The Fake Lúcia Hypothesis: Questioning an Expert
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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…
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…
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.
The Fake Lúcia Hypothesis: the Scholarship of Sister Lucy Truth
Regretfully, evidence suggests that Sister Lucy Truth was not always careful in its manner of proceeding.
In Illo Tempore: 14th Sunday after Pentecost
“So every sound tree bears good fruit, but the bad tree bears evil fruit…. Thus you will know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:17, 20 RSV). Our Lord’s scriptural lantern illuminates the Epistle for the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost, Galatians 5:16-24, where St. Paul contrasts the works of the flesh with the fruit of the…
Introduction to the Fake Sister Lucy Hypothesis
In January 2006, the notion of a world-wide imposture arose.
Faith of Our Fathers: Spiritual Formation Program for Young Adults
Practical formation in the fundamentals of the spiritual life for young adults.
In Illo Tempore: 12th Sunday after Pentecost
In the green flow of the Vetus Ordo, “the old order,” Sundays, the Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost brings the last selection from St. Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians before the Epistles move on to Galatians. The order of these readings is exceedingly ancient, older than the developed form of the Divine Office. Our Roman forebears…
St. Dionysius the Areopagite, “Christian Plato”
"Thou, O Christian Plato, didst enlarge the horizon of philosophy."