The Revolutionary Becomes a Martyr
The only difference between the saint and the sinner is that every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
Forgotten Customs of Martinmas and St. Martin’s Lent
Editor’s note: today is a “holy day of opportunity” to embrace the lost customs of Tradition. This article and the book linked below show how you can practice the faith of our forefathers. That blessed man, Saint Martin, bishop of Tours, has entered into his rest. The Angels and Archangels, Thrones, Dominations and Powers have…
Colligite Fragmenta: Dedication of St. John Lateran
The dedication of a church is therefore a liturgical wedding.
On Mary as Mediatrix of All Graces by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange
"The Jansenists altered this verse in order not to affirm this universal mediation of Mary."
“Most Holy Theotokos, Save Us!” – on the New Vatican Document about Marian Titles
The new document contains no definitive language intending to definitively bind the faithful.
“The New Raphael”
"By means of the histories of the mysteries of our Redemption, portrayed by paintings or other representations, the people is instructed."
Why Heretics Hate Mary but We Should Love Her More & More
Editor’s note: in light of today’s news, we must remember this important spiritual reality about Marian devotion. However, this text is not meant to imply that anyone is guilty of the crime of heresy, but merely to assert forcefully the spiritual reality behind this doctrinal question, written by a former Protestant. -TSF Marian devotion is…
The Christian Doctrine of Purgatory: the “Periphery of Hell”
"The slightest pain of Purgatory will exceed the greatest pain of this life."
The Fiery Prison of Purgatory and How to Avoid It
The common teaching of the saints and doctors is that the slightest pains endured in the terrible fire of Purgatory will be more painful than all the pains of the present life. The Catholic Encyclopedia notes, “[St.] Augustine (Enarration on Psalm 37, no. 3) speaks of the pain which purgatorial fire causes as more severe…
Colligite Fragmenta: 21st Sunday after Pentecost
As the liturgical year draws to its close, the Church’s voice takes on autumnal gravity. The Sundays after Pentecost turn our eyes toward the final harvest, when the Lord will take all things to Himself. This Sunday’s Collect, Epistle, and Gospel form a single meditation on mercy and judgment, protection and peril, the divine household…
St. Teresa and the Joy of Female Saints
It means being a woman in her fullest and truest sense.
