about God and about divine realities. As I have written elsewhere, natural theology is confused with supernatural theology in our theological collapse post-Vatican II. Natural theology is a …
Defending Ultramontanism
The editor of OnePeterFive was kind enough to invite submissions regarding the origin of the excessive submissiveness of many Catholics to Pope Francis’s manifestly erroneous teachings and measures. He says such attitude stems from “a false spirit of Vatican I” …
Worthy Communion
The medieval period was an era of rich and accelerating reflection about the Eucharist. One of the benchmarks of this increasing devotion to the Eucharist was the establishment of the Feast of Corpus Christ by Urban IV in the last …
The Saga of the Catholic Fighting Man Continues
A blessed Octave of Corpus Christi! Since the leaked draft opinion in the Dobbs Case, lots of people are talking about abortion, and Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament is taking a lot of direct hits from people who are …
Forgotten Customs of Corpus Christi
Above: Corpus Christi 2021 at St. Mary’s Conshohocken, FSSP. Photo by Allison Girone. Editor’s note: this octave, consider joining the crusade of Eucharistic reparation. A great solemnity has this day risen upon our earth: a feast both to God and …