On the Use of the Latin Language and its Meanings
Pope John XXIII’s arguments in defense of Latin.
In Illo Tempore: Good Shepherd Sunday – 2nd after Easter
The 2nd Sunday after Easter in the traditional Roman Rite is called Good Shepherd Sunday. The nickname is well deserved. The Gospel presents Christ’s discourse in John 10, the Epistle from 1 Peter gathers into itself Isaiah’s Suffering Servant, and the Roman Station in ancient times was St. Peter’s on the Vatican Hill, at the…
Respected Maestro Excluded from Vatican II
Virgili responded to the post–Vatican II liturgical reforms with clarity and pastoral balance.
Is There Any Tradition More Important than the TLM? Yes. And it’s the “One Thing Necessary”
This tradition is more important than the Latin Mass itself.
Rome & the SSPX: why “Reconciliation” is Impossible
There is no way for the faithful to navigate this situation in a perfectly legal manner.
Men of God: Reparation for Trump Blasphemy
Join me in praying this Novena in reparation for this blasphemy by Mr. Trump.
President Trump against Pope Leo, on Behalf of Catholicism?
Modern popes have been against modern warfare since Benedict XV.
In Illo Tempore: Low Sunday, Octave of Easter
We bring to completion the great Octave of Easter this Sunday, though “completion” here is to be understood in the Church’s own liturgical sense. For a full eight days, by that ancient inclusive counting which the Romans knew so well and Christians inherited, it has still been Easter Day. The Church has, as it were,…
Quasimodo, or Low Sunday: The Octave of the Pasch
Thomas sinned in not having the readiness of mind to believe.
Easter Saturday
The Church again brings St. Peter before our notice.
The Ascending Way of Prayer, Part II
This is Part II of a two-part series. Click here for Part I. In the first part of this series, I listed the nine levels of prayer and described the first four, which exist along what is called “the Purgative Way.” In this second part, I will explore the second and third ways of prayer…
