The Synodal Way Won Me Over
There is more synoding to do.
Harmony out of Chaos: Traditional Marriage
I sometimes brag to other Catholics that I know the size of pants worn by the notable Theology of the Body speaker Christopher West. If you’re still reading, allow me to reminisce on simpler times.
A New Catholic Faith for Children to Abandon
Consider what a young child in our present-day will experience of the Faith. It will not be of community, sacrifice, beauty, and peace.
In the Church Basement, Hiding from Mass
Above: an official promotional graphic of the Vatican’s Synod on Synodality (posted at their Facebook page here). On Sundays and other holy days of obligation the faithful are bound to participate in the Mass. -CIC, can. 1247. It is Saturday evening, and I am trying to endure another “Sunday” Mass in my hometown. A snowstorm,…
How to Save the Latin Mass Domestic Church
Editor’s note: how is your family saving the Latin Mass in your domestic church? Send us a submission: editor [at] OnePeterFive.com. This June brought a great blessing, and a pitiable curse, to my family. The blessing, aptly named, came from welcoming little Benedict to our clan. The curse, predictably, was yet another run-in with a…
Wilton Gregory and the Trad Re-Education Camps
It is a rainy Tuesday evening, and a large group is gathered in the parish hall at St. Paul VI Roman Catholic Church. Not just women are gathered, which is odd for this parish, but men too. And children, countless children. Very odd indeed. An older lady, dressed in a smart looking pink jumpsuit, steps…
Rethinking the Papacy
I have an image from a particular event playing in my mind. The event takes place in a large entertainment auditorium. The auditorium is modern par excellence, meaning it’s as ugly as sin. The ceiling is comprised of funky clam-shaped lighting. The walls look like an alien exploded onto two large panels of stained glass.…
We Have a Heroic Priest Living in Our Home
My family is blessed to have a heroic priest living in our home. How this came to be I will get to later. But for now, I will describe what it is like. It is overwhelming. It is unsettling. It is appalling. It is heavenly. This priest will spend a typical morning as such: He…
A Novel Approach to Internet Addiction
As a society we are losing our will to live. Perhaps we do not even know how to live anymore. Rather, we abandon ourselves to an insatiable pursuit of comfort. And then, to compound our madness, we burden our youth with this inane existence. I will illustrate with an all too familiar, all too tiresome,…
Come to Mass Now and Pretend it Didn’t Happen
I am reading through a letter issued recently by my bishop. Before I say anything further, I must point out that he was consecrated as bishop just last June. However, given the frequent mention of masks and hand sanitizer, the letter tells me he is already quite familiar with the ways and workings of modern…
