This article is from One Peter Five This month marks 450 years of the Bull Monet Apostolus of Pope Gregory XIII Boncompagni († 1585), with which, on April 1, 1573, the worthy successor of Pope St. Pius V († 1572) instituted the solemn feast of the Rosary (festum sollemne sub nuncupatione Rosarii), to be celebrated every year [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Joyfully Proclaiming the Word of Christ No Matter the Circumstances On March 25, 2023, the Feast of the Annunciation, a group of 100 Catholics embarked on a pilgrimage of penance, prayer, and thanksgiving between the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington, VA and the Cathedral of St. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five We have been celebrating the Resurrection of the Lord for the period of the Octave. We’ve stopped the liturgical clock so that we can rest in the mystery, so that we can contemplate it from different angles, especially in the Office and in the Mass formulas each day. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Pope Julius II “the Warrior Pope” who convoked the failed ecumenical council, Lateran V. Portrait by Raphael. Here is a counterfactual for you. The year is 1545, and the Catholic Church is in shambles. The Protestant revolt has spread across Germany, France, Scandinavia, and into Eastern Europe. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Painting: “A Mass Scene” by José Miralles Darmanin (1851–1900). Some people object to the phrase “traditional Catholic,” as if it were redundant: Aren’t Catholics by definition adherents of Catholic tradition—and thus, any Roman Catholic has as much right to be called “traditional” as he has to be called [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Pope John XXIII at a celebration of the Greek rite in 1961. Sixty years ago today, on April 11, 1963, Pope John XXIII († 1963), two months before his death, signed his eighth and last encyclical, “on establishing universal peace in truth, justice, charity, and liberty”: the Pacem [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Photo by Allison Girone We give the name of Paschal Time to the period between Easter Sunday and the Saturday following Whit Sunday. It is the most sacred portion of the Liturgical Year, and the one towards which the whole Cycle converges. We shall easily understand how this [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Our task this year is to look at the first reading of Holy Mass in the Vetus Ordo, usually from one of the Epistles and most commonly from a Pauline Epistle. For Easter Sunday we have a brief reading – not surprising after the last few super-charged liturgical [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Jesus from His Cross bestows Mary upon us as our Mother 1. The hour of the death of Jesus is fast approaching, and He beholds from His Cross His most dear and loving Mother, who is standing at its foot, assisting at His last sufferings in deep but [...]
This article is from One Peter Five The Flagellation of Christ by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) of Spanish Flanders. The Passion of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament When one sees sacrilege against the Holy of Holies; when one sees the faithful take Holy Communion in their hand (in a Protestant manner) and scatter Particles of [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Tenebrarium from monastery church of the Real Monasterio de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Guadalupe Extremadura, Spain. The ceremonies of Holy Week have always been a central moment in the liturgical life of the Church and music has always been a fundamental part of it. Unfortunately, much [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Eastern icon of the Last Judgment Part I: Hell is Real, and You Could Go There Part II: Throwing Yourself Away, or Yielding Yourself to God Part III Purgatory: The Attractive Impulse of His Burning Love Purgatory and Hell: Forgotten Destinations – Part IV In this final article, [...]