The Holy Church celebrates most saints on the date of their death; that is, the date of their "birth" into eternal life. Only three feasts commemorate anyone's birth: Christmas, most obviously; the Nativity of St. John the Baptist, and the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, which we mark today, September 8, nine months after the … Continue reading The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Author: Frank @TxTradCatholic
Convert to the faith; retired lawyer; sinner. See my blog In Ministerium Maiorum for more.
Pope Benedict XVI on the Life and Accomplishments of Saint Pius X
Today is the traditional feast day of Pope St. Pius X, among whose memorable contributions to the Faith was his encyclical Pascendi Dominici Gregis, in which he set forth and analyzed in great detail "the synthesis of all heresies", also known as Modernism. Following is a reblog of a post from 9/3/16 by the good folks over … Continue reading Pope Benedict XVI on the Life and Accomplishments of Saint Pius X
Righteous Anger
I can't call this a blog about Catholicism without saying something about the suffering being endured right now by the Bride of Christ, that is the holy Church, and all of her faithful, because of horrific sins we now know have for decades been committed and covered up or ignored by a sickening number of priests, … Continue reading Righteous Anger
Reflections on the Assumption
God, Who made the sun, also made the moon. The moon does not take away from the brilliance of the sun. The moon would be only a burnt-out cinder floating in the immensity of space were it not for the sun. All its light is reflected from the sun. The Blessed Mother reflects her Divine … Continue reading Reflections on the Assumption
Trust in Our Lord, Our Lady and the Saints
Here are a couple of links to good articles on the disgusting spectacle we are now enduring, that of hierarchical complicity in horrific sexual sins committed by priests, bishops and even cardinals against, almost exclusively, young men and adolescent boys. This, despite having assured us sixteen years ago that the problem of homosexual abuse by … Continue reading Trust in Our Lord, Our Lady and the Saints
The Transfiguration of Christ
Today in both the Traditional and Novus Ordo calendars is the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. Here is the reading from Chapter 17 of the Gospel of St. Matthew (Traditional), as copied from the marvelous Divinum Officium website: At that time, Jesus took Peter, James and his brother John, and led them up … Continue reading The Transfiguration of Christ
About Me (Or: Who needs another Catholic blog?)
(Note: Copied with minor additions from the "About Me" page on this site.) TxTradCatholic is both my Twitter handle and a shorthand clue to what I'm about. I am a Texan (transplanted from the Midwest 20-plus years ago by my then-employer), and a Catholic of traditionalist orientation. My name is Frank, and I'm a retired, … Continue reading About Me (Or: Who needs another Catholic blog?)
The Coming Storm
Having read the new Filial Correction and a host of online comments and analyses thereof, I can't do any better than this post, which I hereby "reblog" as my inaugural post on this site.
In Ministerium Maiorum 