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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 [...]

May Our Lord’s Love for you and His triumphant Resurrection bring peace, joy, and light to your heart and inspire you to trust in His Sacred Heart, now and always. Easter Morning Meditation by Rev. Karl Clemens, C.SS.R. On the Glorious Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ “The Lord is truly risen, Alleluia! The Lord [...]

We are reminded today of the first Holy Saturday, when the Kingdom of God on earth – God’s one true “ecclesia” – consisted of only one person, in whom alone the true Faith still abided: the Blessed Virgin Mary! The Jewish nation, having rejected the Messiah, had cut itself off from the communion of the [...]

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 [...]

“Woman, behold Thy son … Behold thy Mother.” (John 19:26-27) Dying on the Cross on that first Good Friday, Our suffering Savior gave His beloved disciple, St. John, into the care of His Blessed Mother (“Woman, behold Thy son”), and then He gave His Mother into the care of His disciple (“Behold thy Mother”). The [...]

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 [...]

Maundy Thursday – The Last Supper by Dom Prosper Gueranger Jesus is in the Supper chamber, where the Paschal Lamb is to be eaten. All the Apostles are with Him; Judas is there, also, but His crime is not known to the rest. Jesus approaches the table, on which the Lamb is served. His Disciples [...]

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, [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine. The last days of March brought with it two important anniversaries for the Catholic Churches of Ukraine, Latin and Greek-Catholic, as well as the start of a new battle, not in the traditional theatres of war, but on the moral and religious fronts, [...]