(A post for D….) Reflecting on two episodes in my life led me to pray the prayer recommended by great spiritual writers, such as Garrigou-Lagrange and others. This type of prayer, which begs God to show the hidden sins of the soul, the spiritual sins which others do not see, is the prayer which can… Read More

Sunday, 2 June 2013 Posted by Supertradmum Can I blame Walt Disney and Tinker Bell? Can I try and find a pattern as to why so many men and women in their 70s on down do not understand the theology of the sacraments? Magical thinking seems to be the most common problem I constantly meet… Read More

Too many Catholics seemed still to be confused about baptism. Baptism makes a difference. Either we accept this as Catholics, or we do not. Reminders from the old blog. Sunday, 13 January 2013 Posted by Supertradmum A good Jesuit priest gave an excellent sermon today for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. Today,… Read More

http://www.lepantoinstitute.org/faith-and-life/elizabeth-scalia-vs-st-thomas-aquinas/ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/06390b.htm  Thanks to Fr. Z. for the info about St Gaspare  

How do the trads exhibit a tendency to think like the Modernist? Here are some examples. Firstly, the Mondernist places individual conscience above the Teaching Magisterium of the Church. The ultimate authority for deciding on doctrine or liturgical practices would be the personal decision of the will of the person, and not Church teaching. Some… Read More

The problem with Modernism, is that it is not only an entire catalogue of heresies, dating back to the 13th century with at least one philospher, William of Ockham, playing around with mutability and secular absolutism, but a way of approaching ideas and practices. In other words, one can seem to be a traditional Catholic,… Read More

“Now you know well that the most deadly foes of the Catholic religion have always waged a fierce war, but without success, against this Chair [of St. Peter]; they are by no means ignorant of the fact that religion itself can never totter and fall while this Chair remains intact, the Chair which rests on… Read More

Today, I am reminded of this passage from Scripture: Matthew 18:2-4 Douay-Rheims  2 And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them, 3 And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble… Read More

A book which I am in the process of reading, which I can recommend highly is Father Chad Ripperger’s new book, Magisterial Authority. If you are confused about papal statements and Church levels of infallibility, about which I wrote in a series on the old blog, but want an extremely comprehensive look at the doctrine,… Read More