Of Manuals and Those Who Did Not Write Them: The Case of Garrigou-Lagrange
When the self-understanding of an entire generation is in danger, I cannot help but register my complaints when I see a superficial moniker.
A Letter to Trads from a Byzantine Thomist
Only pure nominalism could say: “those are the same rites.” When I read certain theologians dismiss your concerns, I can only think, in horror: if the Byzantine rites were changed this profoundly, they would seemingly also tell us to “suck it up” and “get over it.”
The Spiritual Role of Conscience
Let us ask the Lord to inspire us with the holy hatred of sin, which separates us from the infinite goodness of God.
The Ugliness of Sin: a Fight to the Death
This truth from Holy Scripture, argues the Master, is what leads us to combat with the proper zeal of spiritual violence. This is a fight to the death. It is kill or be killed. Eternity is on the line.
The Fear of Hell is the Beginning of Wisdom
Advent Reflections from the Master of Thomism Part I: On Death Part II: On Judgment Part III: On Heaven Hell. If there is one doctrine that is most offensive to the ears of fallen man and in particular modern man, it is this doctrine. If there is one doctrine that is not preached anymore,…
On Heaven
Advent Reflections from the Master of Thomism Part I: On Death Part II: On Judgment Heaven. Oh, what a place that will be! It is a place that millions of dreamed about. A place of peace, joy, and charity. A place where our tears will be wiped away. A place where we shall be…
On Judgment
It is written: You shall be holy, for I am holy. And if you invoke as Father him who, without respect of persons, judgeth according to every one’s work: converse in fear during the time of your sojourning here. – 1 Peter 1:16-17 The Judgment. It’s something that few wish to think about in our…
In Defense of Manuals and Manualism
Above: engraving of Melchor Cano. Editor’s note: this article appears as a response to our article which included critical remarks about pre-Vatican II manualism, and is meant to be a balancing treatment on the period in theology. See also “The Authority of the Scholastics.” -TSF Note: This topic includes much confusion surrounding exactly the…
On Death
Death. It’s something we all experience, something that will always come. It is unavoidable, uncharitable, unalterable. When man reaches the end of his life, and his soul is torn from his body to its judgment, death not only takes place but engulfs any reality that we knew. How many of us really contemplate the reality…
Seeds of Death and the Infinite Loftiness of the Eternal Goal
Read the first part of Fr. Garrigou-Lagrange’s reflections on Pauline mortification. The Consequences of Our Personal Sins A second motive that renders mortification necessary is found in the consequences of our personal sins. St. Paul insists on this point in the Epistle to the Galatians, by noting especially the effects of sins against charity:…
Mortification According to the Blessed Apostle
The doctrine of the Gospel on the necessity of mortification is explained at considerable length by St. Paul in his epistles. Frequent quotation is made of his words: “I chastise my body and bring it into subjection: lest perhaps, when I have preached to others, I myself should become a castaway” (I Cor. 9:27). Likewise…