The SSPX Should Seek Full Communion “For the Good of Souls”
Would not the SSPX do more good for souls by seeking full communion?
Public Enemy #1: The Predominant Fault
This is why the spiritual writers identify the predominant fault as one of the three pillars of the spiritual life, together with prayer and spiritual reading. If we focus on this, our other sins will also be overcome.
The Maturation of the Traditional Movement after Summorum Pontificum
The popularization of more empirically grounded writings.
Form Before Permission—and the Crisis It Reveals: Reply to Flanders on the SSPX
The SSPX position is metaphysically absolute but pastorally differentiated.
In Illo Tempore: Quinquagesima Sunday
Context is important. We are in “Gesima” time, Pre-Lent, a time of preparation for the time of preparation for Easter. Holy Church, with the sober maternal realism of one who knows human nature, reminds us that obligations are coming due. After this “Sunday in the Fiftieth”, Quinquagesima, in three days comes Ash Wednesday and the…
The SSPX Meets with the Vatican
The SSPX should give this dialogue a chance, since we’ve got a new Pope.
A Beginner’s Guide to Mental Prayer
Resolve to spend 15 minutes each morning in mental prayer.
Clandestine Ordinations Against Church Law: Lessons from Cardinal Wojtyła and Cardinal Slipyj
Editor’s note: in light of the news regarding a probably SSPX consecration of bishops this year and its own probable irregularity, we re-propose this historical question given by our contributing editor, Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, several years ago. According to the evidence presented herein, the Sacrament of Holy Orders has been conferred against Church law by…
Liturgy and the Mexican Standoff
"We can affirm with certainty and with magisterial authority that the liturgical reform is irreversible.”
Who are the Clans of Traditionalism? (Trad Godfathers, pt. III)
Trad Godfathers: a New Conversation CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSPart I: Traditionalism at SixtyPart II: What are the Non-Negotiables of the Trad Movement?Side note: Does this Mean that Non-Trads are Heretics? Part III: What are the Clans of Tradition? So, having said all this, let’s hazard a general summary of the various “clans of Tradition.” At the…
In Illo Tempore: Sexagesima Sunday
What unifies the Mass of Sexagesima is neither its obvious placement between Septuagesima and Quinquagesima, nor the recurrence of penitential purple and the suppression of the Alleluia, but rather a demanding question posed by Holy Mother Church to her children as she stands at the threshold of Lent. Are you prepared to be drawn into…
