Sir Guy of Warwick: The Lenten Journey of a Christian Knight
Lady Felice wept as she saw brave Sir Guy ride away into the sunset.
If Francis is Not Pope, Will the Next Conclave Elect a True Pope?
The basic flaw in all attempts by sedevacantists to find precedents for their position in the Western Schism is that nobody back then was a sedevacantist.
A Catholic Case For Axing The Federal Income Tax
The distinction between taxation and legal plunder dates to at least St. Augustine.
Why the Stuarts Still Matter
Mary Queen of Scots came to a tragic end, but she had two victories – religious and temporal - over her murderers.
Colligite Fragmenta – Sexagesima Sunday
Our Mass formularies for pre-Lent and Lent go back to at least the time of St. Gregory the Great (+604), and certainly before. What was going on back in the day? Plague and famine had ravaged the population. The invading Lombards threatened Rome itself with sword and fire. Both for Septuagesima and this Sexagesima Sunday…
The Papal Dogmas According to Byzantine Liturgical Texts
One might even regard Justinian as the first Sedevacantist.
What is the Fellowship of St. Nicholas?
One of OnePeterFive’s hidden gems is The Fellowship of Saint Nicholas.
Reviver of Sacred Music
The ideals of the Cecilian Movement were largely summarized in the motu proprio Tra le sollecitudini by Pope Pius X († 1914).
Domestic Church Customs for Septuagesima
Above: the burying of the Alleluia. The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude of our deeds, but by the manner in which we perform them. – St. John of the Cross Each year Lent almost sneaks up on our busy family. But in her wisdom Mother Church has provided a reminder for preparation…
Washington’s Birthday Blues
So much of what he foresaw as ultimately ruining us has become embedded in our system.
Colligite Fragmenta – Septuagesima Sunday: Full, Conscious and Actual
Pre-Lent is here. With the traditional calendar of the Roman Rite, in the Vetus Ordo, you cannot be surprised by Lent sneaking up on you. You have no excuse. Start thinking about your Lenten discipline now. There are three Pre-Lent Sundays, Septuagesima Sunday, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima, which in Latin respectively mean “Seventieth, Sixtieth, Fiftieth”. These…
