This is the story of one of the most recognisable historical artefacts in European history, the Bayeux Tapestry. And it is a story that is told through a collection of rare books.
14 May 2026
Traditional Catholic Morning Prayers in English | May
Traditional Catholic morning prayers to help start your day in a godly way! The month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. May our devotion to the Blessed Mother increase more and more and help us to love her divine Son, Jesus, more and more. We've included the Memorare, the litany of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and a Spiritual Communion. Begin your May 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.
A Heavenly Voice Said Yes. The Vatican Said No. Here's Why.
From Totus Catholica
After more than 40 years, the Vatican has still not declared Medjugorje supernatural. Most Catholics assume it has been condemned or approved. The truth is more biblical than either side suspects. Deuteronomy 18;21-22 gives the test: if a prophet's word does not come to pass, it is not from the Lord. Even miracles alone do not validate a message. The Talmud in Baba Metzia 59b says even a heavenly voice does not override established teaching authority. Pope Francis in September 2024, issued the note called the Queen of Peace. Devotion at Medjugorje was approved. The apparitions themselves were not. Mary's last recorded words in scripture are in John 2:5: Do whatever he tells you. A real apparition of Mary will point to her son, bend the knee, and never contradict the church he founded on Peter. Doubting Medjugorje is not a slap in Mary's face. Submitting to the church her son founded is the most Marian thing you can do. CHAPTERS: 0:00 The Question Nobody Asks Out Loud 1:21 The Bishop's Dilemma: How Do You Weigh All of That? 2:01 The Hebrew Navi and the Test of the Prophet 2:32 Deuteronomy 18 and 13: Two Tests for Every Claim 3:09 Baba Metzia 59b: Even a Heavenly Voice Must Yield 3:52 1 John 4;1 and CCC 66-67: Revelation Is Closed 4:23 Real Grace Flows Through the Sacraments, Not the Seer 4:55 Pope Francis 2024: Devotion Yes, Apparition Not Judged 5:18 Mary's Last Words: Do Whatever He Tells You 7:02 Protestant Objection: Scripture Alone 8:29 Where This Leaves Us 🌍 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...
A Saint’s Unique Method To Bind Your Child to Mary’s Heart
Or, you can do what we did, and give all of your children, male and female, "Mary" as part of their baptismal name, and we both have it too.
St. Louise de Marillac recommended this prayer for parents who are praying the Rosary, as a way to bind their children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
From Aleteia
By Philip Kosloski
St. Louise de Marillac recommended this prayer for parents who are praying the Rosary, as a way to bind their children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
As parents, we have a duty to look after our children and to do all that we can to ensure they are faithful to God and the Catholic faith we raise them in.
However, the world, the flesh, and the Devil are hellbent on separating them from the Catholic Church and our own loving arms.
The reality is that we can only do so much and ultimately we have to commend them to God and beg for mercy, hoping and praying that God will keep them close.
One way to bind our kids to God's loving care is to consecrate them to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, for she takes everyone who is offered to her and brings them closer to God.
Binding prayer to the Immaculate Heart
St. Louise de Marillac knew first-hand this reality, as she was married and had a son, doing all that she could to raise him in the Catholic faith.
She was later supported by her spiritual director, St. Vincent de Paul, and helped him in his service to the poor and vulnerable. After her husband died, she consecrated her life to God and founded the Sisters of Charity.
One quote that is attributed to her reveals a total trust in the Immaculate Heat of Mary, especially in regards to a parent's role in safeguarding their children's faith:
"The faults of children are not always imputed to the parents, especially when they have instructed them and given good example.
Our Lord, in His wondrous Providence, allows children to break the hearts of devout fathers and mothers.
Thus the decisions your children have made don’t make you a failure as a parent in God’s eyes. You are entitled to feel sorrow, but not necessarily guilt. Do not cease praying for your children; God’s grace can touch a hardened heart.
Commend your children to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
When parents pray the Rosary, at the end of each decade they should hold the Rosary aloft and say to her:
With these beads bind my children to your Immaculate Heart!
She will attend to their souls."
It is a beautiful devotion, one that places our children in the hands of the Blessed Mother, trusting that she will take care of them and lead them back to God.
We can only do so much on this earth for our children. The rest we leave to Jesus and his Mother.
Bp Schneider: Synod Report is “Unequivocal Heresy” & Pope Leo XIV Must Act or Face Christ’s Rebuke!
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has said that a Vatican Synod on Synodality report suggesting homosexual “relationships” may not be sinful echoes the serpent in the Garden of Eden and has “crossed the line from orthodoxy into heresy.”
In one of his sternest rebukes of the Vatican to date, Bp. Schneider said “the final report reveals that legitimizing homosexuality (i.e., homosexual acts, lifestyles, and homoerotic relationships) was already on the clerical agenda at Pope Francis’ first Synod on the Family.”
Traditionis Custodes IS the State of Emergency: While it Exists, the Ecclesial Situation of Traditional Catholics Remains Precarious
As long as Traditionis Custodes remains in effect, hatred of Tradition is the official policy of the Church. Pope Leo, please, rescind it, NOW!
There were many reasons for Summorum Pontificum, the motu proprio document by Benedict XVI that gave back full rights of citizenship to the Traditional Liturgies of the Latin Church in our age.
Justice, for one. The then-Cardinal Ratzinger had written extensively on the mistakes of the Pauline liturgical reform. But also, and very importantly, the situation of the Society of Saint Pius X (SSPX).
The SSPX had long defended the full freedom of the Traditional Mass as one of its conditions for a final settlement with the Apostolic See. Then, Benedict XVI accomplished the other condition: the lifting of the excommunications of the four SSPX bishops consecrated by Abp. Marcel Lefebvre in 1988; and the German response to the lifting of one of them (that of Bp. Richard Williamson) created one of the gravest storms of the Ratzinger Pontificate. The reaction gave rise to one of the most traumatic writings ever composed by a Pontiff in the modern age:
Certainly, for some time now, and once again on this specific occasion, we have heard from some representatives of that community many unpleasant things – arrogance and presumptuousness, an obsession with one-sided positions, etc. Yet to tell the truth, I must add that I have also received a number of touching testimonials of gratitude which clearly showed an openness of heart. But should not the great Church also allow herself to be generous in the knowledge of her great breadth, in the knowledge of the promise made to her? Should not we, as good educators, also be capable of overlooking various faults and making every effort to open up broader vistas? And should we not admit that some unpleasant things have also emerged in Church circles? At times one gets the impression that our society needs to have at least one group to which no tolerance may be shown; which one can easily attack and hate. And should someone dare to approach them – in this case the Pope – he too loses any right to tolerance; he too can be treated hatefully, without misgiving or restraint. (Letter to the Bishops)
On both sides, there was a hardening of hearts. But it is our impression that the Holy See, and Benedict XVI in particular, were convinced that the fulfilling of both conditions would lead at least to a provisional canonical settlement. It did not happen. And we do believe this failure weighed heavily among the reasons that led to the dramatic decision of Pope Ratzinger to abdicate.
But, despite these difficulties, the great success of Summorum Pontificum showed that Tradition could live within the regular diocesan walls if there was enough charity on the side of the diocesan Shepherds.
And yet: the magnificent experiment was brutally interrupted by the violent and illegitimate decision of Francis in the cruelly misnamed motu proprio "Traditionis custodes", of 2021. Ironically, Francis, in his bizarre way of personalizing things, granted to the SSPX several concessions without asking for anything in return: including jurisdiction for confessions and marriages. (His personal liking for the SSPX is, among other things, what leads us to believe that, if the SSPX had decided for the consecrations in his pontificate, he would have found a way not to excommunicate those involved.)
The fact of the matter is, in any event, that Traditionis custodes is in place. Though it is immoral and illegitimate, and theologically doubtful, it gives cover to all kinds of cruelties done to Traditional Catholics. The evil of this document HAS RECREATED the state of emergency. In fact, in merely legal terms, the position of Traditional Catholics is objectively worse than it was at the time of the 1988 SSPX Consecrations, since the then-existing letter Quattuor Abhinc Annos (1984) at least recognized the solicitude of the Pontiff and the desire of the faithful as legitimate -- while Traditionis custodes does not hide its intention to gradually annihilate the Traditional Mass at some point in the future, by both no new institutions and no new ordinations.
So Traditionis custodes IS THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
As Rorate first announced, and confirmed today, on the day of Our Lady of Fatima, by Cardinal Fernandez, the Vatican fully intends to take the consecration without mandate to its fullest canonical consequences.
Traditionalists fully understand the need for respect for authority; but we cannot have both at the same time: a stated will to destroy the Traditional Roman Liturgy forever (Traditionis custodes) and a complete prohibition of the means to salvage that. If the Holy and Apostolic See really wants to show the world its peaceful and loving purpose, it cannot just punish: it has to make clear that Traditional Catholics are once again welcomed and loved in the Church, by way of a new welcoming in the style of Summorum Pontificum.
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