From Architecture to Contraception: A Journey to Paris
In the architecture of traditional Catholicism, you can con template God; in its liturgy you can encounter and receive Him. But in the architecture and liturgy of modernism, this is hardly possible. God may be present, but “contemplation” of Him is outdated, and encounter with Him is conditioned by the emotions conjured by strumming guitars. […]
Forgotten Customs of Ascensiontide
Ascension of Christ by Polish painter Jan Matejko (1838–1893) Ascensiontide As the Forgotten End of Pascaltide The total length of Paschaltide from Easter Sunday to the end of Whitsuntide is fifty-six days inclusive. In this way, Holy Mother Church shows us the joy of Easter has eclipsed the time of penance of Lent. Ascentiontide lasts […]
Custom and the Force of Law
Something missed by Catholics enamored of the post-Conciliar mentality—that dangerous blend of modernism and ultramontanism—is that, in the past, custom was as good as law. St. Augustine could not have been clearer on this: The customs of God’s people and the institutions of our ancestors are to be considered as laws. And those who throw […]
Crusader Cross Now Available!
Ahead of the month of June and the Octave of Corpus Christi, we are continuing to work on building our lay sodality, the Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation. The requirements and aims of this crusade can be found here. Once you have heard the call and committed yourself to take up the cross, join our mailing […]
In the Manner of Gideon’s Army
I need your help, dear reader, for this work we’re about here at OnePeterFive. It’s that simple. And urgent. We’re short of our fundraising goals for this spring, and we are in critical need of your gift to make it. Please make your gift today so that we can remain here, where our voice is […]
The First English Female Writer and Mystic
Depiction at St Julian’s Church, Norwich. Hope in the Midst of Evil 650 years ago on what would become Fatima Day on May 13, 1373, a very serious illness suddenly struck a thirty-year-old woman, “a simple creature, unletterde [sic]” in her own word, who would have aroused the question: “Did Catholic England ever contribute to […]
The Enjoyment of Persons is Man’s True Happiness
Sitting on the soft couch in the semi-darkness, I could see the faces of my friends illumined by the fire. As it sank and rose with the addition of fuel, the firelight on the ceiling danced in a water-like parody of flame. There were no electric lights—you never turn them on when reading the great […]
5th Sunday after Easter: Lies
We continue with this year’s task, our dive into the Epistle, the first reading for Sunday’s Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite. We began this Eastertide with readings from 1 Peter. As we draw nearer to the Feast of the Ascension we hear from St. James the Lesser through his Letter. […]
The Catholic Music of an Anglican Coronation
Above: the King and Queen returning from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham Palace in the Gold State Coach. The coronation ceremony of King Charles III, who succeeds his mother Queen Elizabeth, took place on Saturday, May 6. Millions of people around the world followed this event, whatever their nationality and religion. Many will comment on Prince Harry’s […]
Objections and Replies on “Pastor Aeternus”
Above: some of the popes, but not all. As readers will know, I have written much on the error of “hyperpapalism,” which is a way of referring to an extreme or exaggerated ultramontanism in the Church. Naturally, such writings as last July’s “The ‘Spirit of Vatican I’ as a Post-Revolutionary Political Problem” are bound to […]