Forgotten Customs of Rogation Days
How many Catholics understand what is meant by the greater or lesser litanies, or by the expression “the Rogations” – clergy included?
The Pre-55 May Miracles Suppressed
The 1962 Missal suppressed various feast days about miracles.
The Pre-55 Paschal Feast of St. Joseph
Instituted by Pope Pius IX in 1847.
Forgotten Customs of the Easter Octave and Eastertide
Easter itself is an 8-day celebration, and even after the Octave concludes on Low Sunday, the Easter Season lasts for a total of fifty days until the completion of Ascensiontide and the celebration of Pentecost Sunday. This period of time, especially for the Octave of Easter, is enriched with many rich customs all expressing the…
The 1955 Holy Week Reform: a Summary
Holy Week became the testing ground for a new liturgical methodology.
Forgotten Customs of St. Joseph
"I never knew any one who was particularly devout to him, that did not continually advance more and more in virtue."
The Vigils of the Apostles: Apostolic Watchfulness and Penitential Preparation
The Vigil of St. Matthias reinforced a crucial ecclesiological truth.
Forgotten Customs of Lent
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of darkness, for it shields us with heavenly help. Should men grow remiss in their observance…
Forgotten Customs of Septuagesima
Brethren: Know you not that they that run in the race, all run indeed, but one receiveth the prize. So run that you may obtain. And every one that striveth for the mastery refraineth himself from all things. And they indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown: but we an incorruptible one. I therefore…
Traditional Sexual Abstinence in Marriage
Trad men: do you really want to be a Trad? Are you truly committed to being Traditional?
The Chair of St. Peter and the Octave of Christian Unity: Authority, Conversion, and the Eclipse of Continuity
Unity begins with Peter’s authority and culminates in Paul’s conversion.