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Editor’s note: the Oath against Bad Movies was taken by Catholics on Sunday within the Octave of the Immaculate Conception as part of the Confraternity known in America as the “Legion of Decency.” This and other similar confraternities arose after the 1920s attempt by Hollywood to impose evil images (euphemism: “p-rnography”) on the public in…
The Church, as she leads us through Advent, does so with a pedagogy at once sober and exultant, marked by a rhythm that quickens as the great mysteries draw near. From the 1st Sunday, when the Lord is announced as still distant yet surely coming, the liturgy – Mass and Office – presses forward with…
Mary, Queen of the Home Academy exists for spiritual formation of young adults who are in High School. This spring we have the Catholic Faith: CREDO class which covers the basics of the spiritual life and Catholic controversies using Bishop Schneider’s CREDO catechism is as the main textbook. Other courses include Latin, Literature and Apologetics….
If you give the devil enough rope, he’ll hang himself. This is true, but it’s not the whole truth. The problem is that he’ll hang you first. The devil hangs his own disciples, which is tragic enough, but he also hangs the innocent. These timeless cautionary thoughts should be kept in mind as we survey…
Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 Lucy was a maiden of Syracuse, the daughter of a noble Christian family. Her mother Eutychia, being afflicted with an issue of blood, went with her to Catania, to pray before the body of the…
Above: Cristero Warriors with Our Lady of Guadalupe. “Viva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe!” cried Miguel Gomez Loza, the final words of the Cristero leader before fatally shot in the back. In death, just as he had in life, Miguel honored Our Lady, when the last thought on his mind, the last name on his lips…
Editor’s note: this post combines the Roman Office of the Octave of the Immaculate Conception with the American office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Dogmatic Bull of Pope Pius IX. The language used in…
Over the past five years, conservative constitutional theory has fractured over two competing visions: the dominant originalism and textualism seen across the federal courts, and the rising common good constitutionalism movement rooted in the classical legal tradition and Catholic natural law teachings. Although the conversations remain mostly esoteric, in recent months… Source Read More
Donald Trump doesn’t want us to believe our own eyes. He wants us to accept that things are getting more affordable, even though we see prices rising all around us. To be fair, he’s not the first president to try to play sleight-of-hand on Americans; every president spends his time in office selling Americans on…
Above: Sydney, Australia, where Malcolm Williamson was born. A century ago, on December 11, 1925, Pope Pius XI († 1939) promulgated the encyclical Quas primas as the crowning act of the Jubilee Year 1925, instituting the solemnity of the Kingship of Christ—Lord of time and history, the Alpha and the Omega, to whom all creation…
