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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
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Category Archives: Our Solitary Boast
12 October: Our Lady of the Pillar
On this Feast of Our Lady of Pillar, please ask the Queen of Heaven to intercede with her Son for a special intervention in the Church regarding her ordained pastors, from the lowliest to the loftiest. The apparition of Mary … Read More
The Battle of Lepanto (1571) and the Feast of the Holy Rosary
I very much appreciate the former name of this Feast: Our Lady of Victory. There are many famous battles, but most of them come no where near the significance of Lepanto for the history of Western Civilization. The Battle of … Read More
For your consideration….
Our Lady of the Rosary… Our Lady of Victory, pray for us.
15 September: Seven Sorrows of Mary – The “Our Lady of Sorrows Project”
Today, the day after the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, is the Feast of Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary. There is an analogous commemoration on Friday after 1st Passion Sunday. Some time ago, I wrote a … Read More
Rome Shot 270
Happy Birthday to the Queen of Heaven! HVMANI GENERIS SATOR ET QVI PARCERE LAPSIS INSTITVIS MACVLAS VETERIS RUBIGINIS AVFER ARGENTO THALAMVS TIBI SIT QVO VIRGO REFVLGENS. Don’t forget prayers to St. Anne for the overturning of Traditionis custodes by divine … Read More
Assumption: The 4th Glorious Mystery
NB: Today, the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we can begin a 54 Day Novena! Remembering to pray for Card. Burke, who is ill, we might pray a 54 Day Novena using the Memorare, the Rosary, or another … Read More
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VIDEO: 1950 – Pius XII infallibly proclaims the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
In 1950 my late pastor, Msgr. Schuler, was in Rome on a Fulbright working on the manuscripts of Giovanni Maria Nanino, the successor of Palestrina for the Sistine Chapel. He had great stories about being a priest in Rome in … Read More
The Blessed Virgin receiving Holy Communion, and more
Fr. Vierling made my day today by posting on Twitter this wonderful 17th c. Flemish School painting of the Blessed Virgin receiving Holy Communion from St. John, who is obviously celebrating Mass with the “Tridentine” Missale Romanum. Note the altar … Read More
Look what these men are building… a Marian beacon in the plains.
Meanwhile… Traditiones custodes and merciful accompaniment for the flock on the periphery. Become a Custos traditionis.
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ACTION ITEM! 15 August 2021 – World-wide Consecration to the Immaculate Heart by all TLM communities
This came by email and I warmly endorse it. The Holy Catholic Church is in an unprecedented world wide crisis. The only hope for the Faithful is a Divine intervention, through the intercession of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Two … Read More
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