St. Alphonsus and the Tender Love of God
“With the most tender confidence and love.”
In Illo Tempore: 10th Sunday after Pentecost
We have come to the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost in the Usus Antiquior, the Vetus Ordo. Pius Parsch (+1954) saw in the Sundays after Pentecost a progressive schooling in Christian life. The earlier Sundays dwell frequently upon healing, the middle portion upon the conflict between God’s reign and the dominion of sin, and the later…
Mary Promised: Now It’s Your Turn
We waste so much energy on what the Pope can do or not do to solve problems in the Church or society.
Gratitude for the Wisdom of St. Ignatius
"It will be very advantageous to intensify our activity against the desolation."
Did Pope St. John XXIII Disobey Fatima?
Pope John’s personal secretary, Mons. Loris Capovilla, stated in 1970 that the authorities in Rome had seen nothing about publishing the text in 1960.
In Illo Tempore: 9th Sunday after Pentecost
Pius Parsch observed that the Sundays after Pentecost may be viewed in three movements. The first draws attention to Christ’s healings and, through them, to the salvation of souls. The second, from the Seventh through the Fourteenth Sunday, sets God’s kingdom against the world. The final group turns toward the Parousia. The Ninth Sunday belongs…
The Woman Possessed by Seven Demons is Now the Greatest of Penitents
From the depth of her degradation, she raised her eyes to Jesus with sorrow, hope, and love.
The Third Part of the Secret of Fátima: What about 1960?
"We see that things were not as black and white as was previously discussed."
In Illo Tempore: 8th Sunday after Pentecost
The Mass of the 8th Sunday after Pentecost sets before us the household of God and the household of this world, the inheritance promised to sons and the account demanded of stewards, the freedom of those led by the Spirit and the anxious calculations of those who live according to the flesh. The Collect, Epistle,…
A History of the Third Part of the Secret of Fátima: Composition
To be opened is not the same as being published.
In Illo Tempore: 7th Sunday after Pentecost
The liturgy of the Seventh Sunday after Pentecost places a mirror before the soul and asks a question which cannot be evaded by ecclesiastical position, good intentions, or outward appearance: what fruit is being borne? The Epistle, Gospel, chants, Collect, and Postcommunion converge upon the same point. There are two servitudes, two harvests, two ends.…