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A side-chapel in the Conciliar/Synodal Church - Fr de Blignières' proposal
Traditionalists are to be what Bishop Fellay once called 'Dinosaurs' in a 'Zoo.'
 • S.D. Wright
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 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.
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Why did Christ need to be circumcised?
The Eternal God, needing no remedy for sin, validated the ancient rite by submitting to it – and thus abolished it forever.
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December 2025

What was the purpose of circumcision – and who circumcised Jesus?
Why did the sinless Infant submit to a rite designed to cancel original sin and bind men to the Mosaic Law?
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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
Here's why Our Lady’s perpetual virginity is a necessary Christmas truth
She was a virgin before, during and after the birth of her Divine Son.
Published on Father Coleridge Reader • 
Bonus: The King appears for the first time at Christmas
But no door opens to receive him, except that of a little stable cave.
The Day of Total Consecration has arrived
One last reading and meditation to help you make the Consecration with as much fervour as possible.
31:48
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.
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.
20:17
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