And Send You a Joyful May
Sts. Philip and James Elena Maria Vidal at Fountain of Elias recalls a lovely religious themed May Day carol from her Catholic school days in “Month of May, Month of Mary.” Mother’s Day will...
Category: Restoration Reader
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...
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,...
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...
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...
All That He has He Shares with Us
St. Anselm Marcellino D’Ambrosio contemplates Christ’s resurrection and how it changes the way we see death in “God’s Antidote to Sin and Death,” published in Integrated Catholic Life. Sometimes we fall so short when...
Inspiration
Good Friday Roman Catholic World features a lovely video with an instrumental recording of “Pie Jesu”, plus several other pictures depicting Holy Week in Spain. Nobility presents an excerpt from a letter which describes...
