True Restoration

The Root of All Virtuosity

St. John of Sahagun This famous French Catholic organist loved Bach so much, he pledged to play all his organ works from memory.  He did it in an amazing series of ten concerts in...

A Contending Kind of Love

St. Barnabus A message of mercy and love but so much more:  In this lengthy Tradition in Action piece, “The Sacred Heart of Jesus:  Symbol of Combativity & Restoration of Christendom,”  Atila S. Guimaraes...

Is There Still Valour?

St. Margaret of Scotland What is the main premise of Christianity that Modernism attacks?  James V. Schall, S. J., lays it bare in all its simplicity in this excellent essay, “Hope Beyond Thy Sight,”...

And Paul VI Wept

The Death of the Pentecost Octave or Welcome to Ordinary Time:   According to “Fr.” Zuhlsdorf, Paul VI was surprised to see green vestments on Pentecost Monday in 1970.   Kind of hard to believe, but...

O Lord, Give Us Faith

St. Norbert   In this Imaginative Conservative piece, an American socialite remembers the 50th anniversary of D-Day, marked while she was in Normandy for a lavish wedding reception among decadent nobility.  She wonders whether...

Appreciate the Sublime

St. Boniface This short Nobility piece makes clear that we cannot expect a great civilization as long as we laud the ugly:  “To the degree that members of social units appreciate the sublime together,...

Be Vigilant

St. Francis Caracciolo When is making a carbine your first line of home defense the right choice? Jim Grant of Guns.com explains, via Lew Rockwell. Compassion training for the self-absorbed:   The Atlantic reports...