My Heart at Thy Sweet Voice
St. Catherine of Siena Forced by throat surgery to not talk, the author of this piece discovered that he began to truly listen to his wife and child, not just hear them. And it...
Monthly Archive: April 2014
Though It is Late
St. Peter of Verona Thomas Storck reflects on the missed opportunities to change the American culture in this Ethika Politika essay, noting the failure to fight against corrupt American principles even as far back...
The Emptiness of Big
St. Paul of the Cross The near and dear, the small and lovable: Anthony Esolen praises little things in this FPR piece, “Something Better than a Giant”. From creation to the return to ashes,...
The Root of the Rot, Episode 3: The Renaissance Period (1517-1648 A.D.)
On this month’s episode of Root of the Rot, Bishop Dolan will take us through the so-called “Renaissance” Period. He will examine how this period prepared the culture, staunchly Catholic up to that point,...
All Francis Friday
Easter Friday Facing the upcoming canonizations, the trad world pretty much feels like it’s Holy Week all over again. In “The Last Pope-King”, Sandro Magister states firmly that Francis wanted John XXIII canonized with...
Canonizations and the Company One Keeps
Frank Domenico has been following our work for some time and is the newest occasional contributor to True Restoration. An old saying advises us to believe none of what we hear and only half...
Our Lady Knew and Trusted
Easter Thursday The beautiful custom of Saturdays being dedicated to Our Lady began in medieval times. Tradition in Action explains the symbolic significance. Roman Catholic World presents a short piece on St. George with...
That Great Leap towards the World
Easter Wednesday Rorate has re-published a cracker jack Il Foglio piece by Alessandro Gnocci that describes what the novus ordo sect lost as represented by traditional vestments like the maniple and amice. “Funeral Etiquette:...
We Have Easter
Easter Tuesday Stephen Turley surveys the cosmic difference between Earth Day and Easter in this piece for The Imaginative Conservative. Dads do Derby. The need for speed is addressed in this Gizmodo piece, “The...
Insidious Indifference: Maintaining Christian Militancy in the post-Christian era
“Ah yes, but here in France we don’t really care about religion anymore.” – said to me by an acquaintance on a recent weekend trip My first name is Stephen, given in tribute to...
