As the COVID-19 pandemic continues deep into May, the majority of Catholics in Western society are still without public Masses. Some Catholics are without any sacraments at all, depending on the diocese. On May 14, the Pope Francis called all …
Category: Catholic Life
Scripture & Tradition: Fifth Sunday after Easter
Epistle: James 1:22-27 Gospel: John 16:23-30 O God, from Whom all good things do come, grant unto us, Thy suppliant people, that by Thine inspiration, we may think what is right, and under Thy guidance perform the same. – From …
Hominization, or Man at the Moment of Conception
The prospect of using aborted fetal tissue in the massively funded project to develop a COVID-19 vaccine — a particularly gruesome sign of the techno-barbarism of our age — makes when human life begins (and with it, human personhood), and …
The Perils of Staying Safe
As I write this, I have two boys outside pretending to repair a tree. For those who do not know boy-speak, to repair a tree is simply an excuse to hook a rope on a branch and pully the younger …
Coronavirus, Communists, and Our Lady of China
It’s sad to think of Chinese-Americans feeling stigmatized as a result of the coronavirus. One survey shows a majority of Americans have lost respect and trust for China in recent months. Of course Chinese Americans had nothing to do with …
Scripture & Tradition: Fourth Sunday after Easter
Epistle: 1 Peter 2:11-19 Gospel: John 16:16-22 O God, Who makest the faithful to be of one mind and will: grant to Thy people to love that which Thou dost command and to desire that which Thou dost promise, that …
Mother Mary Is the Refuge for Weary Souls
For readers of One Peter Five, the crisis in the Church is no secret, but an open wound fifty years old and more. And after the summer of shame and the continuing saga of Viganò, speculation was raised at the …
The Church’s Abandonment on the Cross
Having devoured many spiritual classics from the desert fathers to St. Augustine during my two and half years as a Benedictine monk before discerning out, one idea struck me above the rest. An author, whose name escapes me, prophetically proclaimed …
Taking the Tradpill
This article contains sections of the author’s forthcoming book Joy to Our Youth: Why Millennials are Returning to Traditional Catholicism. It is edited here with the author’s permission. If you enjoy this transcript, be on the lookout for this book …
Josephus on Jesus: A Response to Some Common Objections
In an earlier article, we briefly looked at the testimony of the Jewish historian Josephus on Jesus. Today, we will look in more detail at some objections and possible responses. The Antiquities of Josephus are a history of the major …