The SSPX Respond to Accusations of Schism

According to the SSPX, everyone is ignoring what Popes and Doctors of the Church have actually taught about what schism truly is. The SSPX, they say, doesn't fit the bill.

How Medieval Builders Built Castles No Modern Architect Could Replicate

From Medieval Way

Medieval Way explores the sophisticated engineering techniques used to construct enduring stone fortresses without modern tools. By examining construction logistics, material science, and the organizational structure of masons, this analysis reveals the hidden design principles and chemical processes that allowed medieval structures to survive for centuries.

In 1078, a monk began a castle that still has not fallen. His name was Gundulf, the Bishop of Rochester, and he was the best builder of his age. The castle was the great white keep at the heart of the Tower of London. Gundulf had no steel, no power tools, and no engineering degree. He had cut stone, burnt lime, a length of rope, and a craft passed from hand to hand. Nine and a half centuries later, his walls have never shifted, still square, still standing, still carrying their own weight without complaint.

Traditional Catholic Morning Prayers in English | July

Traditional Catholic morning prayers to help start your day in a godly way! The month of July is dedicated to the Most Precious Blood of Jesus. May our devotion to the salvific action of the Precious Blood of Christ increase more fervently this month. We've included the Memorare of the Sacred Heart and litany of the Sacred Heart. Begin your July with daily morning prayer. This video is a compilation of many traditional morning prayers Catholics say, and should not be considered a replacement for those who have an obligation to pray the Divine Office morning prayers.

Padre Pio Saw What Was Coming for the Church, and He Told Us Exactly What To Do

From Totus Catholica

Padre Pio died in 1968, and almost the moment he was gone, the internet filled with prophecies attributed to him. Long, tidy lists of world events he supposedly foresaw, each one fulfilled right on schedule. Here is the problem: most of it is fabricated. His own Capuchin order and the local church authorities denounced one of his most famous prophecies as an outright forgery, and Padre Pio himself denied writing it. Most people think he was a prophet of doom, a man who read the future like a calendar. He was not reading a calendar. He was reading souls. What he actually saw coming, he described using something ancient Israel knew intimately: the slow loss of a true sense of sin. This video traces that single thread from the temple, to the Day of Atonement, to Christ breathing on the apostles, to the confessional you could walk into this week. Because Padre Pio not only warned you. He told you exactly what to do about it: go to confession, pray the Rosary, and approach the Eucharist with awe. In this video: • Why the famous Padre Pio prophecies, including the 3 days of darkness, were rejected as forgeries • How the Day of Atonement and the Dead Sea Scrolls point straight to Catholic confession • Why John 20;23 hands real men the authority to forgive sin in Christ's name • The four concrete things Padre Pio actually told souls to do • How we answer our Protestant and Jewish brothers and sisters honestly ⏱ CHAPTERS 0:00 The Padre Pio Prophecies That Were Forged 0:41 What Padre Pio Actually Saw Coming 2:25 The Day of Atonement in Ancient Israel 3:06 John 20:23 and the Birth of Confession 4:24 The Thanksgiving Offering and the Eucharist 5:05 Four Things Padre Pio Told You to Do 7:00 The Protestant and Jewish Objections Answered 📖 SCRIPTURE REFERENCED • John 20:23: "Whose sins you forgive are forgiven," Christ handing real authority to the apostles. • 1 Corinthians 11: whoever eats the bread unworthily sins against the body of the Lord. • Isaiah 53: the suffering servant who suffers innocently for the sins of others. • Daniel 3: the prayer of Azariah, a contrite heart and humble spirit offered as sacrifice. ⛪ FROM THE CHURCH FATHERS & THE CATECHISM • Tertullian (around the year 200): describes the church's practice of public penance by its Greek name, exomologesis, confessing sin and doing penance to be reconciled. • Cyprian of Carthage (around the year 250, Bishop in North Africa): urged sinners to confess while their confession could still be received. • CCC 1468: teaches that this reconciliation restores us to grace and to friendship with God. 📜 SOURCES & FURTHER READING • The Dead Sea Scrolls at Qumran: the community's own rule describes members confessing their iniquities as they entered the covenant. • Pope Pius XII (1946): the true source of the famous line about the world losing its sense of sin, often misattributed to Padre Pio. • The 3 days of darkness prophecy: rejected as a fabrication by Padre Pio's own Capuchin order. 🔗 EXPLORE MORE 🌍 Website: https://totuscatholica.org/ Rosary Guide: https://totuscatholica.org/rosary ✉️ Contact: https://totuscatholica.org/contact 🔍 Examination of Conscience: https://catholicexaminationofconscien... 📚 Free eBooks: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi... 👥 Become a Totus Insider: https://buymeacoffee.com/totuscatholi...

5 Saints Who Were Devoted to the Sacred Heart of Jesus

One of them was St Veronica Giuliani, whose Feast is today.

From Aleteia

By Philip Kosloski

St Margaret Mary was only one of many who found consolation in the Heart of the Saviour.

Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a pious custom that can be traced back to at least the 12th century. However, it wasn't until the heavenly visions of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque in the 17th century that the devotion spread like wild fire.

It is a devotion, according to the Directory on Popular Piety, that "denotes the entire mystery of Christ, the totality of his being, and his person considered in its most intimate essential: Son of God, uncreated wisdom; infinite charity, principal of salvation and sanctification of mankind. The ‘Sacred Heart’ is Christ, the Word Incarnate, Savior, intrinsically containing, in the Spirit, an infinite divine-human love for the Father and for his brothers."

Over the centuries countless saints have found consolation in the Sacred Heart of Jesus and made it the "heart" of their own spiritual life.

Here are five saints who dedicated their lives to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and who did what they could to promote the praiseworthy devotion in the Church and in the world.

St. Lutgardis of Aywières

Born in the 12th century, Lutgardis ended up in a Benedictine monastery not because she felt a call to religious life, but because her dowry was lost. This appeared to be a good alternative at the time to maintain her dignity. However, while her intentions for entering were not ideal, she eventually became very devout and started to receive visions of Jesus and his pierced heart.

In one of her visions she experienced an "exchange of hearts," where Jesus asked her: "What, then, do you want?" She said, "I want Thy Heart." In response, Jesus said, "You want My Heart? Well, I too want your heart." Lutgardis then proclaimed: "Take it, dear Lord. But take it in such a way that the love of Your Heart may be so mingled and united with my own heart that I may possess my heart in Thee, and that it may always remain there secure in Your protection."

St. Gertrude the Great

At an early age Gertrude was entrusted to a monastic community, and by age 25 she began receiving heavenly visions. This 13th-century saint wrote down her visions, which helped elaborate this new devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

She also wrote a prayer to the Sacred Heart that is a favorite of many: "O Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of eternal life, Your Heart is a glowing furnace of Love. You are my refuge and my sanctuary. O my adorable and loving Savior, consume my heart with the burning fire with which Yours is aflamed. Pour down on my soul those graces which flow from Your love. Let my heart be united with Yours. Let my will be conformed to Yours in all things. May Your Will be the rule of all my desires and actions."

St. Veronica Giuliani

A Poor Clare nun in the 17th century, Veronica chose the name because of its association with Jesus' sacred Passion. She worked humbly in the convent, but eventually received the gift of the stigmata, bearing the physical wounds of Christ on her body.

During a General Audience, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about her life and devotion to the Sacred Heart, "In every page of her writings Veronica commends someone to the Lord, reinforcing her prayers of intercession with the offering of herself in every form of suffering. Her heart dilated to embrace all 'the needs of the Holy Church,' living anxiously the desire for the salvation of 'the whole world'... Veronica cried: 'O sinners... all men and all women, come to Jesus’ heart; come to be cleansed by his most precious blood.... He awaits you with open arms to embrace you.'"

St. Michael Garicoïts

Born in the 19th century, Michael Garicoïts grew up during the French Revolution and saw his family shelter priests during the persecution. He eventually felt a desire to become a priest and while in charge of a Marian shrine, was inspired to start his own religious congregation dedicated to the Sacred Heart.

The priests of his congregation would evangelize through missions and in teaching the young. John Paul II, in a letter to the institute St. Michael founded, praised the source of their spirituality, "Today, by living the spirituality of the Heart of Jesus 'consumed by love for us,' the priests of your institute are following an admirable school for their personal life and for their missions. They will let themselves be led by the Spirit, in order to serve the Church according to the heart of God, by giving themselves totally, through love, for their brothers and sisters’ salvation."

St. Peter Julian Eymard

A humble French priest during the 19th century, Eymard sought above all things to promote devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Connected to this devotion was a love of the Sacred Heart.

He wrote a series of reflections on the Sacred Heart, where he explained, "Devotion to the Sacred Heart has a twofold object: it honors first with adoration and public worship the Heart of flesh of Jesus Christ, and secondly the infinite love with which this Heart has burned for us since its creation, and with which it is still consumed in the Sacrament of our altars."

These Evangelicals Are Trying to Start WWIII... (See Note)

From Shameless Popery

Joe dives deeper into the wildness that is Dispensationalism, and looks at some of the people and books responsible for spreading it in modern times. Were they able to predict the future? No....not even close actually.

Nota Bene ~ Years ago, I almost fell into dispensationalism. You may read my post about it here.