Catholic Writings
Monday in Holy Week
Mary Magdalene is a prominent figure in the Passion and Resurrection of her divine Master. She is the type of a soul that has been purified by grace, and then admitted to the enjoyment of God's choicest favors. It is important that we should study her in each of the…
Palm Sunday
Blessed Palm Sunday!
This is the glorious mystery which ushers in the great week, the week of dolours. Holy Church would have us give this momentary consolation to our heart, and hail our Jesus as our King. She has so arranged the service of today, that it should express…
The Third Sunday of Lent
The holy Church gave us, as the subject of our meditation for the first Sunday of Lent, the Temptation which our Lord Jesus Christ deigned to suffer in the Desert. Her object was to enlighten us with regard to our own temptations, and teach us how to conquer them. To-day,…
Excerpted from: Dom Guéranger on Ash Wednesday
The enemies we have to fight with, are of two kinds: internal, and external. The first are our passions; the second are the devils. Both were brought on us by pride, and man's pride began when he refused to obey his God. God forgave him his sin, but He punished…
Reflections on Sexagesima from The Liturgical Year by Dom Prosper Guéranger
The Church offers for our consideration, during this week of Sexagesima, the history of Noah and the deluge. Man has not profited by the warnings already given him. God is obliged to punish him once more, and by terrible chastisement. There is found out of the whole human race one…
Archbishop Viganò - VITIUM CONSENSUS
Msgr. Carlo Maria Viganò's Speech at the Catholic Identity Conference
This address was prepared in order to be given at the Catholic Identity Conference. However, at the last minute, it was "deleted" from the roster. It is unfortunate that, in the current climate of fear within the Church, the free…
The Roman Catholic Magazine - 1995 Special Edition
Surfacing an old issue of The Roman Catholic Magazine from 1995 which highlights subjects such as:
- Bishop Mendez & the consecration of Bishop Clarence Kelly
- Ordination certificates of Fr. Greenwell & Fr. Baumberger
- The passing of Bishop Mendez
- and many other topics our viewers may find of interest!
Excerpted from a Lecture by Henry Edward Cardinal Manning: The Passion of the Church
...Now the Church has had to undergo already two persecutions, one from the hand of the Jews and one also from the hand of the pagans; so the writers of the early ages, the Fathers both of the East and of the West, foretold that, in the last age…
Letter of Saint Louis IX to His Son, Philip III
1. To his dear first-born son, Philip, greeting, and his father's love.
2. Dear son, since I desire with all my heart that you be well "instructed in all things, it is in my thought to give you some advice this writing. For I have heard you say, several times…
