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  • If salt loses its taste... (IV)

                In the Traditional Mass of Saint Pius V (Extraordinary Rite) the sense and liturgical meaning of its sacrificial value are so evidently superior in comparison to the Mass of Paul VI (Ordinary Rite) that it is beyond any debate: it c...
  • If salt loses its taste... (III)

                Regarding the dilemma, either the Holy Mass of Saint Pius V or the Holy Mass of Paul VI, which we are dealing with here, it would be convenient first to offer two clarifying notes because this issue is very important and delicate, a...
  • If salt loses its taste... (II)

                The infiltration of sects like Buddhism (it is not the only one) into Catholicism undoubtedly is a serious matter. It was made possible the moment we lowered our guard and demolished the retaining walls; that is, the moment the trut...
  • If salt loses its taste... (I)

                A well-informed web page has published on the Internet a list (rather incomplete) of the Retreat Houses and Spiritual Centers in Spain in which the Zen method of meditation is being taught and practiced. They are so many and so spra...
  • The Myth of "Solidarity"

                The New Order of universal fraternity advocated by Freemasonry as a substitute for Love is yet another utopia among the many and various ones that the System has come up with. We cannot say that it will meet with failure because tha...
  • The Tragicomedy

                Everybody surely concurs that the faculty of laughter is both an exclusive characteristic of the human being which differentiates him from the irrational animals and one of the states of the soul most mysterious and difficult to exp...
  • For a bowl of stew

                And when he landed, Jesus saw a large crowd, and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. This passage of the Gospel according to Saint Mark (6:34) portrays Jesus Christ’s attitude upon seeing what ...
  • Three Positions in the Face of the Crisis within Catholicism (and III)

                The followers of Position C are convinced that they cannot depart from the unalterable evangelical principles or abandon their steadfast submission to the legitimate Hierarchy of the Church; which, given the existing circumstances o...
  • Three Positions in the Face of the Crisis within Catholicism (II)

    Position B is easy to understand and easier still to follow. Its proponents firmly maintain fidelity to the Hierarchy, even at times when it may seem disproportionate.  Widespread ignorance among the faithful as to the true degree of submission due to th...
  • Three Positions in the Face of the Crisis within Catholicism (I)

                The members of the Catholic Church can take one of three Positions in response to the crisis of today’s Church, which may be one of the most profound in her history. Two of these are very easily adopted, but the third entails diff...
  • Love for Jesus Christ (and II)

                Without the use of his senses, man is able to perceive neither goodness, nor beauty, nor the goodness of beauty, nor the beauty of goodness; and without such things, he is unable to fall in love. First, man sees and hears, and then ...
  • Love for Jesus Christ (I)

                Only one thing is necessary, said Jesus Christ (Lk 10:42); and only one thing should concern us, should Christians add: our love for Jesus Christ.             God became man because He wanted to be loved by man in both a...