Author Archives: Fiat

The Gravest Consequence of the Novus Ordo Mass

Hey, it is not I saying these things.   (I am happy to read, though, that Father Don Pietro Leone agrees with my thinking. )   🙂 The full article is posted at Rorate Caeli: “The gravest consequence of the New … Continue reading

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Who Understands Latin, Anyway?

Here Father James Fryar, FSSP  counters two objections most  often made against the TLM. Do you ever wonder why the TLM is celebrated in a language most people can’t understand?  Is this what keeps you from attending one? Father also … Continue reading

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The Blessed Roses

(Thank you,  Justin, for the lovely photograph! ) For those of you who obtained a sacramental rose, blessed by Father at the Mass for our Lady of Guadalupe, I post here a suggested prayer to recite in making use of the … Continue reading

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In Honor of My Heavenly Mother….

(since I will not be posting in the next few days) on her Feast Day of the Immaculate Conception, from Kelly’s Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary: St. Thomas, the Angelical Doctor, acknowledges that Mary brought the blessings of heaven … Continue reading

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Festividad de Nra. Sra. de Guadalupe – Feast of our Lady of Guadalupe

Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe! A couple of days ago my brother asked me if I had heard of the candlelight processions that have been taking place annually for some years now, and which converge in … Continue reading

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Beware of Those Who Advocate a Married Priesthood!

They oppose the will of God, and thus, are of the devil. I just had to post the following after reading the comments of one poster on a popular trad blog.  This fellow actually advocated a married clergy as a … Continue reading

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St. Andrew Prayer Begins Today!

I no longer make a petition.  Rather, I pray this prayer as a most apt Advent devotion to help open my heart to the graces of this Holy Season. That is not to say that I deny the efficacy of … Continue reading

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After All That Hype…..

this is what they got at the typical Novus Ordo Mass this past week-end: A Visit to a local Parish The New English Liturgy A Cleaner Translation of a Protestantized Rite By John Vennari   The First Sunday at Advent … Continue reading

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Communion Under One Kind Explained

In view of the outcry against Bishop Olmsted’s decision to eliminate receiving Communion from the Chalice – and his subsequent reversal – I thought it good to post the traditional teachings of our Faith as to why receiving under two … Continue reading

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Feast of the Presentation, November 21

               Taken from T. Kelly’s The Life of the Blessed Virgin Mary                 THE PRESENTATION OF MARY IN THE TEMPLE From  the giving of the Mosaic law, it was   customary with the Jews to consecrate themselves to God, and to make … Continue reading

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