Asceticism, Peace, and Suffering
There is a world of difference between knowing about a thing and doing a thing, and there is no area in which this is more apparent than in the spiritual life. Sam Guzman on...
Tagged: Prayer
Medieval Bookmarks and 8th Discourse
You know that little thrill that one gets upon happening across an old fragment of paper, a card, newspaper cutting or any random flat object that has been used as a bookmark in an...
Materialism and 7th Discourse
Theodore Rebard writes for Crisis Magazine, The Origins of Modern Materialism , a revealing piece that traces today’s materialistic mentality back in time to the early fifteenth century, along with its relation to thinking...
Too Much Liberty and 5th Discourse
A spiritual giant whose severe mortifications are jaw-dropping, America’s first ever canonized saint, like the penitential spiked metal crown upon her head obstructed from view by a wreath of roses, she was a young...
Grandeur of God and 4th Discourse
Crisis Magazine’s The Singular Catholic Vision of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Regis Martin is the first article for today. You can’t just scan over lines of poetry if you want to understand, so get...
Angels and Snakes, Eternity and Etiquette
The author of The Long Run, on Those Catholic Men, encourages his readers to turn away from the “life is short, live for the moment” philosophy of modernity. “As Catholics, we have to understand...
A Step Down for Women and 3rd Discourse
The name of Dale Ahlquist is one well known throughout both the Catholic and Novus Ordo realms, but for those who are not familiar with it, Mr. Ahlquist is, among other things, the president...
Latin and Final Perseverance
As traditional Catholics, the Latin language is an integral part of our daily lives. Because it is a “dead” language, Latin is a natural vehicle for the teachings and worship of the unchanging Faith...
But the Reward is Eternal and 2nd Discourse
Letter of Clare to Ermentrude found on Crossroads Initiative is the short letter written by the great Saint Clare of Assisi, whose feast we celebrate on Friday the 12th, to another bride of Christ,...
Who Are the Fanatics?
Crisis Magazine’s Fanatical Ideas and Reasonable Convictions by Dr. Mitchell Kalpakgian will leave you with the conviction that we live in a world rife with fanatics. “In this narrow pursuit of one ruling idea,...
