This article is from One Peter Five Above: Syriac manuscript of St. Ephrem. 1650 years ago, on June 9, 373, died in Edessa (today in Turkey), caring for those infected with the plague. He is known in Christian tradition as the “Harp of the Holy Spirit”: St. Ephrem the Syrian. He was deacon of the [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Friday within the Octave of Corpus Christi Editor’s note: download this letter, personalize it, print it, and mail it to your bishop as a part of your contribution to the Eucharistic revival in your diocese. Download the .docx file of this letter here. You can download the chart [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Athanasius Schneider preaching in Steubenville. Editor’s note: join the Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation, called by His Excellency Bishop Schneider. An excerpt from Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph over the Darkness of the Age. Diane Montagna: Your Excellency, you said earlier that the way out of the current crisis [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Vigil of Corpus Christi Photo: Dr. Kwasniewski’s icon shrine where he prays the Divine Office. Courtesy of author. This week the Roman Rite celebrates the Feast of Corpus Christi, a deliberate echo of Holy Thursday, on the first available Thursday after Paschaltide. The feast traditionally lasts for eight [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: an Eastern Catholic iconostasis. I would like to thank Timothy Flanders for inviting me to write a kind of exhortation letter here at OnePeterFive. I’ve been considering writing something like this for some time, but have hesitated concerning the content and voice to take for such an [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Editor’s note: as we discussed last week in our post on June, this month all of our lay sodalities and efforts here at OnePeterFive have a confluence of purpose, not the least of which begins today with one of the most ancient customs of June: the Apostles Fast. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Context is king in these weekly columns. Context enriches our encounter with the living Word of God during the sacred liturgical action. In our liturgical participation we, too, have contexts, life contexts. Our needs and concerns bring us to thank God and offer praise, to raise petitions and [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Late last year I had the privilege of sitting in on a class at Christendom College, taught by Dr John Cuddeback, on the philosophy of the household. Dr Cuddeback’s rhetorical style was deeply engaging: soft spoken, he gripped his audience with the intensity and conviction of expression that [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: the Enthronement. The month of June belongs to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. It’s already been claimed for His Majesty for centuries, and the Kingdom of His Sacred and Eucharistic Heart already holds sway over the universe since His glorious Ascension to His Throne – how [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Prayer of thanksgiving after leaving Noah’s Ark, by Domenico Morelli (4 August 1823 – 13 August 1901). There is something not only publicly offensive but positively demonic about the way the rainbow and the month of June—traditionally dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus—have been violently appropriated [...]
This article is from One Peter Five How beautiful are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts! My soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord (Psalm 83:1). These beautiful words were prayed by the Israelites as they made their annual pilgrimage to the Temple of Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover. The [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: the Middlesex Guildhall which houses the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom and Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. The Catholic Church has a long and honourable tradition of recognising freedom of religion and conscience for minorities provided they do not threaten the safety and security of [...]