Today’s Homily: Tuesday Lent I Published on 20 Feb 202426 Feb 2025 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Dómine, refúgium LESSON: Isaiah 55:6-11 GOSPEL: St Matthew 21:10-17 Misplaced Hospitality: Why Ramadan Iftars Do Not Belong in Consecrated Churches Can You Build a Future on Borrowed Faith? Civilisational Exhaustion and the Moral Credit of Britain On the SSPX Announcement of New Episcopal Consecrations: Necessity, Succession, and the Care of Souls “Non est bonum esse hominem solum”: A pastoral epistle for Septuagesima 2026 “Per Tempus Concussionis et Ventilationis”: a Pastoral Epistle for the New Year 2026 Christmas Message & Benediction “Parvulum enim natus”: a Christmas Pastoral Epistle O Emmanuel O Rex gentium O Oriens Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
On the SSPX Announcement of New Episcopal Consecrations: Necessity, Succession, and the Care of Souls
Today’s Homily: Monday Lent I Published on 19 Feb 202426 Feb 2025 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Sicut óculi LESSON: Ezech 34:11-16 GOSPEL: St Matthew 25:31-46 O Clavis David Tradition or Accommodation: Why the Church Cannot Heal the World While Sharing Its Assumptions O Radix Jesse O Adonai O Sapientia Put Christ back into Christmas: When naming the Saviour is called extremism The Cross and the Flag: Christian Nationalism, Anglican Confusion, and the Kingship of Christ “De Obedientia Veritatis”: on the Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Right Obedience to Tradition against Recent Errors Today’s homily: Understanding “Coredemptrix”, the Incarnation and our salvation From Heaven’s Yes to Rome’s Caution: Mary Between Doctrine and Diplomacy Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
“De Obedientia Veritatis”: on the Honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Right Obedience to Tradition against Recent Errors
Today’s Homily: Sunday Lent I Published on 18 Feb 202412 May 2024 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Audívit Dóminus LESSON: Isaíæ 58:9-14 GOSPEL: St Matthew 6:47-56 The Forgotten Confessor: Bishop Jia Zhiguo and the Silence of Rome over China’s Underground Church From Revelation to Conversation: The New Ecclesiology of Leo XIV “Thy kingdom come”: France, Britain, and the need of Christ’s Sovereignty The Empty Chair: A Reflection on the Royal Visit to Rome Reflection: “On the Fickleness of Authority and the Fidelity of Tradition” The Darlington Nurses and the Defence of Women’s Dignity The Orphaned Altar: On the Crisis of Episcopal Fatherhood The Mute Martyrs: Spain, Truth, and the Triumph of Conscience A Primer for Catholic Parents: The Principles of Catholic Teaching on “Sex Education” Statement: On the Peacehaven Mosque Arson Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: Saturday after Ash Wednesday Published on 17 Feb 202426 Feb 2025 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Audívit Dóminus LESSON: Isaíæ 58:9-14 GOSPEL: St Matthew 6:47-56 Statement: On the Appointment of the New Archbishop of Canterbury Statement: On the Manchester Synagogue Attack From Ruin to Restoration: The Story of Catholic England The Halal Meat Debate and the Christian Conscience The Westminster Declaration: Conscience or Compromise? Unity as a Weapon: The Hollister Suppression Ordinary Men, Dangerous Ideas The Tyranny of Fear: Paracetamol, Autism, and the Age of Distrust Be Not Deceived: The Church Does Not Change The Footsteps of St. Wenceslaus — A Reflection in the Cold Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: Friday after Ash Wednesday Published on 16 Feb 202426 Feb 2025 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Audívit DóminusLESSON: Isaíæ 58:1-9GOSPEL: St Matthew 5:43-48; 6:1-4 A Defence of Truth, Liberty, and the Common Good: Oppose an official definition of Islamophobia The Enduring Gift of Christian Sexual Ethics The Brit Card Returns? The Silence That Betrays From Rhetoric to Violence: Media Distortion, Political Manipulation, and the Death of Charlie Kirk The Immorality of Contemporary Liberality Statement: On the assassination of Charlie Kirk The Illusion of Liberation: Ethical Non-Monogamy and the Tragedy of the Human Heart Nuntiatoria LX: Haec est Via The Priest’s Prayers at the Ablution of the Chalice: A School of Reverence, a School of the Soul Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: Thursday after Ash Wednesday Published on 15 Feb 202426 Feb 2025 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Dum clamáremLESSON: Isaíæ 38:1-6GOSPEL: St Matthew 8:5-13 Nuntiatoria LIX: Lex Fides Flags and Ironies: National Identity, Ideological Symbols, and the Battle for Public Space Gen Z and the Latin Mass: Beauty, Statistics, and a Quiet Revival “Though Unworthy…”: The Placeat tibi and the Priest’s Examination Nuntiatoria LXVIII: Veritas Fortis The Rising Generation and the True Revival Can Christianity Save the West? Nuntiatoria LXVII: Veritas Lucet “In Omni Generatione”: on the prudent formation of young people in the present age Nuntiatoria LXVI: Veritatem Praedicare Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: Ash Wednesday Published on 14 Feb 202412 May 2024 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Miseréris ómniumLESSON: Joël 2:12-19GOSPEL: St Matthew 6:16-21 Nuntiatoria LXV: Sapientia Aeternitatis Nuntiatoria LXIV: Fructus Fidei No Special Treatment: How Nick Timothy’s Free Speech Bill Challenges Britain’s New Blasphemy Laws When Christ Is Not King: Islam, Immigration, and the Collapse of Christian Britain Nuntiatoria LXIII: Caritas Christi urget nos Erased for Believing: What the Smith Judgment Means for Me Impartiality on Parade: High Court Judgment on Police at Pride Signals Warning for All Public Bodies Silencing Dissent? Labour’s Islamophobia Definition and the Threat to Academic Freedom Quiet Conformity: The New RSHE Mandates and the State’s Imposition of Gender Ideology Nuntiatoria LXII: Iustitia ex Corde Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: Holy Guardian Angels Published on 2 Oct 202312 May 2024 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment MASS: Benedícite DóminumLESSON: Exodus 23: 20-23GOSPEL: St Matthew 18: 1-10 When Change Becomes a Creed: The Crisis of Continuity in Church and Culture Public Sin and Ecclesial Responsibility: The Forgotten Meaning of the Confiteor Nuntiatoria LXI: Veritas Vincit Nuntiatoria LX: Missio Fidelis Open Letter to Zöe Franklin MP on the Assisted Dying Bill The Eclipse of Woman: How Modern Feminism Undermined Womanhood in the Pursuit of Equality The Rule of Feeling: How Emotionalism Is Undermining Law and Public Reason The Forgotten Premise of Equality Legally Dead: The Collapse of Moral Law in Britain Nuntiatoria LX: Fidelis Restauratio Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...
Today’s Homily: St George the Great Martyr – Patron of England Published on 23 Apr 202312 May 2024 by TheOldRomanLeave a comment ReadingsLesson: 2 Timothy 2: 8-10; 3,10-12Gospel: St John 15:1-7 (218) Today’s Homily: St George the Great Martyr – YouTube Share this:Tweet Share on Telegram (Opens in new window) Telegram Share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp Like this:Like Loading...