It wasn’t long after I became a Catholic at the age of eighteen, during my freshman year of college, that I began to discern religious life. I figured that if I was going “in,” I was going all in, and the monastic ideals of stability, fidelity, and obedience appealed to the desire for “something more”…
Children will learn many things from the traditional Latin Mass that they are not likely ever to learn from the modern Mass of Paul VI. 1. The Mass is a mystery of faith, a holy sacrifice. The ancient rite enshrines and expresses in the most perfect way that the Mass is the re-presentation of the…
Now Israel loved Joseph above all his sons, because he had him in his old age: and he made him a coat of divers colors. […] Now it fell out also that he told his brethren a dream, that he had dreamed: which occasioned them to hate him the more. —Genesis 37:1,5 Whereupon Joseph her…
This week, as I watch the issue of the COVID-19 coronavirus dominate the online conversation, sparking arguments left and right about what should be done, whether we should be concerned or totally unfazed, and so on, I find myself thinking about an anecdote from popular author and speaker Simon Sinek (whom I’ve referenced here before):…
During Lent, it is easy to focus a great deal on fulfilling your resolutions, but what is the purpose of these resolutions? If we lose sight of their proper end, we risk wasting our time and effort in the spiritual life. This article will discuss the aim we must have for the Great Fast of…
The words of Satan, “Did God really say…?,” to Eve are perfectly tempting. They do not directly challenge the commands of God or appear to contain any malice. These innocent-sounding words, however, contain an obvious counter to the wisdom of God. Rather than challenge God directly, which Satan knows to be foolish, the words undermine…
“The Luminous Mysteries are my favorite.” “I cannot hear the priest at the Latin Mass.” “I might attend the Latin Mass, but I do not want to go against Vatican II.” I was with a group of people recently who had gathered to discuss the book Christus Vincit by Bishop Athanasius Schneider. These were some…
It has become arguably the most contentious topic among orthodoxy-loving Catholics in the Church today – did Benedict XVI truly resign the papacy, and, consequently, was Pope Francis legitimately elected, and is he a true pope? There are quite a number of theories surrounding this interlinked pair of questions. Theories drawn from canon law, from…
On this episode of the 1P5 Podcast, Kenny Tamargo joins Steve to discuss the joys and challenges of conversion to a more authentic Catholic life in the 21st century, and about building real bridges – not the James Martin kind – between traditionalists and people in the mainstream Catholic parishes. It’s a story of growing…
In a new story today from Maike Hickson at LifeSiteNews, we learn that the head of the German bishops relief agency, Msgr. Pirmin Spiegel, has announced at a press conference that Latin American bishops will be making requests soon to Pope Francis to ordain married priests on a case by case basis: During today’s press conference,…
Epistle: 1 Thessalonians 4:1-7 Gospel: Matthew 17:1-9 O God, Who seest that we have no power whatever from ourselves, keep us both outwardly in our bodies and inwardly in our souls; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body and from all evil thoughts which may hurt the soul.…
