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Whenever the Roman Canon of the Mass is celebrated, there is also a celebration of the saints, dozens of whom are invoked by the priest at the altar. Among these saints are seven women: Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy, Cecilia, Agnes, and Anastasia. These holy women were martyred during the third and fourth centuries and are…
The newly appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C., Robert McElroy, says that the Church has learned more about human sexuality since the days of St. Paul and that, armed with this knowledge, we can now interpret Paul’s strictures against homosexual behavior as applying only to its abusive forms in ritual prostitution and pederasty but not to…
President Trump has been trolling the Canadian government hard as of late about making Canada a new state; at least, we think he’s trolling… But his rhetoric has become more intense in recent days, with him claiming on Tuesday that he would acquire Canada by “economic force.” He stated this in response to a question…
Above: Baptism of Christ fresco by Giotto di Bondone, c. 1305 (Cappella Scrovegni, Padua, Italy). V. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of St. Maximus, Bishop of Turin. 1st on the Epiphany. Dearly beloved brethren, we are instructed…
Above: St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York, New York. I am a parish priest who normally celebrates the Novus Ordo, but is quite capable of celebrating the traditional Mass and indeed prefers it. I am where God has placed me, working for the salvation of souls with the tools that the Church has given me. In…
From the Roman Office. V. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. R. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great 1st for Twelfth-Day. Dearly beloved brethren, we have but lately celebrated that day whereon the inviolate virginity of Blessed Mary gave…
It was in early 1943, while the war in Europe continued to rage, that a young woman named Simone Weil, who would not live to see its end, set down a series of reflections on the spiritual renewal that France, then under brutal occupation, would need to undergo once the Nazi menace had finally been…
A few years ago, I did a deep dive on my Church History podcast on the Council of Trent, the great reform council that responded to the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. Trained as an academic historian, I often come to historical questions thinking in terms of processes rather than events, of impersonal influences…
Epiphanytide is our last big hurrah of the Christmas season before Candlemas ends the cycle on February 2nd. Always falling on January 6th in the traditional calendar, and the first Sunday after New Year’s Day in the new calendar, this feast celebrates the Wise Men’s finding of the Christ Child after following a star and…
Dear OnePeterFive Confraternity members and readers, This week begins our annual High School catechism class with the new CREDO Catechism from Bishop Shchneider. It’s not too late to sign up your students! Here’s the details: This year for the adult class we are splitting the Catechism into two 6-week sessions. The first session details are…
