Originally Published 18 February, 2010 ο χρυσαμοιβος δ’ Αρης ςωματων και ταλαντουχος εν μαχα δορος πυρωθεν εξ Ιλιου φιλοισι πεμπει βαρου ψηγμα δυσδακρυτον αντηνορος σποδου γεμιζων λεβητας ευθετους. Ares, the money changer of bodies, holding his scales in the battle of the spears, sends back from Ilium (Troy) to their dear ones, heavy dust that […]
Originally published as “More thoughts on the divine office” , 18 December 2008. Already on a few occasions I’ve written about the breviary, but I want to go in a different direction without rehashing too much of what I’ve already thought. As I’ve written before, and as one could guess, I do not like the […]
The English persecution produced many martyrs of the true faith, some of which many people are familiar such as St. Thomas Moore, or St. Edmund Campion. In smokers circles I have found that most know who St. John Kemble is, because of the tradition of the “Kemble Pipe”, named after the priest who had the […]
Originally published 3 June 2010 I have been told, that several years ago there was a Catholic conference in which a member of the Heritage foundation gave a talk and said the problem with Catholicism today is the Mass. According to most figures, 95% of Catholics contracept (I’m not sure what the margin of error […]
Originally published 22 February, 2007 Memento homo, quia pulvis es, et in pulverem reverteris. (Genesis III:19) These words from the ceremonies by which we commence Lent is indicative of several things we necessarily must keep in mind. The First is the Latin words address each of us individually. Memento homo, quia pulvis es, etc. Remember […]
Originally published 13 October, 2008 Much is said today about a culture of life, and it is done so rightly. The culture of death is in fact a culture surrounding true death, eternal damnation and the vices that please the devil. Nevertheless, I’ve chosen a provocative title for this post because as Catholicism is a […]
Originally published 10 August, 2010 The saints tell us that the death of sinners is filled with problems. In this sense they do not mean sinners in the broad sense, because we are all sinners, rather sinners with respect to the unrepentant, those who have not yet turned away from their sins and more than […]
How many times have you heard this? All God really cares about is that you are a good person. Or God doesn’t really care about what you believe, just as long as you try to be good. Now would it really surprise you to know that these statements were made by Catholic school students who […]
