Behold My Anguish and 6th Discourse
Why should we Console Mary? from the Catholic Kingdom is a brief reading pertinent to September, the month set aside by the Church in honour of the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary....
Category: Restoration Reader
Prophetic Words
In hindsight, the words of the Popes often have a prophetic ring to them, particularly as regards those who battled modernism in the century or so prior to Vatican II. These excerpts from Notre...
Too Much Liberty and 5th Discourse
A spiritual giant whose severe mortifications are jaw-dropping, America’s first ever canonized saint, like the penitential spiked metal crown upon her head obstructed from view by a wreath of roses, she was a young...
Grandeur of God and 4th Discourse
Crisis Magazine’s The Singular Catholic Vision of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Regis Martin is the first article for today. You can’t just scan over lines of poetry if you want to understand, so get...
Identity
Personal identity is not a matter of preference or selection. In his article Personal Identity is Not Chosen at Crisis Magazine, James Kalb gives a thorough explanation of what personal identity is, the ways...
Angels and Snakes, Eternity and Etiquette
The author of The Long Run, on Those Catholic Men, encourages his readers to turn away from the “life is short, live for the moment” philosophy of modernity. “As Catholics, we have to understand...
A Step Down for Women and 3rd Discourse
The name of Dale Ahlquist is one well known throughout both the Catholic and Novus Ordo realms, but for those who are not familiar with it, Mr. Ahlquist is, among other things, the president...
D.O.A.
It is so very easy to become distracted by this world. But we are called to be in the world, not of the world… and yet, politics, sports, social media, and technology have become...
Latin and Final Perseverance
As traditional Catholics, the Latin language is an integral part of our daily lives. Because it is a “dead” language, Latin is a natural vehicle for the teachings and worship of the unchanging Faith...
But the Reward is Eternal and 2nd Discourse
Letter of Clare to Ermentrude found on Crossroads Initiative is the short letter written by the great Saint Clare of Assisi, whose feast we celebrate on Friday the 12th, to another bride of Christ,...
