Ave María! May our Lady of Guadalupe, with her loving Child bless us, and together with St. Juan Diego and all saints, pray for us! Today, on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the Immaculate Queen of the Americas, I wish to not only honor her victory but remind her children of her many enemies. There is a hymn that is sung in Mexico and the US-Southwest called Nino Dio (Child God). According to legend this hymn was written by a child that was abducted by the Aztecs to be sa

Selection from Advent Readings from the Church Fathers by W. J. E. Bennett. PDF Second Thursday: The Church's Failure Saint John Chrysostom, on Acts of the Apostles, Homily xxix. Saint John Chrysostom from the fresco Chiesa di Santa Maria in Aquiro by Cesare Mariani (d. 1901) ( source ) The Church indeed is in very evil case, although ye think her affairs to be in peace. For the mischief of it is, that while we labour under so many evils, we do not even know that we have an

Ave María! May Our Lady, The Immaculate Concepcion, pray for us! As we prepare for the great Feast of the Immaculate Concepcion of Mary, it’s important to remember all the glories of Our Lady. Our Lady has many, many victories against her enemies. Each of these glories and victories are a little icon of the great scene  in revelations: “And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth, he persecuted the woman, who brought forth the man child.” Today, I want to spend so

Ave María! May Our Lady, the Immaculate Mother of God, Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of all graces, together with St. Maximilian Kolbe, pray for us! As the time to renew our consecration to Our Lady draws near, I recently listened to a few videos (links are in the references) concerning St. Kolbe and his method of consecration. These videos inspired me to look further into the life, teachings and institutions that St. Kolbe established against the modern enemies of God. Who wa

Selection from Angel Food For Jack and Jill: Little Talks to Little Folks by Rev. Gerald T. Brennan. Hardcover and EPUB Audio The Poor Dog (the Shepherds Grave) by Edwin Henry Landseer (d. 1873) Chapter 14 — Chippy Eddie Cooper wanted a pet for his son, Teddy, who was seven months old. So, Eddie decided to buy a dog. He looked at all kinds of dogs, and finally, one day he bought a small puppy. Eddie named the dog, "Chippy." Now, I don't have to tell you that little Teddy Co

Ave María! May our Lady of Walshingham, the Immaculate Queen of England and all English domains, with her loving child bless us, and together with St. John Wall and All Saints, pray for us!  In October 1863, US president Abraham Lincoln officially declare the holiday of thanksgiving: “ I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States, …to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.” President Lincoln was not t

Ave María! May Our Lady, The Immaculate Mother of God, together with St. Peter, Pope St. Nicolas and St. Josaphat, pray for us. In recent years there has been a great desire to celebrate Russia as a champion against the degeneracy that plagues the western world. However, Russia is the origin of many modern errors. As our Lady warned at Fatima “Russia will spread her errors” I would like to spend some time on this feast day of St. Josaphat, discussing the original error of Rus

Ave María! May Our Lady, Queen of All saints, together with all the Saints and Martyrs, pray for us, and May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. As we hopefully gather at the cemeteries in prayer the next few days, we should ponder a lesson from a priest of Old Florida. Who is Father Miguel O'Reilly? Father O'Reilly was born in Ireland and later left for Spain to pursue the priesthood, as the British suppressed Catholicism in

Today at Mass, Father recommended everyone pick up a copy of Toal's Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers . Specifically, he recommended the two sermons offered for today's feast, one by St. Augustine and the other by St. Leo the Great. A hardcover edition used to be published by Ignatius but appears to be out of print. Amazon stocks a paperback edition for $25 per volume (Volumes One , Two , Three and Four ). Digitally, all volumes are collected in one handy 93MB PDF . For t

Ave María! May our Lady, Queen of All Saints, together with all the Saints and Martyrs, pray for us! Blessed All Hallows Eve, as the world focuses on that which is evil, I think it’s appropriate to similarly consider the saints and demons that shaped our world and are similarly both overlooked.  On this day, 31 October 1696, Franciscan Father Luis Sanchez was killed while saying Mass at his chapel just 10 miles from our beloved St. Thomas More Priory. Father Sanchez is among