Saint Bonaventure and the Number of the Beast
He identified the rationalistic theology influenced by the rise of Aristotelianism with the “smoke rising from the abyss” (Apocalypse 9:21).
Stories to Keep Valor Alive
Many of the heroes mentioned in the book Defenders of Christendom were forced to face their enemies without the help of their Catholic neighbors.
The Westernizing Russian Czar
One of the most important and controversial tsars in Russian history.
Miracles As Testified in the Holy Scriptures
Above: Jesus walking on the Sea of Galilee by Paul Bril (c. 1553/1554–1626). After having considered in Part 1 what miracles are – and what they are not – we next consider the testimony of the Holy Scriptures on miracles through both the New and the Old Testament. This article is the second in a 10-part…
The SSPX: Questions and Answers
A concise review of the criticisms of the SSPX and some answers to these criticisms.
Part III: Being part of the Church
Grace is at work within the visible unity of the Catholic Church.
Colligite Fragmenta: 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
Because of the vagaries of your planet’s Moon, toward the end of this liturgical year and before the beginning of the next Advent, we will not have Remaining Sundays after Epiphany to fill in the calendrical gaps. This year, we sail straight through the Sundays after Pentecost all the way to the 24th and Last…
Trad Godfathers at Vatican II: Lefebvre on the Eve of the Council
These vota give Lefebvre a prophetic cast.
The Feast of the Holy Spouses
The 1962 Missal removed this feast.
Searching for Meaning in the LA Fires
We moved from New York to Hollywood, California.
Colligite Fragmenta – 2nd Sunday after Epiphany
Holy Church, knowing that we need more than one day to reflect manifestations of Christ’s divine nature, teased three miraculous events out into a chain of related holy days. This was not wholly obliterated in the post-Conciliar calendar, but it is greatly obscured by the juggling of Epiphany onto this or that Sunday, the ending…
