Wednesday, October 03, 2018

"You Shall Not Commit Pederasty" ~ Straight from the Didache, A Catechism from the Apostolic Age

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Click here to share on Facebook. With Holy Mother Church embroiled in a very public cycle of moral corruption, abuse, cover-up, discord,...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

When the Jesuits were Catholic

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A stained-glass window showing Fr. Brebeuf and a Huron elder from the Martyrs' Shrine, Midland, Ontario, Canada. In this scandal-pl...
Monday, September 17, 2018

"A good purpose, which has known God, cannot be changed" ~ The Martyrdom of Saint Cyprian of Carthage

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Saint Cyprian as taken from an engraving in Pictorial Lives of the Saints (1889) Saint Cyprian of Carthage is little remembered today, ...
Friday, September 14, 2018

"Again, Herodias Seeks the Head of John in a Basin" ~ The exile and death of Saint John Chrysostom

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Saint John Chrysostom exiled by the Empress Eudoxia by Benjamin Constant, late 19th century. September 14 is the anniversary of the deat...
Tuesday, September 11, 2018

"The Great Siege Had Ended" ~ The year that September 11 brought tidings of victory

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The Flight of the Turks by Matteo Perez d' Aleccio, early 17th century. September 11 is known in our times as the date of a cowardly...
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Thursday, September 06, 2018

"God instantly answered him" ~ The victory of Theodosius the Great at the Battle of the River Frigidus

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A silver miliarnse of Eugenius, showing Gloria Romanorum -- "Glory of the Romans" on the reverse side. This day, September 6...
Friday, August 31, 2018

"The world stands by reason of the intercession of Christians" ~ The Apology of Saint Aristides

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A modern Orthodox icon of St. Aristides. Today is the feast of Saint Aristides of Athens. I’m going to guess, dear reader, that you have...
Monday, August 27, 2018

Saint Monica, Patroness of Abuse Victims, Pray for Us!

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“Go your way and God bless you, for it is  not possible  that the son of these tears should perish.”  —An unknown African bishop to Sain...

Why the Viganò Letter is Credible

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Cardinal Gottfried Danneels (second from right) appears on the Loggia with the newly elected Pope Francis in 2013. Danneels had retired u...
Monday, August 20, 2018

"We live in a period of chastisement" ~ August 20. Feast day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

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Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelai in Burgundy. August 20 is the feast day of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux ...
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Thursday, August 09, 2018

"Prepare for Him a Bed of Coals" ~ Prudentius’s 4th Century poem in honor of Saint Lawrence

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The Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence ~ Engraving taken from Shea's Pictorial Lives of the Saints. Commemorated on August 10, Saint Lawre...
Saturday, August 04, 2018

Shepherds and millstones

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"To execute is inadmissible!"  The shepherds cry perched on corrupted thrones. Their declaration's oddly risible as a...
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