When I was invited to write this piece for OnePeterFive, Steve Skojec wanted to know why I was becoming Catholic now. After all, I was obviously a conservative. An outspoken counter-jihad activist. A vehement defender of the existence of only …
The Cult of Change and Christian Changelessness
The modern age glamorizes constant change. It romanticizes variety, development, progress, newness. It exalts evolution as a paradigm of knowledge and of all reality. Those who hold tightly to perennial wisdom and permanent truths, traditional morals, inherited culture, artistic monuments, …
Churchspotting: St. Lawrence, Harrisburg PA
Over the weekend, I was out of town visiting friends in Pennsylvania, and we went to Sunday Mass at the Mater Dei Parish at St. Lawrence Chapel, located at 110 State St. in Harrisburg. This is a chapel of the Priestly Fraternity …
“My Country Needs to Know that God is So Beautiful” – FSSP Celebrates 500 Years of Mexican Catholicism
The following is a guest post by Fr. Daniel Heenan, an American priest in the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) currently serving the faithful in Mexico. By Fr. Daniel Heenan, FSSP On May 3rd, 1518, the feast of the …
Suffering for Christ: Reflections on Saint Paul
“For unto you it is given for Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him: Having the same conflict as that which you have seen in me, and now have heard of me” (Philip. 1:29-30). …
God’s Love Revealed: The Intrinsic Connection of Doctrine and Spirituality
In the world today, there is a tendency to separate spiritual things from objective guidelines and rules. How many people call themselves “spiritual but not religious,” as if to say the precepts of religion have no connection with the spiritual …
On Protestantism and a Life Devoid of Miracles
The spiritual world has perplexed people from the beginning. The Protestant communities I grew up in were completely lacking in spiritual depth and understanding. They had a knowledge problem: they “knew” without understanding. Angelology and demonology were never spoken of. …
Cebu: Nurturing the Latin Mass in Asia’s Christian Cradle
In January 2016, OnePeterFive reported on the Pontifical Mass in the old rite celebrated by Cardinal Joseph Zen of Hong Kong at the Asilo dela Medalla Milagrosa Chapel, during the International Eucharistic Congress (IEC) in Cebu City, Philippines. At that time, …
Growing Faith in 2017: Two Hopeful Stories in a Troubled Year
It’s been a rough year for the Catholic Church, with traditional Catholic teaching under constant attack, so I want to share some positive things I experienced in 2017. I traveled to two different places outside the United States that have …
Joy, Peace, and Patience: Keeping Our Catholic Cool in Tough Times
During His sublime discourse to the apostles on the eve of His Passion, Our Lord explained the nature of our relationship to Him in the spiritual life as follows: I am the true vine; and My Father is the husbandman. …
