Fathers, Sons, and Brothers
19 Apr. 19 Aug. 19 Dec. Let the younger brethren, then, reverence their elders, and the elder love the younger. In calling each other by...
Mary Always Present in the Church
Again and Again It seems to me that with every passing year, the Gospel of the First Sunday of Advent (Luke 14:26–33) becomes more actual,...
Ballasts in Peter’s storm–tossed bark
Maria Fortunata Viti: A Nearly–Forgotten Benedictine Blessed Today is the feast of a now nearly–forgotten Benedictine Blessed: Maria Fortunata Viti. Back in October 1967, at...
Do what you can, and ask for what you cannot
A Pastoral Query Answered There was in the October 22, 2014 Responsum of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith to a French priest’s...
Liturgy, Doctrine, and Discipline: the Right Order
Speaking in Vienna this week, His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke said, “The Church’s discipline can never be other than true to her doctrine.” His...