Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14): Deus, qui nos hodiérna die Exaltatiónis sanctæ Crucis ánnua solemnitáte lætíficas: præsta, quǽsumus; ut, cujus … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of the Feast of the Holy Name of Mary: Concéde, quǽsumus, omnípotens Deus: ut fidéles tui, qui sub sanctíssimæ Vírginis Maríæ Nómine et protectióne lætántur; ejus pia … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Tua nos, quǽsumus, Dómine, grátia semper et prævéniat et sequátur: ac bonis opéribus iúgiter præstet esse inténtos. Here is my translation: … Continue reading
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Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Our Lady’s Nativity: Fámulis tuis, quǽsumus, Dómine, cæléstis grátiæ munus impertíre: ut, quibus beátæ Vírginis partus éxstitit salútis exórdium; Nativitátis eius votíva solémnitas pacis tríbuat increméntum. … Continue reading
I received an email from a reader whose initials are “F.M.” last night. My attempted reply was bounced back twice. In the hopes that he will see this on our site — and because I believe that the subject is … Continue reading
A sermon by St. Robert Bellarmine, read by Charles Coulombe. Like a splash of cold water on the face, this is a wake-up call describing our skewed perspective of reality. Despite the enormous stakes of either Heaven or eternal torment, … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office for the Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost: Ecclésiam tuam, Dómine, miserátio continuáta mundet et múniat: et quia sine te non potest salva consístere; tuo semper múnere gubernétur. Here … Continue reading
It is already over a month old, but still very timely. Christopher Ferrara, Special Counsel to the Thomas More Society, discusses the legality of forcing abortion-tainted experimental drugs on people by the government and by employers. All those in the … Continue reading
Here is the oration that the Church prays in the Mass and Office of Saint Stephen of Hungary (1038): Concéde, quǽsumus, Ecclésiæ tuæ, omnípotens Deus: ut beátum Stéphanum Confessórem tuum, quem regnántem in terris propagatórem hábuit, propugnatórem habére mereátur gloriósum … Continue reading
An extremely insightful presentation on the overpopulation propaganda and how it ties into the Covid-19 phenomenon — and what to do about it. Mr. Corbett is a radical libertarian; some sites call him an “anarcho-voluntaryist libertarian.” I have heard him … Continue reading
Here is the artful oration that the Church prays for the Mass and Office of Saint Raymond Nonnatus: Deus, qui in liberándis fidélibus tuis ab impiórum captivitáte beátum Raymúndum Confessórem tuum mirábilem effecísti: eius nobis intercessióne concéde; ut, a peccatórum … Continue reading
The Church’s orations are often packed with doctrinal content, as well as moral edification and linguistic beauty. All that, and — in the case of the collects, anyway — the Church is asking for something quite specific. How the Church … Continue reading
Less than nine minutes of intelligent argumentation from a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Biology testifying on August 19 in favor of Michigan HB4471, which would “prohibit discrimination against an employee or volunteer who declines or has not received certain … Continue reading
If we argued like the modern cultural-Marxist left, we would say something like this: “If you don’t believe Dr. Vladimir Zelenko, the Ukrainian-American Jewish physician, then you are clearly an antisemite!” But such facile rhetoric is a shortcut around the … Continue reading
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