Of Medieval Carols and Joseph’s Magnificat
Over at her blog, Studio Matters, Maureen Mullarkey has a beautiful reflection on St. Joseph’s own acceptance of the Christ-child, through the lens of an ancient carol: The Cherry Tree Carol is a seasonal jewel. It dates back to the cycle of mystery plays performed in Coventry during the Feast of Corpus Christi, around the year…
Closer Than We’ve Ever Been
I’m a content guy, not a fundraiser. I’m good at the part of my job that gives our work away for free, and bad at the part that actually pays the bills. We’ve been really struggling to make ends meet, and we’ve fallen short of our monthly fundraising goals during every single month of 2015.…
The Cascio Family Needs Your Help!
I got an email over the weekend I wanted to share with you: Dear Steve, You may have already seen this circulating among some traditional circles, but I was wondering if you might be interested in sharing my brother’s wife’s story with your readers. If you already posted this appeal, thank you. Sometimes things get…
2015 1P5 Christmas Gift Guide!
Have you been waiting until the 11th hour to do your Christmas shopping? Finding it hard to pick out just the right gift for that person in your life who would appreciate something truly unique? We asked our contributors to recommend a few of their favorite things – and we told them it would be…
A Clarion Call to Defend Our Lady in Oklahoma City
You may recall hearing about a Satanic “Black Mass” in Oklahoma City last year. We wrote about it here, here, and here. A reader in Oklahoma City writes to inform us that the same people who organized that event are now planning another Satanic event in Oklahoma City on Christmas Eve – and what Catholics there…
Archbold: “The Right Questions” On Muslim Immigration
We stay well clear of politics here, but Donald Trump’s suggestion that there be a moratorium on Islamic immigration has raised a lot of hackles. Despite the outrage, the American people are much more on board with this idea than one might expect. Check out this screenshot of an MSNBC poll on the topic grabbed…
Vatican: Don’t Try to Convert Jews
I am unable to bring myself to comment much on this, since I’m alternating between nausea and the desire to take a sledgehammer to something. Let me just say that this OBVIATES THE INCARNATION AND IS AN OUTRAGE TO CHRIST: Catholics should not try to convert Jews and should work with them to fight antisemitism,…
Please Support 1P5 This Christmas. We Really Need Your Help!
“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him up in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.” – Lk. 2:7 It’s hard to believe that OnePeterFive has only been online since August 1st, 2014. Since then, we’ve delivered 4.6 million pages of content.…
Take Heart. God is With Us.
Being a faithful Catholic today is a difficult business. Readers of these pages know of the willful confusion, the disregard for doctrine, and the blatant attempts to completely remake the Church in the image of man that are going on today. And even in those quarters where the embers of orthodoxy still glow, there is…
Woman Who Grew Up Muslim Explains Islam
A woman posting under the name “Farrah Prudence” says she grew up Muslim in the Middle East, and she’s tired of the true nature of Islam being misrepresented. This is worth 8 minutes of your time: If you’d like to read the texts she recommends, we’ve already linked to them in our post, Islam 101:…