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Many years ago, I was fortunate to be a member of a solid, lay community. For almost seven years, I got up and prayed with my companions, a ...

54 do non-Catholics, non-Christians not understand? And, why? Christ said this sentence and highlighted it with "Amen, amen", whic...

The EF just IS. The EF is Saruman of White. The NO is Saruman of many colors. The Mass has been fragmented. The EF does for what us wh...

Our transformation through the Eucharist is one of becoming Christ for the world. Cardinal Burke, St. John Paul II and the Pope Emeritus a...

http://www.vatican.va/holy_father/john_paul_ii/apost_letters/documents/hf_jp-ii_apl_05071998_dies-domini_en.html So many families do not u...

What has been lost astounds me daily. For example, the laity at the TLM do not know their own unwritten rubrics, which were passed down ...

I am still thinking of finishing my doctorate which has to do with the the Traditional Liturgy and continuity in the Anglican community, l...

With the ruins of the churches in Rome and in all the provinces, in the cities and in the countryside, with the destruction of the Script...

http://www.stspeterandpaulbasilica.com/files/homilies/2014-01-26.mp3

Mary and Martha-thanks so wikimedia http://blog.adw.org/2013/09/pastoral-perspectives-on-silence-in-church/ A smart friend of mine se...

Continued from last post... St. Julie Billiart Directress: When the priest puts on the amice he kisses the cross on it and touches his ...

Dowanhill 1932 Here is a transcript of a class of school children of the average age of eight in 1923. Part One. This was transcri...

The highest form of worship we have in the Catholic Church is the Mass. This great gift is accessible to those who are intellectuals, non...

In Chapter 18 on his book on perfection for the clergy, Ambrose takes a digression into speaking to youth on modesty. He connects modesty ...

Here I am in Dublin with two saintly men, I feel so fortunate to have met. Of course, you recognize Bishop Athanasius Schneider    auxil...

I have a list of personal patrons and St. Thomas Aquinas is one of these. Today is his feast day. Sadly, we have no Mass today for som...