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The last sermon of Mgr Guérard des Lauriers (Feast of the Holy Name)
The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus and the crisis in the Church were the bishop's two themes in a sermon delivered less than two months before he died.
Why the secular Christmas is so rubbish
It's not because they leave the Baby out of the picture, because often he is included.
 • S.D. Wright
St Thomas Becket died for the liberty of the Church—not for religious liberty
It is impossible to defend the liberty of the Church and the Kingship of Christ whilst simultaneously holding to the modern conception of religious…
Why Christ was given the Holy Name of 'Jesus'
The first imposition of the Holy Name of Jesus on the infant God-Man was no less a fulfilment of the Old Covenant than the Circumcision. Fr Coleridge…
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
The first drops of the Precious Blood
The Circumcision reveals Christ already acting as Redeemer, freely shedding his Blood with full knowledge, love, and consent.
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
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The Day of Total Consecration has arrived
One last reading and meditation to help you make the Consecration with as much fervour as possible.
Bonus: Reasons why we should consecrate ourselves entirely to God
All things come to us from God, as signs of his love for us. There is only one response: giving ourselves back to him.
20:17
Heaven – The Court of the King which awaits us
This is what Christ has won for us, and why he was born at Christmas – and where he and his Mother will receive our consecration.
14:06
The King tramples down death, gives life to those in the grave
Liberating the souls of the just, Christ returns from the grave as the Conqueror of Death, and goes to console his Mother.
26:07
The King upon his throne
Listen now | From his throne, the Cross, Jesus gives us his Mother – and wins the triumph for which he was born.
Bonus: Christ's Sermon from the Cross
Christ's seven last words were the counterpart to the Sermon on the Mount.
29:28
The King rejected, scourged, and mocked with a crown of thorns
Those who had acclaimed him their king, less than a week before, now bay for his blood. Do we do the same to him?
23:26
The King looks his Passion in the eye
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus permits the Agony to descend upon him, and enters his Passion alone.
13:57
The King comes to claim his City
Jesus enters Jerusalem in a way that declares himself its King, and he allows himself to be acclaimed as such – but what sort of King is he?
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Classic study radically overstates Lefebvre's position on holy orders
It’s been claimed that Lefebvre 'never called in question the validity of the new rite of episcopal ordinations.' This is an untenable claim, even if…
 • S.D. Wright
'I do not hesitate to administer conditional confirmation when asked'—Archbishop Lefebvre
Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre wrote to Abbé François Pivert in 1988, explaining his rationale and willingness to confirm conditional confirmation freely…
'Painful uncertainty'—new rite of holy orders critiqued in 1978 by Athanasius Kröger OSB
This Una Voce group was publishing some very daring material in the early days.
Can liturgical changes affect validity? Cardinal Vaughan says yes
Cardinal Vaughan stated that systematic liturgical changes demonstrate the intentions of those responsible for them, and can render the rite of doubtful…
Fr Zuhlsdorf, Michael Davies, and doubtful sacraments
'Father Z', aka Fr John Zuhlsdorf, responded to our article on whether the new rites of holy orders are valid. Here's our reply.
 • S.D. Wright
Classic study calls conditional ordination a 'measure of prudence'
In his defence of the new rites of episcopal consecration, Fr Pierre-Marie OP nonetheless refers to conditional ordination as 'the usage that seems to…
 • S.D. Wright
Former Jesuit and pro-life stalwart conditionally ordained to the priesthood
Fr James Marshall, pro-lifer and former member of the Society of Jesus, has been conditionally ordained by Bishop Germán Fliess of Bishop Donald…
 • S.D. Wright
Classic study admits invalid rites would NOT destroy hierarchy
In his classic study defending the new rites of holy orders, Fr Pierre-Marie OP himself rejected the objection that, if they were invalid, then the…
 • S.D. Wright
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