The Collegium. This is the building where the students as well as the faculty live. About a month ago, my parents and I went to Maryland to attend the opening of the Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum, a new traditional Catholic college where my brother is a professor as well as academic dean. It is a college … Continue reading A New Traditional Catholic College: The Collegium Sanctorum Angelorum (College of the Holy Angels) →

Adoramus te, Christe, et benedicimus tibi; quia per sanctam crucem tuam redemisti mundum. We adore Thee, O Christ, and we bless Thee; because by Thy Holy Cross Thou hast redeemed the world. Happy Easter! On this feast, we celebrate the exaltation of the instrument of our salvation. It was exalted on Easter Sunday just as … Continue reading The Feast of the Exaltation (or Triumph) of the Holy Cross: Happy Easter! (sort of) →

Our Lady of Sorrows, pray for us. Let us ask for Her intercession in learning to unite our own trials and sufferings with those of Christ during His Passion. This is a great article from Catholic Restoration describing the history of this devotion. “September Devotion: Our Lady of Sorrows Since the 16th century Catholic piety … Continue reading September: The Month for Our Lady of Sorrows →

The following post is from Catholic Restoration. Let us entreat the Immaculate Heart of Mary for Her intercession and protection. Today is also the feast day of St. John Eudes, who was instrumental in spreading the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Let us ask for his intercession in drawing closer to our Blessed … Continue reading August Devotion: The Immaculate Heart of Mary →

Today is the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, one of the major epiphanies of the Lord and His majesty. Just as the birth of Christ was an epiphany for the three Wise Men, so the Transfiguration was an epiphany of their Master's true nature and divinity for Peter, James, and John. Why those … Continue reading Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord →

Last Friday, Pope Francis issued a new motu proprio restricting the use of the Tridentine Latin Mass, which undid the good of Pope Emeritus Benedict’s Summorum Pontificum. Now, bishops must approve the use of this form of the Mass, new traditional parishes that celebrate the Extraordinary Form cannot be formed, and if the bishop does … Continue reading “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”: Reacting to Pope Francis’s Motu Proprio →

Last Thursday, July 1, was the Feast of the Most Precious Blood in the traditional rite. The entire month of July is therefore set aside by the Church as the month dedicated to this price of our salvation. God loved us so much that He sent His only Son to quite literally give every drop … Continue reading July Devotion: Most Precious Blood of Christ →

LFM comment: June is the month that Holy Mother Church has dedicated to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. It is an especially good way to counteract modern society's designation of June as "Pride month" for LGBTQ+ individuals, as we entrust all to the love and mercy of the Sacred Heart and invite all to … Continue reading The Month of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus →

LFM comment: A blessed Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to all of you. The month of June gives us two great feasts of our Lord Jesus Christ, Corpus Christi and that of the Sacred Heart. Below is a post from Catholicism Pure & Simple, including the image at the bottom, detailing the latter … Continue reading Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus →

Today, on this last day of the novena, we pray for the gift of the fruits of the Holy Ghost, that they may fill us and aid us in our day to day struggles to serve God. We also pray an act of consecration to the Holy Ghost. Ninth Day:Come, O Divine Spirit, fill my … Continue reading Novena to the Holy Ghost in Preparation for Pentecost: Day 9 →