+First Saturday+ Introduction In the preface to my last blog, I made a point of stating that not all questions would be answered. I also requested that my critics please allow me to complete the full explanation of all statements and terms before prematurely jumping...

+Feast of All Saints+ Prayer Intention for November That each day of this month all prayer associates recite a prayer of  their choice for the Poor Souls Marriage is a very complex subject requiring careful study and the clarification of many fine distinctions. Those...

+St. Evaristus+ (Please see the response to attacks on this blog post in the Addendum of Oct. 27.) Comments on the last blog on marriage woes have become numerous and so it seems more practical to publish a second article to address these observations. Excerpts from...

+Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost+ Over the years, many have submitted questions about marriage issues asking what they should do in these times when there is no priest, bishop or pope to consult regarding one’s marital status and no real guidance on what one should...

+Feast of the Holy Rosary+ I would like to announce a new page on the website for spiritual reflection entitled, The Healing Pool (see front page under the Prayer Society logo). In these stressful times it is important to take a moment to refresh ourselves with...

+St. Michael the Archangel+ October Prayer Intention “O Queen of the Holy Rosary, deliver us from the violence of heresy spread abroad, this intolerable moral corruption, and the attacks of our enemies.” (Pope Leo XIII has granted a plenary indulgence to those who...

+St. Thomas of Villanova+ It seems like another lifetime ago, but when my children were teens we lived in South Texas not very far from the banks of the Guadalupe River. One year following a spate of heavy rains the river overflowed its banks and threatened several...

+Feast of Our Lady's Seven Sorrows O Mother most sorrowful, pray for us who have recourse to thee! Last week’s blog mainly addressed the material formal issue. This week, as promised, the claim that those who left the Novus Ordo and became members of some...

Prayer Intention for September “That we may know the truth, and that the truth shall set us free” (2 John 1: 4-6)  +Nativity of Our Lady+ Novus Ordo conservatives struggling with their options after realizing Francis cannot be a true pope are trying to retrace the...

+St. Rose of Lima+ Because the three new articles on the front page (on epikeia, Intention in Traditionalist orders and Vacantis Apostolicae Sedis) are lengthy and yet essential to understanding the situation among Traditionalists today, an attempt will be made here...