Fr. Prosper Gueranger is the eminent priest who was the leader of the original Liturgical Movement, before it was hijacked by the Modernists. Pope St. Pius X himself highly recommended the work of Fr. Gueranger in his endeavor to “restore all things in Christ.” St. Pius X saw the work of Fr. Gueranger as an […]

The famous Bishop Richard Challoner, in 1807, gives his instructions and commentary on today’s Feast of the Holy Innocents. The eminent Bishop is renowned today among true Catholics to be a tremendously edifying source of both instruction and material to be used for pious recollection and prayerful meditation. Being that this world has returned to […]

On this Christmas Eve and last day of Advent, it would be good to take some time to reflect on a few things surrounding the Birth of Our Lord. Each time we pray the third Joyful Mystery of Our Lady’s Holy Rosary, there is much that we could and should meditate on, yet we easily […]

Taken from Lives of the Saints, With a Practical Instruction on the Life of Each Saint by Father Francis Xavier Weninger, 1876 St. Thomas was a fisherman, born in Galilee. The divine Saviour received him among His Apostles, to announce His Gospel to the world, and to convert mankind. From the time that he was […]

On November 9, 1846, Pope Pius IX set the tone of what would be a glorious pontificate of nearly 32 years with his encyclical Qui Pluribus (On Faith and Religion). Pius IX has gone down in history as one of the most important pontiffs the Church has ever had, given to the world by the […]

This sermon by Fr. Francis Cuthbert Doyle OSB, while originally given to children in 1896, is just as important and applicable to all Catholics, children and adults, today. December 18 marks the Feast of The Expectation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an important feast day in anticipation of the Birth of Christ one week later. […]