The Conciliar Legacy: the Displacement of Judgment from Truth to the Primacy of Intention
When the metaphysical order of judgment is bypassed, reasoning collapses onto a Cartesian-style plane.
Benedict’s Resignation: the Question of the Frozen ATMs
An analysis of one explanation of Benedict's resignation.
Tuesday within the Octave of the Ascension
℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin.43rd, 2nd on Pentecost.My holy brethren, ye remember that I have likened the Saviour to that eagle, touching which it is written in the Book of Psalms, cii. 5, “thy youth is renewed like…
Saint Thomas Aquinas and the True Notion of “Common Good”
"A multitude of free men is ordered by the ruler towards the common good."
Monday within the Octave of the Ascension
℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.On the Ascension, tom 3Then Christ went up into heaven, He offered unto the Father the First-fruits of our nature, and the Father marvelled at the offering, seeing the Majesty of…
Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension
From the Roman office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo.2nd on the AscensionDearly beloved brethren, our Saviour is gone up from us into heaven, but let us not be troubled on earth. Let only…
In Illo Tempore: Sunday after Ascension THURSDAY
The Sunday after the Ascension places us in a holy interval. The Lord has gone up in glory but the promised Spirit has not yet descended like fire. The Apostles have returned from the Mount of Olives to Jerusalem. They are gathered in the Upper Room with Mary, with memories still burning from the Last…
The SSPX’s Confession of Faith: Obfuscation or Open Hearts? Dialogue is the Answer
We note what is conspicuous by its absence in the SSPX declaration of faith.
Forgotten Customs of Ascensiontide
Ascensiontide As the Forgotten End of Pascaltide The total length of Paschaltide from Easter Sunday to the end of Whitsuntide is fifty-six days inclusive. In this way, Holy Mother Church shows us the joy of Easter has eclipsed the time of penance of Lent. Ascentiontide lasts for 10 days and is part of the Pascal…
Saturday in the Octave of the Ascension
From the Roman office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement.℟. Amen. Reading 4From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great.2nd on the Ascension.And so the seen Presence of our Redeemer in the Body was changed for an unseen Presence in the Sacraments, and hearing…
Friday in the Octave of the Ascension
"...until the day came when that triumphant procession of victory, which He had led from the realms of shattered death, followed Him with unimaginable pomp into the heavens."
