During the Great Fast of Lent, the faithful are enjoined to do penance. The three great works of penance are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.[1] In this article, we will define the penance of almsgiving in the form of a brief catechism. What are alms? Alms are “every spiritual or corporal work of mercy” [2]. Prümmer…
Editor’s note: the following is a reprint of information gathered by Gregory DiPippo at New Liturgical Movement, with his gracious permission, in order to give people as many options as possible for livestreamed Masses this Sunday and for the duration of this crisis. Please check NLM for any updates to their list going forward. We…
To round out your Friday, I wanted to share with you my appearance on the latest episode of Rules For Retrogrades with Tim and Dave Gordon as we talk shop about the pandemic, Eucharistic theology, and being kept away from Mass versus sacraments like confession. As usual, it was a lively and fun conversation that…
Epistle: Galatians 4:22-31 Gospel: John 6:1-15 Grant, we beseech Thee, O almighty God, that we, who for our evil deeds justly deserve to be punished, by the comfort of Thy grace may mercifully be relieved. – From the Collect for the Fourth Sunday in Lent This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday in Lent, also known…
Growing up in the Novus Ordo, I was never accustomed to using a missal, nor did I ever see anyone else using one. Preacher said we had to take up our hymnal and follow it, but it was a rare bird who followed the Mass from a missalette. The vernacular was supposed to make everything…
Daniel Mitsui is a Catholic artist who has been producing excellent and unique religious artwork for many years. He has also written several pieces on this topic for 1P5 in the past. He reached out to me today to notify me of a new initiative he has undertaken for those stuck worshiping at home during…
“We glory in tribulations” (Rom. 5:3) Millions of Catholics in the so-called free Western world will, in the coming weeks or even months, and especially during Holy Week and Easter, the culmination of the entire liturgical year, be deprived of any public acts of worship due to both civic and ecclesiastical reaction to the outbreak…
In a recent article, I discussed how a new understanding of revelation was brought about at Vatican II, and, as Benedict observed, “a moral theology based entirely on the Bible was demanded” [1]. This article generated some controversy, even an accusation of heresy, which I will attempt to address here. Specifically, I said that “the crucial aspect…
In the following section of this article, Emily Sparks offers the following eyewitness testimony, with permission to use it, under her name. Looking back many years later, she regrets her well intentioned involvement in this panoply of abuses but wishes to share with readers a sense of “just how bad it is” at a typical…
The theme of my conversation is: The new scenarios in Italy and in Europe during and after the Coronavirus crisis. I will not speak about this theme from a medical or scientific point of view as I do not have this competence. I will instead consider the argument from three other points of view: the…
This week began with lots of new announcements on government restrictions and diocesan shutdowns due to the coronavirus pandemic. In this special report, we take a look at what’s happening, and why, and try to get some perspective on what we’re facing with the Coronavirus pandemic. This one is particularly for the skeptics and those…
