The Fake Lúcia Hypothesis: Questioning an Expert
...Chinese medicine, astrology, astro-herbalism, and meditation...
The Fake Lúcia Hypothesis: Questioning an Expert
...Chinese medicine, astrology, astro-herbalism, and meditation...
Today’s Difficult Pilgrimage
We have the tradition of the Memorial Stair Climb.
In Illo Tempore: 16th Sunday after Pentecost
It was pride that brought down Satan and the other apostate angels. It was pride that brought down the human race in our First Parents. Pride turned angels into devils and Paradise into this vale of tears. St. Bernard of Clairvaux called pride “initium omnis peccati … the beginning of every sin” (De gradibus humilitatis…
The Ancient Roman Rite not at Home in Rome?
"I have not had the chance to really sit down with a group of people who are advocating for the Tridentine rite."
Beautiful Film for Wise Spectators
What the templum was for the Romans, the surface on which we watch a film is today.
Forgotten Customs of Our Lady’s Nativity
Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaimed joy to the whole world; for from Thee arose the sun of righteousness, Christ our God; who released us from the curse, and gave us blessing; and confounding death, He granted us eternal life. -Greek antiphon chanted at the Magnificat for Vespers II September 8th One of…
Does Pagan Cosmogony follow from General Relativity?
There is no observational or experimental evidence for “dark energy."
In Illo Tempore: 15th Sunday after Pentecost
We come now to the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, known in the older Roman reckoning as Quinta post Sancti Laurentii, the fifth Sunday after St. Lawrence. The Romans loved their deacon martyr, whose basilica stood beyond the walls along the Via Tiburtina. In the ancient arrangement, Sundays throughout the year had their station churches, not…
Holy Day of Opportunity
We waste so much energy on what the Pope can do or not do to solve problems in the Church or society.
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
