Gaudium et Spes 22
"The truth is that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light."
Pope Francis vs. the Traditionalists: It was Never About the Liturgy
Posted below is my take on the recent kerfuffle over the traditional latin Mass. I am hoping the new subscriber list has been properly transferred to the new platform and
Mary Untier of Naughts: Thinning the Veil
God’s Grandeur The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of
Podcast with Larry Chapp, and Father Harrison Ayre and Anthony Sciarappa on the “Clerically Speaking” Podcast. We discuss vampires, aliens, the multiverse and synodality
My Latest Podcast Interview with Kale Zelden: The Bourgeois Church of “Watchers” and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
Louis Bouyer’s Ecclesiology of Service and the “Credibility” of the Church: An Advent Meditation.
In the light of twenty centuries of Christian life and ecclesiology … one point seems obvious, and is, in fact, found beneath most reform suggestions of Vatican II: what most encumbers
Larry Chapp Interview on the “Open Door” podcast: The Current Situation in the Church and Culture
Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus: A Reader’s Excellent Email Prompts a Question: Has the Church Erred in the Past or in the Present?
Blog Master’s Note: What follows is a wonderful email I got from a reader who is a convert to Catholicism from Protestantism. Other than that little detail I will
Dr. Ralph Martin’s Obsession with Bishop Robert Barron. A Response to his Latest Video
“Begin with the beautiful, which leads you to the good, which leads you to truth.” Bishop Barron A friend of mine on Facebook recently tagged on my page a short
Some Meditations on my Trip to the Abbey of the Genesee: Quo Vadis?
I am back from my short retreat/visit to the Abbey of the Genesee where we were able to visit at length with Fr. John Gribowich, now Fr. Philip Neri.
Heading out to the Abbey of the Genesee. And a few other odds and ends
Tonight my wife and I will be making the three hour drive to the Trappist Abbey of the Genesee near Piffard, New York. We will be spending the weekend there
Guest Blog: Thoughts on Spiritual Abuse, Rewilding, and the Discalced Laity
What follows is a guest blog post by Dr. Philippa Martyr, who has posted on here before. This is a follow-up in a way to my last blog post
The Bourgeois Church of Spectators and the Crisis of Morale in the Priesthood
“What does the word bourgeois actually mean? … The word designates a spiritual state, a direction of the soul, a peculiar consciousness of being.” “The bourgeois, even when he is a