God made us for this end, that we could be joined to Him in a love freely willed and freely enjoyed, a vision of Him who is our Sovereign Lord, our divine Spouse. God created man in order to divinize him.
Hopefully, more will take the route of Holy Job 'the Lord giveth the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord’ and other examples of saints who had Holy Mother Church punish their children whether justly or unjustly.
Patriarch Sviatoslav is the Head of the largest Byzantine Church in Communion with Rome. He was elected when he was only forty years old, making him one of the youngest primates in the Catholic Church to lead a sui iuris Church at that time.
What altered this original goal was the Roman Forum’s decision to criticize the Missal of 1970 and work for the defense and restoration of the Traditional Roman Liturgy.
Bishop Barron’s critique of “easy familiarity” – in a forward to a book about the Latin Mass – was exactly what I had experienced in my life.
I’ve been under the gun lately because of various personal things and preparations for travel. Therefore, I am channeling my inner environmentalist activist and recycling something I wrote for my own blog, perhaps already known to you. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy week includes the Sacred Triduum. The principal ceremonies of…
If we must criticize, let us make sure we understand the reforms before doing so. Furthermore, let us not begin with the assumption that everything the reformers did was indefensible, terrible, and novel.
If one steps back in time, a cursory glance at the life of Archbishop Lefebvre will prove informative because it shows that we have been here before.
Thank God that he was able to contribute some beauty to the world despite his sins and struggles.
Having a foretaste of divine glory and knowing what sublime purity is necessary in order to share it worthily, the soul longs to be made pure.
This group of ordinary faithful, young families, and fervent priests has the confident hope that its voice will not be stifled but welcomed, listened to, and taken into due consideration.
