November Remembrances
In wars gone by, presidents and congressmen had sons who were at risk.
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 6th Sunday left after Epiphany: Exams are due
“Are you better off now than you were four years ago?” With the coming and passing of the nationwide elections in these USA, this question surely was on the minds of the many who were paying at least a little attention to the necessities of living. With the coming of the resolution of the Church’s…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 5th Sunday left after Epiphany: The Church is all mixed up
Sowing the aggressive and ruinous tare or darnel was an act of biological terrorism.
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 4th Sunday left after Epiphany: Eternal Father Strong To Save
We have come to that time of year in which Holy Church has to “mind the gap”, as it were. Because of the vagaries of the moon in relation to Spring, and therefore when Easter falls, there are often not quite enough formularies for Sundays after Pentecost to get through to the final green Sunday…
The Antichrist is No Longer Restrained
A dominant interpretation emerges from the Tradition.
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 22nd Sunday after Pentecost: Face off
NB: I tried to post this on Friday: On 17 October, as I write, it is the anniversary of John Paul II’s election as Vicar of Christ, Bishop of Rome, Supreme Pontiff. As a young priest and bishop then-Bishop Karol Wojtyła participated in the Second Vatican II and, indeed, as part of the group which…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 21st Sunday after Pentecost: Restitution
This Sunday, the 21st after Pentecost in the traditional Roman calendar, Holy Church gives us the Lord’s Parable about the Wicked or Ungrateful Servant from Matthew 18:21-35. Christ uses this parable to instruct His future Vicar, Peter, and therefor all future Vicars, the need for being forgiving. In how many ways does the Lord underscore…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 18th Sunday after Pentecost: Walking Together for Real
As our planet whirls along we are walking together from summer into autumn in the still dominating Northern Hemisphere, where Holy Church arose and formed our liturgical rites and calendar. With our shift into the harvest and dying season, the Church now presents end of the world themes and glimpses of the Second Coming. For…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 17th Sunday after Pentecost: Swords of Sorrow and of Joy
In the northern hemisphere, the solar rhythm of which dominates the development of the Roman Church’s calendar, we are moving inexorably toward autumn. With that autumnal mindset it is not a surprise that we begin, as the 20th century commentator Pius Parsch reflects, to receive more hints at the Church’s harvest time, the Second Coming.…
Diebus Saltem Dominicis – 16th Sunday after Pentecost: Snap goes the trap
On this 16th Sunday after Pentecost according to the calendar of the Vetus Ordo we go with the Lord into what is obviously a trap. In Luke 14 Christ goes to the house of a leader of the Pharisees for a Sabbath meal. Many were present including other Pharisees and nomikoi, experts in the Law,…