Washington Irving & New York Easter
In time, this became a regular institution.
Compassion for Our Lady of Sorrows
Be not satisfied with a mere sterile and unfruitful compassion for Mary, the Queen of Dolours.
Sacred Music for the Poor
Only sacred music, in his view, could inspire behaviors in harmony with Christian life.
In the Vineyard of Silence
A silence so full it seemed to hum with the voice of God.
Death to Self – Asceticism of Marriage
They fight their battles in living rooms, kitchens, bedrooms, prayer corners, offices, cars, Church kneelers and dining rooms.
How to do Holy Week: Mary is the Model
Let us embrace this gift given to us: “Behold your Mother.”
Sedevacantism & the SSPX: Clerical Questions that Need Not Concern the Laity
No lay person is responsible for figuring them out in order to save his soul.
Entering the Mystical Cloud with the Angelic Doctor
It is the metaphysics of participation that governs the heavenly vision.
The Traditional Mass and the Jews
This document appears to have had zero effect on the work of the reformers.
Colligite Fragmenta: Palm Sunday
This Sunday, Christ’s final days began. This Sunday they begin again liturgically. Through our sacred liturgical worship and by our baptismal character these sacred mysteries are made present to us and we to them in their devout celebration. Now, again, our Lord comes to Jerusalem, mounted on the colt of a donkey. Context. For months…
The Scapegoat in the Pit: A Girardian Reflection on the Suppression of the Latin Mass
The Latin Mass may be in the pit now, but the pit is not the end.
