Considering the pervasive societal darkness and rapid collapse of moral law around us, the laity are faced with a deep need of ‘finding refuge.’ Whether or not we are aware of pondering it, interiorly, a question is there. How was the flame of faith fostered in the Dark Ages other than intentional areas of refuge…
This is the question I get asked the most by Catholics unfamiliar with cancel culture. To be honest, I find it surprising amidst the rash of cancelation in various forms that there is still so much confusion – especially after so many bishops closed churches due to Covid and made it seem as if the…
One hundred years ago today, the city of Palestrina inaugurated the monument dedicated to the greatest son of this ancient town located 23 miles east-southeast of Rome, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, the “Prince of Music” born here in 1525. It is the fine statue by the Florentine sculptor Arnaldo Zocchi (1862-1940) which stands in the…
By St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Theodora, a native of Alexandria, was descended from noble and opulent Christian parents; she was born towards the close of the third century, and at the early age of sixteen years was distinguished for her beauty. Desirous of having Jesus Christ alone for her spouse, she made a vow of…
From The Three Ages of the Interior Life By Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, O.P. — Let us now examine more closely the full development of our eternal life in heaven, in order that we may better appreciate the value of that sanctifying grace which is its beginning. In particular let us compare it with what would…
Collect: Almighty and merciful God, in Thy loving-kindness do Thou keep us from all things that war against us, that, being unhampered alike in soul and in body, we may with free minds perform the works that are Thine. Epistle: Ephesians iv. 23-28 Gospel: Matthew xxii. 2-14 When this Sunday comes around, with its snappy…
What comes after the New Normal (or Building Back Better, or Great Reset, or New World Order, or Code Red for Humanity) collapses? Because eventually it will. And just as it is now time for all good Catholics to perfect and preserve their knowledge and practice of the Faith, perhaps that moment of collapse will…
Dear OnePeterFive donors, readers, and supporters, We are honored to announce another contributing editor to our online journal, the celebrated scholar, Mr. Charles Coulombe. With a great deal of knowledge and wisdom, Mr. Coulombe brings to the organization an expertise on Christendom and the spirit of the joyful warrior that we want to inculcate here…
Rebuilding Christendom is all about the children. When Liberalism first reared its ugly head in the Masonic victory over the Papacy in 1773, together with all subsequent revolutions against hierarchy, good order, and all things true, good and beautiful by mob violence—they attacked the children. They did this by first committing acts of parricide—the killing of…
By St. Alphonsus Liguori St. Polycarp was a disciple of the Apostle St. John, and was born about the seventieth year of the Christian era. He was a Christian from his infancy, and on account of his extraordinary piety was greatly beloved by the apostles, his teachers. St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons, writes that he…
Collect: Let the operation of Thy mercy, we beseech Thee, O Lord, direct our hearts, for without Thee we cannot please Thee. Epistle: I Corinthians i. 4-6 Gospel: Matthew ix. 1-8 In the northern hemisphere, the shift is on from summer to autumn. In the sequence of Sundays, Holy Church – which rose and expanded…
