29 06, 2021

How Humble Are Traditionalists?

By |2021-06-29T13:00:44+00:00June 29th, 2021|Theology|

For I delivered unto you first of all, which I also received: how that Christ died for our sins, according to the scriptures: And that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day, according to the scriptures: And that He was seen by Cephas; and after that by the eleven.—1 Cor 15:3-5 DRB. The Apostle Paul is writing here that what he delivered over to the early Christians is exactly what he first received (tradidi enim vobis in primis quod et accepi.) And this tradition was not just "small-t tradition," but "Big-T Tradition."  In other words, St. Paul delivered over Divine Revelation to others just as it [...]

28 11, 2017

TLM Class 3

By |2019-04-05T04:28:57+00:00November 28th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

The six links of this podclass are: Conversation With Christ to learn how to meditate as St. Teresa of Avila and St. Ignatius of Loyola. Moveable Feasts pdf of the Traditional Calendar from 2000 to 2050 YouTube Traditional Latin Catholic Mass: Easter Sunday by Fulton Sheen iMass app St. Francis De Sales' meditations on the parts of the Mass Nothing Superfluous by Fr. James Jackson The seven sections of the 1962 family Missal are: 1: Devotionals 2: Sundays in Advent and Lent (and Moveable Feasts) 3: Sundays after Pentecost (and Moveable Feasts) 4: Ordinary/Roman Canon and Prefaces (Baronius has prefaces before Ordinary) 5: Common Masses 6: Saints and Immovable Feasts 7: [...]

17 11, 2017

TLM Class 1

By |2019-04-05T04:29:55+00:00November 17th, 2017|Podcasts, Sermons, Talks|

This is class 1 on teaching the 1962 layman's missal, but people who go to the Ordinary Mass or Divine Liturgy will learn a lot, too, because linked here is the meditation for each part of the Holy Mass according to St. Francis De Sales, and that comprises part of this "podclass."

30 06, 2017

10 Years After Summorum Pontificum

By |2021-04-07T14:40:07+00:00June 30th, 2017|Theology|

Ten years ago this week, Pope Benedict XVi issued an apostolic letter called Summorum Pontificum that decreed that all Roman Catholic priests could offer "the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite," also known as "the Traditional Latin Mass" that preceded Vatican II.  In fact, Pope John Paul II had encouraged bishops to allow their priests to do this, but Pope Benedict went a step further in saying that priests did not need permission from their bishop to do the old Mass in private.  Restrictions were to be loosened for this Mass offered in public, too.  The Roman Catholic priest was also given permission to give the old absolution in Latin [...]

27 06, 2017

The Over-Intellectualization of the Catholic Faith

By |2017-06-28T14:35:31+00:00June 27th, 2017|Theology|

I have only been a priest for seven years. About halfway through that period, I switched from the Novus Ordo to the Traditional Latin Mass and sacraments. It was also during this time that I stopped saying a line that I was famous for in seminary: “We do not have a crisis of sacraments. We have a crisis of catechesis.” I used to say this because I knew how many people received Holy Communion in this country without knowing Who they were receiving. In fact, I put my money where my mouth was:  As a young priest, I taught a Eucharistic class just off-campus of Colorado State University, a school [...]

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