This article is from One Peter Five Above: St. Engelbert in Cologne, 1928−1932 designed by Dominikus Böhm (1880 – 1955). Translator’s Introduction Jennifer S. Bryson In a letter in 1964, Fr. Romano Guardini offered his guidance for the participants of a conference on the liturgy in Mainz, Germany. He asked, Is the liturgical act, [...]
Having covered the errors underlining the false teachings of Jan Huss, Martin Luther, and Huldrych Zwingli, we naturally come next to John Calvin. Like the other three, John Calvin taught a radically different doctrine than that taught by Our Lord Jesus Christ, believed by the early Church, and preserved through the ages. While Calvin’s errors [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Lagos de Covadonga, Asturias, Spain. Photo by Kamila Maciejewska on Unsplash. Editor’s note: for our Hispanidad archive, click here. Friday 21st July For anyone that has seen or visited most of Spain, the province of Asturias is immediately, and somewhat starkly, in contrast to the landscape and climate that [...]
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[Editor’s Note: Below the article, we invite you to answer a poll question and “Join the Conversation” by adding your comments.] Today the Church Universal celebrates the great feast of Our Lady’s Assumption, body and soul, into Heaven. Marian theologians acknowledge that all of Mary’s special prerogatives, including the Assumption, flow from Her divine maternity. [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Mount Khustup, Armenia. 850 years ago yesterday, on August 13, 1173, after a serious illness, the Saint Bernard of Clairvaux of the East: Saint Nerses Shnorhali (the Gracious), known for his commitment to Christian unity, as well as for his theological, poetic, and musical writings. Nerses IV [...]
Part II[1] “I’d rather die!” (Jacinta, August 14, 1917) We saw in yesterday’s article that the three children were kidnapped by the Administrator, thereby causing them to miss their appointed time with Our Lady. He thought that, as a result, nothing out of the ordinary would happen at the Cova da Iria and the people [...]
Part I[1] As August 13, 1917 drew near, knowledge of the Fatima apparitions had already become widespread all throughout Portugal. The 3,000 to 5,000 people who had been present at the Cova da Iria for the July 13 apparition of Our Lady had spread word about it to their families, friends, and neighbors – especially [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Vatican City – October 28, 2015. Pope Francis meets with an interfaith audience. © L’Osservatore Romano. In 1960, Ida Friederike Görres asked, “Is not the secret crisis of so many fellow believers, often hardly conscious, that they can no longer think of the past and the future [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Prayer for the Triumph of the Catholic Faith Almighty and eternal God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we kneel before Your Majesty, and thank You from the depth of our soul for the inestimable gift of the Catholic Faith, which you have deigned to reveal to us through [...]
This article is from One Peter Five We continue with this year’s focus on the Epistle, the first reading, in the Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite. This week we hear from St. Paul in 1 Cor. 15:1-10. Context remains important. Last Sunday we observed the Feast of the Transfiguration, which has its own proper [...]
This article is from One Peter Five Above: Sermon on the Deeds of the Antichrist by Luca Signorelli (1450–1523). We know from René Girard, and personal and historical experience interpreted through an honest lens, that if one is not under complete obedience to Christ, one is under obedience to Satan in one idolatrous form or [...]