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Epiphany Blessing – Short History There is an ancient Catholic custom of the blessing of homes on or after the Feast of the Epiphany. It is said that the early Christians who attended Holy Mass in the Catacombs of Rome, Italy were given instructions on how to bless their homes using Blessed Chalk and Holy [...]

Brief Primer on Grace Grace is a supernatural reality. This means it is not physical, natural, or a substance. We cannot touch it, see it, or measure it with any natural instrument or human sense. Men cannot “create” grace or “give” grace to another. However, it is very real! God is the Creator of all [...]

This article is from One Peter Five It’s hard to know what to write about for this Sunday.  In the Novus Ordo in most places the observance of Epiphany will take place.  In the Vetus Ordo it is the Feast of the Holy Family.  In the Novus Ordo last Sunday was Holy Family, while in [...]

On this day, the twelfth day of Christmas and the Feast of Our Lord’s Epiphany, Holy Church commemorates our Savior’s first manifestation of Himself to mankind, in the persons of the Wise Men from the East. Two other great revelations of Our Lord’s divinity are also recalled in today’s feast (namely His Baptism, when the [...]

This article is from One Peter Five The Crusade of Eucharistic Reparation is a lay sodality run by OnePeterFive in partnership with Benedictus and LatinMass.com (Mass of the Ages). This crusade was called by His Excellency, Bishop Athanasius Schneider in June of 2020 in response to the profanations of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament [...]

Written by Andrew Cesanek and David Rodríguez As we begin a new year, it is appropriate to reflect on The Fatima Center’s immediate purpose – to widely make known the ever-increasing urgency of the Message of Fatima. We are living in “Fatima Time.” Our Lady’s prophecies and Sister Lucia’s dire warnings continue to play out [...]

This article is from One Peter Five With the New Year comes another opportunity to go deeper into the Church’s Liturgy. While those who are new to Tradition often are amazed at the additional saint days in the Church’s sanctoral cycle and are surprised with all the forgotten seasons (e.g., Septuagesima), even Traditionalists can go [...]

Today marks the two-thousand and twenty-fourth year in the reign of Our Lord and Savior, Christ the King! It was on the eighth day after Our Lord’s birth that He first shed His Precious Blood for us, on which occasion He was also formally given His Holy Name, Jesus, meaning Savior. Our Lord, being the [...]

This article is from One Peter Five St. Philip Neri (+1595) was praying one night, as he often did, in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian.  A ball of light came down from above and entered his mouth.  He was so overwhelmed by the love of God that he cried out, “Enough, Lord! I cannot take [...]

After celebrating the Companions of Christ (St. Stephen, St. John the Apostle, and the Holy Innocents), we celebrate St. Thomas Becket on December 29th while still in the Octave of Christmas. In fact, the feast of St. Thomas Becket was of such importance in past times that, like the Companions of Christ, it was observed [...]

An inquiry recently came to The Fatima Center from someone who asks, “Can you give proof for the existence of your Christian God and the relevance of Christian claims?” We certainly can. We have two chief means to employ: reason and miracles. Note: Hear Fr. Rodriguez address this question in an Ask Father episode, released [...]

This article is from One Peter Five I am absolutely amazed that we have come so far in our fundraising campaign, but we’re still short. 1P5 is the website for Catholics, built by Catholics. Whether it’s analysis of current events or theological explorations of the teachings of our faith, we’re providing a perspective on the Church that is [...]