May 2013
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On Corpus Christi—and Refuting New Age Dogma
Today it is Corpus Christi. And, as recently we observed at this weblog: “New Age culture moves in lockstep with the modern, liberal culture. And like that culture, it has little time for Christian understandings of the Fall, evil and sin. It tends very much to share the secular supposition of ‘Original Innocence’. Like the secular…
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In the Octave of Pentecost
From Ascension Thursday until Pentecost Sunday, the Apostles were gathered together in the Cenacle. Here they prayed over the nine days between the two great Feasts, giving rise to the first Novena. It was after this time of prayer that this miraculous event occurred. The Holy Spirit proceeded from the Father and the Son and…
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On Liturgical Abuse and Zany Catholicism
The crisis of the Church lies so largely in the modern liturgy. Liturgical abuse is leading to a modern zany form of Catholicism, from clown Masses to Masses with rock music and even KISS.
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Hilaire Belloc, St. Patrick and Catholic Ireland
The great Hilaire Belloc considers St. Patrick and the history of Catholic Ireland. A joy!
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The Holy Mass: Losing Reverence means Losing Credibility
Today further extracts from my upcoming book (Update: now published as Cor Jesu Sacratissimum.) While a subtle (or not so subtle!) materialism gains ever-greater credence in the Church, that which is distinctly Catholic becomes sidelined. Nowhere is the situation more grave than in the attitudes towards the Eucharist. Following the Vatican Council, there was a…
Foreword for Monarchy by Roger Buck
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