Saint Nerses the Gracious
He composed the text and the melody of almost 1200 hymns (šarakan), troparia, odes, and liturgical songs.
11th Sunday after Pentecost: Soccer balls instead of doctrine? Not so much
We continue with this year’s focus on the Epistle, the first reading, in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite. This week we hear from St. Paul in 1 Cor. 15:1-10. Context remains important. Last Sunday we observed the Feast of the Transfiguration, which has its own proper readings. However, last Sunday was in the…
Fratelli Non Tutti: Trads Not Included
"Room needs to be made for reflections born of religious traditions that are the repository of centuries of experience and wisdom." -Pope Francis
Bishop Schneider Publishes New Prayer for the Triumph of the Faith
We thank You from the depth of our soul for the inestimable gift of the Catholic Faith.
The Infrastructure for the Immanent Reign of Antichrist
The whole world woke up one day and found itself imprisoned in a global totalitarianism the likes of which had never been seen.
What Barbie Taught Me
All of this, I see now, sprang from the innate human love of form.
World Youth Day and Anti-Culture
Cultus, tradition, elders and piety: every culture known to man (until modern times) has these four elements.
Vocational Course Change: Finding Abraham’s Gift
A change in vocational path, provided it remains on the path of God’s commandments, is never in itself a failure.
Traditional Theology of the Magisterium, pt. 2: The Evidence of Sacred Scripture
I follow the approach outlined by Joachim Salaverri in his Tractatus de Ecclesia from the Sacrae Theologiae Summa.
Forgotten Customs of Saints Days – Part 1
Who are the patron saints for your Diocese? Do you know if your Diocese has secondary patrons in addition to your primary patron?
Transfiguration Sunday: “We Have the Prophetic Word Made More Sure”
This Sunday we observe the Feast of the Transfiguration rather than the “green” Sunday after Pentecost, being the 10th. This Feast of the Transfiguration has a complicated history. First, in Rome there were celebrated on 6 August the feast of the martyrs Pope Sixtus II and six of his deacons, slain that day in the…
