“Snowflake” Babies and Catholic Thought

Before I begin this post, I should probably start by saying that I am no authority on the subject.  If you find this post looking for advice on how to follow the Church’s teaching, I am not competent to give that.  Rather, the purpose of this post is to pose that very question: how may [...]

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People who Dislike the TLM

Short post: Do you ever wonder why people who seem like they should have no opinion one way or the other about the TLM seem sometimes to be bitterly opposed to it?  I have wondered, frequently, why it matters to liberals in the Church whether people who aren’t them go to a TLM.  I rarely [...]

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Traditional Latin Mass in Pismo Beach

Last Sunday I went to the new Traditional Latin Mass in Pismo Beach.  It was the first mass I have been to that was started under the provisions of the motu proprio.  It was a very good Mass.  I had been to that parish before, and had not really seen it as a remarkable parish: [...]

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Nostalgia and Longing

All too often we traditionalists are accused of simple, and perhaps sinful, nostalgia.  Those who attend the TLM are said to be old people who can’t accept change, violent-minded Donatists, and perhaps most perplexing, as young fools who romanticize “the old days”.  I believe that these charges are mostly wrong, but also that the last one on this list is [...]

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Why do we do it?

I keep coming to the same realization. It may seem strange that I would continuously have the same realization, but I think this is the best way to describe it, as you will see as I go on. The realization is quite simple, disturbingly accurate, and profoundly pessimistic. We have everything we [...]

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Ascension Thursday Dilemma

It should come as no surprise to any reader that I do not approve of moving Ascension Thursday to Sunday. It is on Thursday for a reason! Seriously, why should it be moved? Should we move Christmas to the nearest Sunday too, so that people can spend the actual feast day indulging in [...]

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An Overview of Catholic Traditionalism

Traditionalism, as readers who were have read my first few posts know, is a word I was originally hesitant to use.  It seems to me to have many possible definitions, and that many definitions that are used for it do not match what I or any Traditionalist I know believe.  Thus, I avoided using the [...]

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Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St. Nicholas

This is the cathedral for the diocese of Galway, Ireland. I lived in Galway for a few months while studying at the National University of Ireland, Galway, and I went to Mass here every Sunday. It is a most impressive building…not exactly what I would think of or even approve of if I [...]

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Thanking Bishops

This post over at Fr. Zuhlsdorf’s What Does the Prayer Really Say has given me an excellent idea. I am lucky enough to be able to attend the Tridentine mass, both in my own diocese of San Jose and when I travel to the diocese of Fresno. Fr. Zuhlsdorf points out that oftentimes [...]

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A Couple More Points About Liturgy

I do not particularly wish to make my blog an “all liturgy, all the time” sort of thing, but I am quite interested in the topic, and I do plan to post about it from time to time. Anyway, reading Mark Shea’s most recent liturgical comment I realized what I think is the [...]

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