The Lesson or Epistle for Mass on the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Vetus Ordo is from Ephesians 4:1-6. [Brethren:] I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to …
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Bestselling Picture Book Philosophy: Trite or Uplifting?
Mackesy is an artist who started his career as a cartoonist.
16th Sunday after Pentecost: the breadth and length and height and depth
This week, for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo, we are in Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 3:13-21. Paul penned this letter, along with that to the Colossians and to Philemon probably during his first imprisonment in …
15th Sunday after Pentecost: “God is not mocked, for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap”
We come now to the 15th Sunday after Pentecost, which in an older way of thinking was called Quinta post Sancti Laurentii… the 5th after St. Lawrence, who was so beloved of the Romans. In fact, most of the Sundays …
Reasons for Hope
Now, I realize my vision was somewhat skewed.
Saintly Slaps and Sung Masses: Remembering Saint Hugh of Lincoln
When the time came for the ceremonial slap of the cheek, Hugh taught the peasant a lesson.
A Pinch of Incense to the Great Equalizer of Secularism
You must step on the fumi-e of Christ the Bridegroom and His Bride the Church to live in the world of “Love.”
Born for a Time of Adversity: a Widow and the Body of Christ
The Body of Christ is one of friendship and brotherly love.
Vocational Course Change: Finding Abraham’s Gift
A change in vocational path, provided it remains on the path of God’s commandments, is never in itself a failure.
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium, pt. 2: The Evidence of Sacred Scripture
I follow the approach outlined by Joachim Salaverri in his Tractatus de Ecclesia from the Sacrae Theologiae Summa.