Solemnity of the Assumption

Our Lord Calls His Mother Home Following are two of the three Lessons from the second Nocturn of today’s Matins, under the 1960 rubrics of the Divine Office. Text is copied from the Breviarium Meum app for iPad, which is produced by the same group that maintains the DivinumOfficium.com website. From the Sermons of St. … Continue reading Solemnity of the Assumption

Freedom of Opinion is Dying

And the Free Exercise Clause May Be Next H/T to Robert W. Malone, MD (rwmalonemd@substack.com) I've copied and am pasting here a short segment from Dr. Malone's Sunday Strip of today, December 11, 2022. Its lesson concerning the endangered state of freedom of opinion applies equally to the free exercise of religion in the USA, … Continue reading Freedom of Opinion is Dying

Francis and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: This is Not Catholicism

Today I am linking to a recent video from Return to Tradition, in which Anthony Stine examines the latest statements of Francis/Bergoglio concerning the nature of the Mass. Over and above all the other heresies and abuses of the past nine-plus years, this regime’s attempts to complete the Protestantization of the Sacred Liturgy, by putting … Continue reading Francis and the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass: This is Not Catholicism

Forgotten Easter Customs

onepeterfive.com/forgotten-customs-easter-octave-eastertide/ Here is an excellent article from One Peter Five, explaining some pre-conciliar history behind the Octave of Easter, especially the tradition of "Sabbato in Albis", or "White Saturday", which was celebrated today, Easter Saturday. We have lost or abandoned so many wonderful practices that once helped to sustain our Faith, it's little wonder that … Continue reading Forgotten Easter Customs

How Liturgical Changes Helped Destroy the Sense of Sin

There are, of course, many examples. This is one of the more blatant ones.  Here is the Collect from the TLM for today, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, followed by the Collect for today in the Novus Ordo.  1962 Missale Romanum: Grant, we beseech thee, Almighty God, that we who for our evil deeds are … Continue reading How Liturgical Changes Helped Destroy the Sense of Sin