This is the fourth in a series. Here are parts one to three: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right, I The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini The Intelligent American’s Guide to the … Continue reading
This is the third in a series. Here are parts one and two: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right, I The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right II: Maurras and Mussolini The Croix de Feu rose up … Continue reading
Go here for part I: The Intelligent American’s Guide to the French Right On the land without a Monarchy The enemy descends four times in a hundred years; We have saved the Fatherland, But what has been done with the … Continue reading
French people, let us speak with courage. Born on the soil that our Kings gathered, We receive as inheritance, The field less rich, and less large than before… Yet it is the same seed, The same earth too, Who has … Continue reading
Our hopes for early glory fail, The causes that we fought for die; Still avidly His Cross we hail, In silhouette against the sky. — Charles A. Coulombe, “To Gary Potter.” GARY POTTER has died; these lines are among the … Continue reading
I have placed all my confidence in God, from whose goodness I hope He will grant me to reach not only San Diego to raise the standard of the Holy Cross in that port, but also Monterey. —St. Junipero Serra, … Continue reading
The star spangled banner bring hither, O’er Columbia’s true sons let it wave; May the wreaths they have won never wither, Nor its stars cease to shine on the brave. May thy service united ne’er sever, But hold to the … Continue reading
Anyone who would dispute either Henry Sire’s Faith or his historical expertise would be very foolish, and I have no desire to be foolish. Moreover, I agree entirely with his points on the monstrosity of the renewed Kingdom of Israel … Continue reading
But the ally of Pontiffs [— the Christian Roman Emperor —] would possess a dignity touching upon the heavenly; for such are the sacred interests whereof he would assume the filial guardianship. Without in the least encroaching on the domain … Continue reading
Heart of Jesus I adore thee; Heart of Mary, I implore thee; Heart of Joseph, pure and just; In these three hearts I put my trust. August 22 in the traditional calendar is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of … Continue reading
One of the great post Vatican II mysteries was how three heavily Catholic areas — the Southern Netherlands, Quebec, and Ireland — could lose the Faith so quickly and completely in the wake of Vatican II. These three regions did … Continue reading
School days, school days Dear old Golden Rule days ‘Reading and ‘riting and ‘rithmetic Taught to the tune of the hick’ry stick You were my queen in calico I was your bashful, barefoot beau And you wrote on my slate, … Continue reading
Tie in a living tether the prince and priest and thrall, bind all our lives together, smite us and save us all; in ire and exultation aflame with faith, and free, lift up a living nation, a single sword to … Continue reading
Los Angeles in the late 1970s, when I was in High School, was an interesting place in some ways, and deadly dull in others. As a young lad I sought colour and the picturesque in a place burned dull brown … Continue reading
The death of Pope Francis and subsequent election of Leo XIV by the College of Cardinals has refocused the world’s attention on that select band of men charged with the selection of new Popes. But they have a personal importance … Continue reading
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