Forgotten Customs of Our Lady’s Nativity
Thy birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaimed joy to the whole world; for from Thee arose the sun of righteousness, Christ our God; who released us from the curse, and gave us blessing; and confounding death, He granted us eternal life. -Greek antiphon chanted at the Magnificat for Vespers II September 8th One of…
Colligite Fragmenta: 13th Sunday after Pentecost
The onset of Hansen’s Disease, known in antiquity under the broad rubric of “leprosy,” comes with patches of skin that change color, grow numb, and progress toward ulcerations, paralysis, even the absorption of extremities back into the body. Untreated, it may bring blindness, disfiguration, and social ruin. Though today we know that the cause is…
“We Should Not Ask for the Persecution to End”
"...that there be a hero in every Catholic, as in the time of Nero."
Pope Leo Meets with James Martin
What is clear is that Pope Leo is not going to condemn Pope Francis, nor James Martin.
Colligite Fragmenta: 12th Sunday after Pentecost
For this 12th Sunday after Pentecost the readings in the Vetus Ordo places before us, from Paul’s second letter to the Corinthians (2 Cor 3:4–9), a meditation on the surpassing glory of the New Covenant, and from Luke 10:23–37, the parable of the Good Samaritan, provoked by a nomikos who wished to test the Lord.…