Traditional Carmelites Need Your Help!
Our Traditional Carmelite religious community has new updates to share with our benefactors and supporters all over the world as we continue our Traditional Carmelite Monastery building project in High Springs, Florida. During the first year of our building project in 2024, which we established as a 501c3 nonprofit called “Habit Forming Sisters Corporation”, we…
Colligite Fragmenta: Trinity Sunday
“Si comprehendis, non est Deus… If you can grasp it, it’s not God.” — St. Augustine (s. 117.5) That stark declaration by the Doctor of Grace brings us, creeping like Moses, to the cleft in the rock through which we must peer longingly for the ultimate mystery. We believe in the Triune Godhead, and therefore…
Ember Saturday in Pentecost
From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May the Gospel’s holy lection Be our safety and protection.℟. Amen. Reading 1Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to LukeLuke 4:38At that time Jesus arose out of the synagogue, and entered into Simon’s house. And Simon’s wife’s mother was taken with a great fever. And so on. Homily by…
The Perpetual Instruction of the Alta Vendita: Between Historical Truth and Ideological Exploitation
Above: Quirinal Palace circa 1860. The pope’s residence as the head of state of the Papal States. Throughout the history of the Church, there have been numerous occasions when the faithful perceived they were living through the “worst moment” or even the precursors to the end of times, due to social unrest, the moral corruption of certain pastors,…
Ember Friday in Pentecost
From the Roman office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May the Gospel’s holy lection Be our safety and protection.℟. Amen. Reading 1Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to LukeLuke 5:17-26At that time, it came to pass on a certain day, as Jesus sat and taught, that there were Pharisees, and Doctors of the law sitting by, which were…
Laudato Si – the Original
"I want to write a new Praise of the Lord for his creatures, which we use every day, and without which we cannot live."
Pentecost Thursday
From the Roman feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May the Gospel’s holy lection Be our safety and protection.℟. Amen. Reading 1Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to LukeLuke 9:1-6At that time: Jesus called His twelve disciples together, and gave them power and authority over all devils, and to cure diseases. And so on. Homily by St. Ambrose,…
To Achieve Clarity, to Avoid Scandal: Some Statements on Christian Re-Enchantment
There are two senses in which I use the word ‘magic’ to denote what I’m defending.
Ember Wednesday of Pentecost: the Eucharistic Heart
There is pleasure in that heart to which the Bread That came down from heaven is sweet.
Pentecost Tuesday
Above: Coptic icon of the Good Shepherd. From the Roman Office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing.Benediction. May the Gospel’s holy lection Be our safety and protection.℟. Amen. Reading 1Continuation of the Holy Gospel according to JohnJohn 10:1-10At that time: Jesus said unto the Pharisees: Amen, amen, I say unto you, he that entereth not by the door into…
