The Vigils of the Apostles: Apostolic Watchfulness and Penitential Preparation
The Vigil of St. Matthias reinforced a crucial ecclesiological truth.
In Illo Tempore: 1st Sunday of Lent
The sacred Forty Days open at Rome’s Cathedral, the Papal Archbasilica of the Most Holy Savior and of Saints John the Baptist and the Evangelist in the Lateran, the “Mother and Head of all the churches of the City and of the world.” The Roman Station anchors our Lent in a concrete place, as it…
SSPX Confirms Consecrations Scheduled for July 1
The Consecrations will proceed.
A Complete History of the Cristero War
The battle for the soul of Mexico.
Studying Fatima Really Challenged My Spiritual Life
Are you wiling to suffer for sinners?
Christian Warfare: The Great Fast of Lent
Yesterday the world was busy in its pleasures, and the very children of God were taking a joyous farewell to mirth: but this morning, all is changed. The solemn announcement, spoken of by the prophet, has been proclaimed in Sion: the solemn fast of Lent, the season of expiation, the approach of the great anniversaries of…
Forgotten Customs of Lent
The observance of Lent is the very badge of Christian warfare. By it we prove ourselves not to be enemies of Christ. By it we avert the scourges of divine justice. By it we gain strength against the princes of darkness, for it shields us with heavenly help. Should men grow remiss in their observance…
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.
