To make a pilgrimage in post-Christian England is to reassert our country’s sacred geography.
Category: Christendom
Scotland: The Land of the Leal
It is not by mistake that Scots in the Anglosphere are renowned for martial glory.
Two Englands: Albion and Logres
To see it in the ceremonial heart of Britain was a reminder of the Kinship of Christ over the entire world – especially fitting on that day.
An Eighth Sacrament?
He would draw it from the scabbard and point it at all four directions in turn, to show his willingness to defend Church and people from all foes.
Post-War Catholicism in the United States
Above: the first evening Mass in the diocese of Milwaukee consecrates the diocese to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1954. Photo credit. A very interesting and provocative reprint, the first volume of Integrity will be welcomed by all those …
FULL TEXT Cdl. Burke’s Latin Mass Sermon for Christ the King
Epiphany of Our Lord Catholic Church 2510 E. Hanna Avenue Tampa, Florida 30 October 2022 Col 1, 12-20 Jn 18, 33-37 Sermon In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. It is …
A Moment of Christendom: the St. Louis Patronal Procession
Above: Patronal Festivity in Saint Louis, Missouri, 2022 On August 25th, my alarm clock rang at 3:45 a.m. The previous evening, we chant enthusiasts had parted with the words, “Tenebrae et Matutinum” (dark and early). With solemn vespers, we had …
New Tactics for Rebuilding Christendom
Above: 15th century Franciscan Abbey ruins. County Donegal, Ireland. It has been surprisingly easy for the Anti-Christian Revolution, that is now in full course, to throw the West into Cultural Marxist ‘Woke’ spiritual and cognitive confusion. By investigating two flaws …
Let’s Continue the Growth of Catholic Counter-Culture
In reviewing Frank LaRocca’s Mass of the Americas release through Capella records on September 20th, I mentioned that in times and places of great sin and strife, great beauty is possible. That particular pursuit of great beauty was released on …
Why British and Commonwealth Catholics Venerate their Protestant Monarch
Above: then Prince Charles, now the ascended King Charles III, kisses the hand of his mother, her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Photo credit MSN. The spectacle is undeniably impressive, though predictable and in part long-planned. Even those whose own …