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This article is from One Peter Five I remember that January when I got the news. I had just given the Hildebrands’ work to my daughter who was completing a senior project on Aesthetics. I gave her Dr. Alice’s The Privilege of Being a Woman and she was so moved that she started buying copies [...]

While man may certainly be in awe of the power of God to create countless galaxies while also creating no two snowflakes alike, these natural wonders[1] do not fit the exact definition of miracles as understood in the context of apologetics. Father John Hardon defines a miracle as follows: “A sensibly perceptible effect, surpassing at [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Albino Luciani, John Paul I.  Read part I here. Some light at the end of the tunnel shone with the more positive reception of Archbishop Gagnon’s evidence, with the next Pontiff, John Paul I. The new Holy Father did not waste time and did not put off [...]

This article is from One Peter Five The Lesson or Epistle for Mass on the 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Vetus Ordo is from Ephesians 4:1-6. [Brethren:] I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, beg you to lead a life worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all lowliness and [...]

This article is from One Peter Five In a new statement from Bishop Strickland, His Excellency says the following: I have said publicly that I cannot resign as Bishop of Tyler because that would be me abandoning the flock that I was given charge of by Pope Benedict XVI. I have also said that I [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Pen and watercolour of a Charlie Mackesy sketch by Daran Tate I was sitting in a blue armchair, reading under the yellow light of a standing lamp one evening. A difficult experience and change of pace in life was just past me; with an international move behind [...]

This article is from One Peter Five There is no authority to declare or consider an elected and generally accepted Pope as an invalid Pope. The constant practice of the Church makes it evident that even in the case of an invalid election this invalid election will be de facto healed through the general acceptance [...]

Ember Days in the Early 1900s The days of obligatory fasting as listed in the 1917 Code of Canon Law were the forty days of Lent (including Ash Wednesday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday until noon); the Ember Days; and the Vigils of Pentecost, the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, All Saints, and Christmas. [...]

This article is from One Peter Five The Ancient Institution of Ember Days Ember days were categorized by three elements: prayers for both thanksgiving and petition, penance in the form of fasting and abstinence, and ordinations. Like Rogation Days, Ember Days developed early times, taking the form that would continue for centuries. The Catholic Encyclopedia [...]

Editor’s Note: Many Catholics today are unfamiliar with the tradition of Ember Days. The Church developed wonderful liturgies for these days. They are important days of prayer and penance. Yet after Vatican II, they were removed from the new order liturgical calendar. It is important for the Church to recover their practice. Two articles this [...]

This article is from One Peter Five This week, for the 16th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo, we are in Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians 3:13-21.  Paul penned this letter, along with that to the Colossians and to Philemon probably during his first imprisonment in Rome, around 62 AD. This 16th Sunday was [...]

This article is from One Peter Five In a lightning-fast response to criticisms, the new head of the Office Formerly Known as Holy, Tucho “Heal Me with Your Mouth” Fernández responded to his comments about “the doctrine of the Holy Father.” Pentin summarises: Archbishop Fernández said popes have two charisms: safeguarding the “deposit of faith” [...]