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This article is from One Peter Five Above: Gardone Riviera, Italy.  A Life-Long Guide “When I was born,” the great nineteenth century counter-revolutionary Catholic journalist Louis Veuillot once said, Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821) blew the trumpet and I heard it… It is necessary to place him apart… among the great men, almost among the prophets… [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: Winona, Minnesota, part of the diocese of Winona-Rochester.  The Latin Mass of my youth, I remember well. Although, I was only 5 to 8 years old, I could detect the reverence of the priests and parishioners; after Mass, I would set up a home altar and try, [...]

This article is from One Peter Five I’ve been under the gun lately because of various personal things and preparations for travel.   Therefore, I am channeling my inner environmentalist activist and recycling something I wrote for my own blog, perhaps already known to you. Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.  Holy week includes [...]

“But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.” (Matthew 24:13). Like their peers in America and Mexico, Spanish Catholics saw the onslaught of anti-Catholicism in the early 1900s. Much like faithful Mexican Catholics, Spanish Catholics faithful to the Church endured martyrdom for their adherence to the Faith and rejection of socialism. [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: the chanting of the Exsultet at the Easter Vigil. Photo by Allison Girone.  Our great-grandparents would have been dumbfounded if they knew the Church would eventually allow Catholics to fulfill their Sunday obligation a day early, on Saturday afternoon. Contrariwise, most Catholics today would be shocked to learn [...]

“And thine own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts, thoughts may be revealed.” (Luke 2: 35) Our Lady suffered an overwhelming grief of soul throughout Jesus’ lifetime, especially at the continual thought – and finally at the very sight – of Her Son’s terrible Passion and Death. She suffered this agony [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: the famous Isenheim Altarpiece. As we approach Holy Week, many faithful look for aids to meditation on the passion of Christ. Some watch Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ, while others pray their favorite stations of the cross. However, perhaps another way to ponder the events of [...]

If True, the Consecration of Russia May at Last Be Drawing Near. A Modern Mystic and Stigmatist Some of The Fatima Center’s followers are undoubtedly familiar with the prediction made by the Roman mystic and stigmatist, Antonio Ruffini, about when the Consecration of Russia will at last take place. By way of background, Antonio Ruffini [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: 15th-century altar by Luigi Capponi in St Gregory’s chapel in San Gregorio Magno in Rome. Pope St Gregory the Great offers the Sacrifice of the Mass and a soul is released from purgatory. Photo by Fr. Lawrence, OP. Souls Arrive in Purgatory, Singing Psalms; Canto II of [...]

An Update from The Fatima Center’s Immaculate Heart Orphanage in India The Religious Sisters at The Fatima Center’s Immaculate Heart Orphanage in India sent a brief report this month. The end of February was marked by an annual day of celebration just before the beginning of the summer months. As part of that celebration, some [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: placard set up today in Rome quoting Pope St. John Paul II praising the Latin Mass. English translation here. Photo by Messainlatin.it. For the love of the Pope For the peace and unity of the Church For the liberty of the traditional Latin Mass One of the [...]

This article is from One Peter Five Above: the OK Corral sign after the 1882 fire. What is “schism?” The Catechism of the Catholic Church defines “schism” as: The refusal of submission to the Roman Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him (2089). We tend to think of schisms [...]