With the Protestant Revolution threatening to eliminate Rome, God rose up a humble priest to lead a Company to proselytize the true Faith. Guided by Saint Ignatius' Spiritual Exercises the Jesuits would grow into a formidable force in converting countless souls, while over the last century caving to the heretics. Sadly, the holy man of Loyola would not recognize the Society of Jesus today. 
Today is the Double Feast of Saint Ignatius Loyola, the chief architect of the Society of Jesus which he co-founded in order to stabilize the Church in the aftermath of the Protestant Revolution of the sixteenth century. Realizing in the face of opposition he must marshal forces to defend the Holy Father against all attacks and thus Ignatius and his companions, by means of the Spiritual Exercises endeavored to raise the clergy to a higher realization of their own dignity and mission. Their zeal for the Liturgy led them to restore the churches to their former cleanliness, dignity, and magnificence. Drawn by these exterior attractions, the faithful were the more easily induced to frequent the Sacraments and the Offices of the Church. From the very beginning they undertook works of education and missionary labors that would earmark the intelligence of the Order that would go through plenty of battles of its own following Ignatius' death with the Order's banishment and then reinstitution to the practical total sellout today in embracing, yea, promoting the very heresies so warned against. For more, see Saint Ignatius Loyola
A Pair of Persians paved the way for Providence, through the persecution of uncompromising souls, to provide proof of Christ's divinity and nourish the seeds of Christianity by the blood of the martyrs including the saints we honor today. 
In today's Feria proper there is a commemoration of the holy martyrs Saints Abdon and Sennen. They were Persians who, coming to Rome in the Third Century, courageously confessed the faith of Christ and were put to death during the terrible persecution of Decius in 250. The emperor Decius was a bitter enemy of Christians and was furious that Abdon and Sennen had given due honor to St. Polychrome, a bishop, by burying him with the proper ritual. Decius tried to coerce them to renounce their faith. When they steadfastly refused, the evil emperor had them thrown to the lions. But, through the hand of God, the ferocious beasts became tame and reclined harmlessly next to the saints. Furious at this miraculous event, Decius dispatched gladiators to finish the dastardly deed which Heaven then allowed for witnesses had been moved and converted. Besides, Abdon and Sennen welcomed dying for our Lord to prove He is the Resurrection and the Life and that only through submission to the will of God could man hope to acquire eternal salvation. For more, see Saints Abdon and Sennen
The ways by which God leads men's souls are very varied; one way may be more perfect than another, but each soul must sanctify itself in its own fashion. For St. Martha it was through an active ministry of waiting on others. 
Today is the feast of Saint Martha, who was the active host compared to her sister Mary's contemplative manner. Grace does not do violence to nature, but perfects it; thus, although St. John tells us that Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, each of the sisters always retains her own individual character in the Gospel narrative. Mary feels more deeply, and, therefore, though she is habitually more recollected, yet she is also a woman of an eager and pleasing disposition, more courageous in her actions. The virtues of Martha, the elder sister of Lazarus, on the other hand, are more commonplace and less exceptional. She is a good housekeeper, diligent, affectionate, and forbearing in undertaking the additional labor which Mary's different nature puts upon her. In discharging her daily duties she looks at life chiefly from the practical side. The Savior loves her much, because, though Mary is eager to receive spiritual food from him, Martha, on the contrary, shows a mother's tender care both for Him and for His disciples, who were always received as members of the family in her home at Bethany. Some time after the Ascension, Martha accompanied Mary Magdalen and Lazarus to Gaul (France). There's also a commemoration of Saint Felix II and companion martyrs. For more, see Saint Martha
Taking quotes out of context is a favorite tactic of those who master in misdirection and misrepresent themselves to others as to their knowledge of theology and Catholic doctrine. If it's a case of "invincible ignorance" than they're dumber than we've given them credit for. Of course, considering the plethora of doctrinal documentation available, we know such is impossible today. Therefore, it has to be deliberate deception for they do know better and that makes it all the more tragic for theirs and their followers' salvation.
Griff Ruby continues his comprehensive series "The Art of Scholastic Dishonesty" with his fifth installment that is most necessary for Catholics to understand one's responsibility to educate, inform and rebuke as St. Paul entreats in 2 Timothy 4: 2-5 and to be faithful to the Word and what holy Mother Church teaches and to be on guard for what the Apostle warns in Galatians 1: 8-11. The tomes of quotes by Peter Dimond in his supposedly "air-tight" arguments in his Treatise The erosion of truth from the tomes of quotes by Peter Dimond in his weighty wordage (as in poundage, not clarity and truth) leads one to assume the agenda Dimond and Feeneyites are trying to ramrod down people's throats could be correct  except for one very important canard that Griff exposes: that those being quoted, for the most part, never had the same intention Dimond's using is his miasma of misdirection. But, as Griff points out, Dimond's rationale whenever his "smoking gun" backfires is to blame God! Griff provides the empty casing shells left by the Treatise to prove not only how far off target the Feeneyites are, but that Dimond's been shooting blanks. Griff provides the proof in Part Five What About the What-Abouts?
Compassionate for the temporal and spiritual welfare of God's children, St. Pantaleon was promised that Christ would always be with him. Indeed He was for He appeared to St. Pantaleon during his tortures and foiled the saint's persecutors numerous times, to give the holy physician time to forgive and convert those who sought to punish him. 
There is a commemoration at Sunday Low Masses for the holy martyr Saint Pantaleon. It is most appropriate this year that his feast falls on the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost when the gospel treats of Christ healing a man deaf and dumb. Pantaleon was a Venetian physician of Nicomedia who sacrificed riches and power because of his love for Jesus. Pantaleon's name in the Greek can be translated to "many shall obtain mercy". It was through the saints compassion that many were moved to conversion including his persecutors. Because he himself was converted by the priest Hermalaus, it was given him by Christ with the promise that Jesus would be with him at all times including during his martyrdom when our Lord appeared to him in the body of Hermalaus as St. Pantaleon was tortured on the rack and burned with flaming torches, then thrown into the sea and numerous other tortures that were miraculously prevented until Pantaleon fully accepted martyrdom by decapitation. He is the principal patron (along with St. Luke and Sts. Cosmas and Damian) of the medical profession. His blood liquifies on his feast day in the vial in which it is preserved at Ravello near Amalfi much in the same manner of St. Januario in Naples. For more, see Saint Pantaleon
To heal the deaf and dumb man, our Lord used no hocus pocus, no 'abracadabra' but merely separated the man from the crowd using only His Own finger and spittle and one simple word while groaning in empathy for the sinners still so deaf and dumb. It is a fitting parallel of one being healed in the confessional through the simple formula of absolution to those who are sincere of heart.
 To enhance each Sunday's Epistle and Gospel we present, at least through this month, this special feature provided by John Gregory with the Haydock Commentary found at the bottom of each page of the Douay-Rheims Bible. We publish it here in conjunction with the Epistle and Gospel for the Sunday Mass, with the cogent comprehensive Catholic Commentary penned by Father George Leo Haydock because the type size is normally so hard to read and not everyone has access to the Commentary, let alone the authentic Catholic edition of Holy Writ. For the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost we see how St. Paul gives witness that only through the grace of God has he been able to accomplish what God has aided, elevated and cured of sin. That is the message of the Gospel indicating that the deaf and blind man represents the spiritual blindness and deafness mankind has contracted by turning from God and embracing the chaotic din of the world, the flesh and the devil which, ironically, causes spiriritual deafness and dumbness. Really dumb! Yet, with just one word from our Lord "Ephpheta" the man in the gospel is healed. So also by absolution in the Sacrament of Penance by a valid, truly ordained priest, can one's soul be similarly healed. You can better understand this in the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost Haydock Commentary
Long have Feeneyites strained themselves by trying to lean on papal decrees as pitiful "proof" that they have not been in heresy all this time. But when push comes to shove all should realize their "doctrine of deception" has been so taken out of context that it has left the faithful with a mephetic stench for the past 60 years that needs to be cleaned up and sanitized for the sake of souls.
 Thanks to Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey, who was given permission from Father Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. to republish his excellent series of articles from the The Remnant back in the seventies, we've been able to bring you Father's no-nonsense authentic Catholic teaching on the doctrine of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, which totally debunked Feeneyism then and does so again. This is only too evident as we link his final installment of this series in which Fr. Martin nails the heretic to the door, even though said heretic or heretics are so ashamed of their untenable position that they tried to remain anonymous. However Fr. Martin could easily see through the facade that the one trying to rebut Father's airtight arguments was the very one who had tried to elude Pope Pius XII in the fifties: none other than Fr. Leonard Feeney himself. As an added bonus to this final installment Tom adds an epilogue reinforcing the importance of the dangers of playing God in sitting in judgment of souls. Despite the fact that Fr. Martin and Tom are both both person non grata with The Remnant crowd, we pray that, through publication of all we have published on these pages of The Daily Catholic, both those stubbornly and pridefully clinging to the heresy of Feeneyism and those who still blindly acknowledge that a blatant manifest and material heretic could possibly be a true pope, will come to their sensus Catholicus and make no concessions whatsoever to the Robber Barons, the VulgArians of the counterfeit church of conciliarism beginning with Roncalli through Ratzinger and all their appointments per Pope Paul IV's truly ex cathedra (ergo: infallible when dealing with Faith and Morals) Papal Bull Cum Ex Apostolatus Officio. Thus we proudly present the final part of Fr. Martin Stepanich's Outside The Church There Is No Salvation, Part seven
 Today we celebrate the Double of the Second Class Feast of Saint Anne. The privileges and graces with which God had surrounded the Immaculate Conception of His Blessed Mother Mary were reflected upon her happy parents, Joachim and Anne. We find, therefore, that in the Sixth Century Justinian built a church at Constantinople in honor of St. Anne. Devotion to the grandparents of the divine Redeemer spread almost everywhere in the East. The Syrians venerated St. Anne under the name of Dina on July 25; other eastern Churches placed her feast on another date. Pope Leo III placed pictures of Joachim and Anne in the Church of St. Mary Major. Pope Gregory XIII in 1584 inserted the feast of St. Ann in the Roman Missal. At Rome in the patriarchal basilica of St. Paul the precious relic of the arm of St. Anne was venerated even in the days of St. Bridget of Sweden, who obtained a very small portion of it as a gift. St. Anne then appeared to her and showed her how to venerate and take care of the sacred relics. Popes Leo XIII and Benedict XV gave several fragments of this arm of St. Anne to celebrated sanctuaries dedicated to her in Canada and in Normandy, where God has been pleased to honor them by performing various miracles. Her feast was extended to the Universal Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1879. Pope Benedict XV visited her chapel outside the Vatican; this was the first time after 1870 that a Pope left the Vatican.
For more, see Saint Anne
The Mother of the Mother of God. What greater attribute can be assigned to the one who set the standard for preparing her child for God's specific purpose?
 To commemorate Saint Anne, we present a devotional tribute provided by Denise Michelle in which she lists the holy attributes of St. Joachim's holy wife. While today is not Mother's Day, it could very well be. At the least it should be "Grandmother's Day" because it is the feast of the greatest grandmother who ever lived, the grandmother of none other than the Son of God Himself. Yes, we are referring to good Saint Anne. What other term can one give to this awesome, obedient and patient loving mother of the Mother of God? She is the patron of many and, in the great clarion of saints is often overlooked, lost in the shuffle since she was one of the very first saints. Her cooperation with God through her spouse Joachim produced in her autumn years the miracle of birth. In her womb was formed the most Immaculate, perfect finite being the world has ever, or will ever, know. How could we ever forget Mary's mother and Jesus' Grandma? She sets the example of perseverance and the priority of bearing children. This is a lesson lost on today's selfish, instant-gratification generation who have so sadly forgotten that the rewards of motherhood are 'rolled over' in Heaven forever. Why? Because mothers work in cooperation with God to populate Heaven, and this would never have been possible without the fiat of good Saint Anne.
Denise also takes the reader inside St. Anne's Shrine in Massachusetts to illustrate some of the magnificent statues in this magnificent edifice, most notably of St. Anne herself nurturing her beloved, Immaculate daughter in body, mind and soul. Denise shares her experience in Good Saint Anne, Patroness of Mothers
You can't keep a good saint down! Long live the memory and veneration of Saint Christopher, instrinsically linked to St. James and our Lord Jesus Christ.
   While today we celebrate the Double of the Second Class Feast of Saint James the Greater, lost in the shuffle is poor Saint Christopher whom the Vatican II Modernists didn't particularly take a hankering to and, with the feeble excuse that "there wasn't enough historical proof of his existence", eliminated him from the liturgical calendar just as he did dear Saint Philomena. In a way they weren't offended. After all, what else would you expect from an impostor intent on destroying the holy faith? In an effort to keep St. Christopher visible for Catholics, we present here a brief summation of his virtues by the renowned Abbot Dom Prosper Gueranger from The Liturgical Year: The name of Christopher, whose memory enhances the solemnity of the son of thunder, signifies one who bears Christ. Christina yesterday reminded us that Christians ought to be in every place the good odor of Christ (2 Corinthians 2: 15), Christopher today puts us in mind that Christ truly dwells by faith in our hearts (Ephesians 3: 17). The graceful legend attached to his name is well known. [though Montini and his gang of Modernists didn't think so!] As other men were at a later date, to sanctify themselves in Spain by constructing roads and bridges to facilitate the approach of pilgrims to the tomb of St. James, so Christopher in Lycia had vowed for the love of Christ to carry travelers on his strong shoulders across a dangerous torrent. Our Lord will say on the last day: 'What you did to one of these My least brethren, you did it unto Me.' One night, being awakened by the voice of a child asking to be carried across, Christopher hastened to perform his wonted task of charity, when suddenly, in the midst of the surging and apparently trembling waves, the giant, who had never stooped beneath the greatest weight, was bent down under his burden, now grown heavier than the world itself. 'Be not astonished,' said the mysterious child, 'thou bearest Him Who bears the world.' And He disappeared, blessing His carrier and leaving him full of heavenly strength. Christopher went on to be crowned with martyrdom under Decius. The aid our fathers knew how to obtain from him against storms, demons, plague, accidents of all kinds, has caused him to be ranked among the saints called helpers. In many places the fruits of the orchards were blessed on this day, under the common auspices of St. Christopher and St. James.
In many traditional parishes, vehicles are blessed on this day as well for St. Christopher medals and statues still populate traditional homes and cars. St. Christopher ferried so many of His "lesser ones" across the turbulent river to pray at the tomb (above left) of St. James the Greater at Santiago Compostela in Spain. A final thought. Why would Archbishop Giovanni Montini have wanted to rid the calendar of St. Christopher? Why would Bishop Karol Wojtyla and Father Joseph Ratzinger have followed suit in condoning such insolence? Could it be because St. Christopher, is, as Abbe Gueranger points out above, the patron saint against demons and we all know who let the demon dogs in the front door after Cardinal Angelo Roncalli opened wide the back door. Sancte Christophorus, ora pro nobis. For more, see Saint Christopher
Saint James the Greater was graced by Christ to join Peter and John both at the Transfiguration and in the Garden of Gethsemane. His temporal reward: to drink from the Chalice of Martyrdom at the hands of the antagonist Herod Agrippa. James' ultimate reward as promised by Christ to his mother: Eternal glory.
  We celebrate today the feast of Saint James the Greater along with Saint Christopher (see Abbe Gueranger's reflection above). James was the brother of St. John the Apostle, and the first of the Apostolic College to suffer martyrdom. He was beheaded by Herod Agrippa about the year 44. He was one of the intimate friends of our Lord and Savior. James witnessed the Transfiguration and the agony in the Garden of Olives. Christ foretold his martyrdom on the occasion when the mother of James and John asked for her two sons that they be seated one at his right hand and one at his left in His Kingdom. James preached the Gospel in Judea and Samaria and even in distant Spain. In the Sixth Century the tomb of the two apostIes of the name of James was still being venerated at Jerusalem. But in the Ninth Century we find that the relics of St. James the Greater were already the object of great devotion at Santiago de Compostella, where they must have been carried after the infidels had taken possession of the Holy City. Throughout the Middle Ages, the pilgrimage to Galicia to the tomb of St. James was one of the most popular of all, and wholly worthy of the special place which St. James occupied beside our Blessed Lord. He is the patron saint of Spain.
For more, see Saint James the Greater
The trap is so easy to fall into by allowing nuances of error until pretty soon it has become all-out heresy. Such is the case with Feeneyites in their stubbornness to acknowledge what Catholic doctrine teaches. Unfortunately too many have been duped into believing the spin the "doctors" of deception have foisted on the faithful.
 We continue to bring you this series Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey has been given permission from Father Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. to republish. It is part of an excellent series of articles that The Remnant so enthusiastically ran back in the seventies on the authentic Catholic teaching on the doctrine of Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus. Those possessed of the false interpretation of the doctrine that outside the Church there is no Salvation made the same arguments then, with the same demonic fury and pride, that are being made today by their successors. So, as you can see, little has changed with the persistent stubborn pride of Feeneyites who continue to deceive. What is sad however is that Fr. Martin, a pioneer and giant of the Traditional Catholic movement, is today persona non grata to those who are presently floundering on the fence, flailing away in trying to justify a false pope and his Motu hoax. It is time they quit schmoozing heretics and join us in denouncing heresies for they are not just nuances of error, but, as this outstanding Franciscan priest states in all charity, outright heresy. He explains in exposing their misdirection with Outside The Church There Is No Salvation, Part five and six
Saint Christina is another saint that the Modern Church eliminated from the liturgical year in their effort to eradicate tradition and sacrifice.
 On this Vigil of the Feast of St. James the Greater, there is a commemoration on this Feria day of the holy virgin and martyr Saint Christina. She was a Tuscan virgin, who when ten years old had taken and destroyed the silver idols in her father's house. As a consequence she was tied to a post and pierced with arrows. Her tomb was discovered in 1880; an examination of her relics showed that she was scarcely more than fourteen years of age at the time of her death. On this day the Greeks celebrate another St. Christina, martyr of Tyre. The Greeks salute her as a "stainless bride wounded by arrows."
For more, see Saint Christina
While they clean up Sydney in the aftermath of the mess left by the Worldy Youth last week, isn't it time to call supposed non-profits to task for being profiteers of the debacle down under?
 We haven't published much from the recent Wordly Youth Days that took place late last week because, frankly, it has nothing to do with true Catholicism or any kind of Catholicism for that matter. But Remnant wag Christopher Ferrara was sent down under to cover the anticipated abberations while still trying to justify the new Remnant policy that Benedict was still trying to be a "traditional 'pope'" whereas his actions clearly illustrated what most of our readers already knew: He couldn't possibly be Catholic, let alone a Vicar of Christ. The base photo above left is from the Remnant article. We publish Gary Morella's preface to it and the link provided to Ferrara's piece  "Sydney or Sodom?" in which he also takes Karl Keating of 'Catholic' Answers to task about missing the real target. But then Keating is not about getting to the real truth, but about padding his own pocket taking a salary of over $200,000 a year while desperately sending out slick mailers pleading disaster to souls if his "non-profit" entity doesn't get these tracts in the hands of the youth. It's all about the money, folks, not souls. I doubt you'd find any Traditional Catholic ministry where the Executive Director takes a salary above the national poverty level. We here at the Daily Catholic take no salary for our non-profit organization, nor do any of those Traditional non-profits we promote. Not so with the Motuarians and Vulgarians who accept Vatican II. Know this, those Novus Ordo mercenary "missionaries" are not prophets, but profiteers. Do you think Keating paid his way to Australia with the money he gets in salary, or dipped into "travel funds" to cover costs? We provide Gary's pertinent preface here and why there is so much Mass Confusion Benedict XVI is an enigma
Consecrated by St. Peter, Saint Apollinaris was the First Bishop of Ravenna and one of the earlier martyrs of the Church
 Today is the semi-double feast of St. Apollinaris, a the disciple of St. Peter, who preached the Gospel at Ravenna. The importance of the See of Ravenna in the Sixth Century brought about an attempt to exalt that See unduly. On this account we have in the Mass today the voice of St. Peter recommending the pastors of the Church to avoid the spirit of domination and pride, and the words of the Gospel teaching the lesson of humility. St. Apollinaris  after a cruel scourging and exile was martyred at Ravenna in 79 A.D. The great cathedral of that city is dedicated to him.
There is also a Commemoration of St. Liborius, bishop and Confessor. He was the fourth bishop of Le Mans, France. He was renowned for the miracles which he wrought on behalf of those suffering from stone; his name was added to the Calendar by Pope Clement XI, who suffered with this dangerous malady and was cured by the intercession of the saint. He died about the year 397.
For more, see Saint Apollinarius and St. Liborius
In discrediting Feeneyism who better to have as a prime witness against this heresy than the Prince of Theologians, the Angelic Doctor himself?
 We continue to bring you this series Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey has been given permission from Father Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. to republish. It is part of an excellent series of articles that The Remnant so enthusiastically ran back in the seventies. As noted, nothing has changed since then except for the fact that Fr. Martin is persona non grata to those who are presently floundering on the fence, flailing away in trying to justify a false pope and his Motu hoax. Nothing has also changed with those Feeneyites who tried to shout Fr. Martin down thirty years ago. They're still trying to villify this now 90 plus-year old giant of Tradition who was not "senile" or "out of touch" then nor is he now in continuing to exhibit the wisdom of saints, something so lacking in this era when Modernism stifles the quest for holiness. If Father Martin was wrong, then so also were numerous true Popes, saints and Doctors of the Church, most notably St. Thomas Aquinas. Of course, that is preposterous as Father proves in his brief, but comprehensive essays, continuting with part three and four of seven parts from this outstanding Franciscan priest with Outside The Church There Is No Salvation, Part three and four
It is regarded as Catholic belief that St. Mary Magdalen, who was closest to Jesus, His Blessed Mother and the Apostles, was the repentant sinner, Mary of Bethany and the one who annointed Christ's feet. One thing is for sure: She is an excellent example of our Lord's mission: to heal the sinner.
 Today the Church honors Saint Mary Magdalen. The Latin writers, beginning with Tertullian, have generally and with great probability identified Mary of Magdala as the sister of Lazarus, and as the sinner who anointed the feet of Jesus. The Greeks, on the other hand, distinguished three Marys. Her brother Lazarus, died in the island of Cyprus. His body was brought to Constantinople by the Emperor Leo VI and laid in the Lazarion in 899. The body of Mary, his sister, who, according to a tradition dating from the Sixth Century, had been buried at Ephesus, was soon brought and laid beside him in the new sepulchral basilica of Byzantium. The Greeks gave her the title of "like unto an apostle" because she first announced to the world and to the apostles themselves the resurrection of the Lord. For this reason the Credo is said in the Mass today, as in Masses of the apostles. The scene of the conversion of Mary of Magdala is perhaps one of the incidents in the Gospel which best reveal the gentleness of the heart of the Redeemer. To Mary much is forgiven, because she loved much; this is the remedy for sinners; this is the spirit which sustains the Church Militant, wherein we may indeed see many sins caused by human frailty, but in which there may be found also a great love ready to pardon all.
For more, see Saint Mary Magdalen
The depositions of quotes in Dimond's Treatise reek of being taken out of context, thus twisting the meaning for the Prosecution against Baptism of Blood and Baptism of Desire, but Griff stands in for the Defense, keeping everything in context in proving that the Means will justify his arguments.
Griff Ruby continues his comprehensive series "The Art of Scholastic Dishonesty" with his fourth installment that is most necessary for Catholics to understand one's responsibility to educate, inform and rebuke as St. Paul entreats in 2 Timothy 4: 2-5 and to be faithful to the Word and what holy Mother Church teaches and to be on guard for what the Apostle warns in Galatians 1: 8-11. The tomes of quotes by Peter Dimond in his supposedly "air-tight" arguments in his Treatise have more holes than Swiss cheese. Once readers discover his dishonesty of omitting key components that actually quite often refute his forced and faulty conclusions, they should smell what's really intended. And once readers clearly understand his deliberate deception of placing misdirected emphasis on the words of Fathers, Doctors, Saints and Popes of the Church in his Treatise to forge a different conclusion, then readers should begin to understand only too well where that putrid stench originated. Griff fumigates more of the mephetic MHFM's misrepresentations in Part Four The Treatise is in Contempt of Context
To Saint Praxedes her virginity was a greater treasure than the temporal treasures she gave up to help the poor and dedicate herself to God, By her example many were converted.
 There is a commemoration today of Saint Praxedes, sister of Saint Pudentiana, whose feast is celebrated, on May 19th. Though there is little known for sure about St. Praxedes, it is known that she was the daughter of the Roman Senator Pudens, and after consecrating her virginity to God, she, along with Pudentiana, gave up all their wealth to the poor, disregarding Roman prestige, power and temporal prizes for greater mansions in Heaven. There is no known record of how St. Praxedes died for the Church designates white, but many think she could have been a martyr considering the times and persecutions in the mid second century. Some six centuries later Pope Paschal I transferred the bodies of many saints from thec catacombs and placed their relics in the Church of St. Praxedes; an inscription states that 2,300 bodies of saints and martyrs repose in the crypt under the apse of the Church.
For more, see Saint Praxedes
Everyone seems to think "comfort" is about "feelings." The point is it has nothing to do with how good we feel, but how good we make God feel by worshipping Him as He ordained and treating others as He has taught us.
 Gabriel Garnica returns with a sobering question: Are you comfortable in your comfort zone? For the sake of your soul, let us hope you aren't. Too many have discarded the necessary hairshirts that made saints out of sinners; men and women who deliberately avoided temporal comfort to make them more comfortable in knowing their quest to attain everlasting comfort was the only way to Heaven. Lost are those self-immolating practices that reminded us we are nothing without God and that from dust we came, to dust we will return. How dare we waste the bodies God gave us by lounging around and looking for the easy way out. That has never been the Catholic way and if you do not agree with that, if you think you can embrace the world, the flesh and the devil and emerge unscathed, then you're not Catholic. That's another uncomfortable fact that countless souls will have to come to grips with sooner or later. The sooner the better, if you get the drift. Too often the ultimate epicurean comfort today, and in all too many homes, is the easy chair. That is not a malaprop. They don't call these plush stuffed single sofas "lazy boys" for nothing! It all starts so innocently: this comfort, that convenience, this delight, that pleasure and, pretty soon, if we do not discipline our senses, our senses will rule and that leads to each and every one of the Seven Deadly Sins. We all know where that leads. Enough said. If that makes you uncomfortable, it should as Gabriel tweaks consciences in his article If You Are Comfortable, You Are Not With God
All this past week the saints celebrated have had one commond denominator besides their holiness: they dedicated themselves to the sick and poor while converting countless souls. Today's saint is no exception.
 There is a commemoration today of the holy confessor Saint Jerome Emiliani. In the Sixteenth Century God raised up a number of saints who by prayer, teaching and good works combated the influence of the pagan Renaissance. Among these was St. Jerome, who spent himself in the care of
orphans and the poor. He instituted homes for orphan children, and founded the Congregation whose object was to educate orphans. They are called the Somaschl, from Somascha, the little Italian town in which they were first
established. He died on February 8, 1531, from the plague which he contracted while burying the dead. It was related that St. Charles Borromeo, when going several years afterwards to make a pastoral visit at Somascha, became aware of the presence of the relics of a saint through the sweet perfume which emanated from his tomb. Asking for a thurible, St. Charles offered incense on the sepulchre, being thus the first to render public veneration to the saint.
For more, see Saint Jerome Emiliani
The truth never changes. What a giant of Tradition penned over thirty years ago is even more pertinent today.
 Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey has been given permission from Father Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. to republish the excellent series of articles that The Remnant so enthusiastically ran back in the seventies. Nothing has changed since then except for the fact that Fr. Martin is persona non grata to those who are presently floundering on the fence, flailing away in trying to justify a false pope and his Motu hoax. Nothing has also changed with those Feeneyites who tried to shout Fr. Martin down thirty years ago. They're still trying to villify a good man, this now 90 plus-year old giant of Tradition who was not "senile" or "out of touch" then nor is he now in continuing to exhibit the wisdom of saints, something so lacking in this era when Modernism stifles the quest for holiness. Most importantly, nothing has changed and never will on the solid Catholic truth he professes in this series to remind all that the First Dogma of the Church will always stand: Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus, but his opponents need to fully understand that the Church is composed of the Church Militant, Church Suffering, and Church Triumphant. Tom provides Father's brief, but comprehensive essays on his site with part one and two of seven parts from this outstanding Franciscan priest with Outside The Church There Is No Salvation
The fact that St. Vincent de Paul's body remains incorrupt to this day is manifest proof of his holiness and Heaven's approval of all the good, saintly priest did on this earth.
 St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Congregation of the Priests of the Mission (Lazarists), and the Society of the Sisters of Charity, while a young priest was held as a slave in Africa where he had been sold by pirates. On his return to France he became a parish priest. For a time he took the place of a galley slave. His parish was a country parish; his experience led him to found the Priests of the Mission, bound by special vow to undertake this special work. At one time he was entrusted by St. Francis de Sales with the spiritual direction of the nuns of the Visitation. Assisted by St. Louise de Marillac he founded the Sisters of Charity. The authority exercised by St. Vincent was immense, and was undisputed throughout the kingdom. He was a member of the king's Privy Council, and thus had control over the appointments to the episcopal sees and to the richest benefices of the Church of France. Yet Vincent, meek and humble of heart, ascended the magnificent stairs of the palace and took part in the royal councils with the same evangelical simplicity, and clothed in the same poor and shabby garments in which he traversed the streets of Paris rescuing abandoned waifs and strays and succoring the helpless sick and suffering. He died in 1660 at St. Lazarus, the motherhouse of his Congregation. His body remains incorrupt behind and above the altar bearing his name in Paris. Pope Leo XIII declared him the Patron of all charitable associations.
For more, see Saint Vincent de Paul
Three years ago, amidst all the emotional angst of the Terri Shiavo tragedy, some took offense to the strict moral theological stance of a few well-respected Traditional clerics. Tom asks Fr. Martin Stepanich to weigh in on whether the reaction of some in boycotting their Masses was wise.
  Dr. Thomas A. Droleskey has always been one to get to the truth and one he relies on greatly is a priest who has been around longer than anyone: Father Martin Stepanich, OFM S.T.D. Tom asked Fr. Martin Stepanich to weigh in concerning the death of Terri Schiavo three years ago. Because Bishop Donald Sanborn and Fr. Anthony Cekada considered the case from an objective practical, moral theological viewpoint rather than subjective, emotional view, some protested by no longer going to "their Masses." Fr. Martin illustrates quite clearly the folly of such action of reacting emotionally without understanding these good clerics are not being schismatic or unCatholic in anyway and for those who won't attend "their Masses" they should realize they have walked away from the truest gift they could have: the holy Sacraments merely because these good traditional sacerdotes differ on an opinion, not dogma or doctrine, but an opinion. Fr. Martin puts it so clearly and charitably in his letter to Tom Fr. Martin on Terri Schiavo
Groomed by St. Philip Neri, today's Saint devoted his life to the care of the sick in healing body and soul where today he is co-patron saint of the medical profession
 Saint Camillus of Lellis was born in 1550 of a noble family at Bacchianico in Naples. He tried twice to enter the Capuchin Order, but each time had to leave on account of a sore on his leg. He then spent his life in ministering to the sick in the hospitals of St. Giacomo degli Incurabili, and of the Santo Spirito. He instituted a congregation of regular Clerics, devoted to the care of the sick. St. Philip Neri, who at one time was his confessor, saw in a vision that the angels themselves inspired the Religious instituted by him with the words best suited to comfort the dying. Pope Leo XIII appointed him the celestial patron of those who are at the point of death; his name is in the Litany of the Dying. He died at Rome, July 14, 1614.
For more, see Saint Camillus de Lellis
The Principal Points of the Principles holy Mother Church requires All to follow, and which must be applied to the Issue of Baptism of Blood and Baptism of Desire, Prove the Fallacies of Feeneyism
 Continuing our surge of wiping out the insurgent heresy of Feeneyism, we launch today an old reliable that always hits its target with devastating and definite detonation. That would be the irrefutable artilllery, so fully packed and loaded with infrangible Catholic truth as compiled by one of the masters of Church Militant warfare, Father Anthony Cekada. Indeed, he was one of the first to counter the nasty guerilla tactics of those floundering in Feeneyism in the cult camp Feeney had festered while alive. In publishing on these pages last week the official excommunication decree of Feeney from the Holy Office under Pope Pius XII, we included the link where Fr. Cekada proves without a shadow of a doubt that the bell, book and candle was authentic. Since His Holiness never rescinded it, a good man-gone wrong died canonically (1917 Pio-Benedictine Codex Iuris) outside the Church he had so stubbornly and narrowly, and defiantly defended as needing Baptism of water to be saved with no exception. Let us pray that God made an exception and that Feeney's pride and stubbornness did not exclude him from passage to either the Church Suffering or the Church Triumphant. Today we provide an article Fr. Cekada wrote eight years ago this week detailing the Principles the Church requires us to follow in resolving the issue of Baptism of Blood and Baptism of Desire. He lays it out succinctly in Baptism of Desire and Theological Principles
To so many Saint Alexius, though beloved by many, was nothing but a beggar. But to those he ministered to in the streets, Alexius was Christ personified in his Christlike way with Christ's children. He could truly be called the patron saint of the homeless and destitute.
 Saint Alexius, whose semi-double feast we celebrate today, was the only son of a wealthy Roman noble. For our Lord and Savior's sake he left his home disguised as a poor beggar so that he might do God's will in reaching the most destitute. Even his own parents didn't recognize him, but because they had taught him the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy, which they practiced all their lives, took a poor stranger in and didn't recognize him as their own son for seventeen years. That was not because Alexius was trying to deceive them, but rather that they saw Christ in every creature and Alexius felt he would be treated more favorably if they knew this poor beggar was their son. His intent was to devote his life to others, teaching the truths and fruits of the Faith particularly to the most wretched of God's children and little children as well. He died early in the Fifth Century and his memory is venerated in many lands.
For more, see Saint Alexius
Does anyone know the day, hour or minute of their visitation when they'll have no choice but to face the Supreme Judge and account for their stewardship on earth? Whenever that time arrives, and it definitely will, it will be too late to correct things if they did not choose wisely when they should have. Knowing how the Brown Scapular will protect souls entails knowing why. Ah, there's the wooly rub.
We've all heard the axiom, "there but for the grace of God go I", but how many of us really understand this? Today's guest contributor, Ava Bell, now a committed Traditional Catholic, relates how this hit home for her in her earlier days before her awakening, if you will, in the same manner that Saint Augustine wrote about when confiding his past sins in his landmark book "Confessions." Her experience is pertinent for our times, especially in this day and age when so many worship at the altar of the world, the flesh and the devil, not really thinking about each's own visitation when each one of us will stand before God at his or her Particular Judgment. Ava ties in the theme of this past Sunday's Gospel, the visitation of the Mother of God to the children of Fatima, and the significance of our Lady's promise for those who wear her Brown Scapular. Yes, it is most pertinent for this era, for this very week and day. While hordes of clueless Catholics with hormones at a peak gather for the conciliar version of Woodstock: Worldy Youth Days in Sydney this week, she presents a sobering story that should shake the timbers of our souls and wake the echoes of those who assume security when, in truth, there is only one way to secure eternal salvation and no amount of superstitions will stay the inevitable truth that for any sacramental to be effective, the one receiving it must be of good will and open to the grace of God, specifically Sanctifying Grace. Without this protection, all else is futile, fateful. She candidly explains in her article
The Brown Scapular is Not a Good Luck Charm
O Henry! What a King. If only we had leaders today of his caliber for while many were subject to him, he subjected himself to the only King Who counts in promoting the Social Reign of Christ.
 The name of St. Henry, Emperor of Germany, is held in veneration by all. He spread Christianity and advanced piety and religion among his subjects. Born in 972, he defended the Church and the Holy See. He came down repeatedly into Italy in order to defend the rightful Pontiff against opposing factions. Detained at Monte Cassino by illness he was miraculously cured through the intercession of St. Benedict. He asked to be accepted as a monk in the Abbey of St. Vanne at Verdun; the abbot commanded him in the name of religious obedience to reascend the throne. He spent a great part of his treasure in founding episcopal sees, enriching churches, and endowing monasteries. On one occasion he sent his imperial insignia to the Abbey of Cluny in order that they should be offered up to our Lord and Redeemer Jesus Christ. St. Henry died on July 13, 1024, and was canonized by Pope Eugenius III in 1145.
For more, see Saint Henry the King
When speaking in terms of "One", we have to keep in mind those Catholic truths that certain Entities are "Three in One" such as the Holy Trinity, the Communion of Saints and Baptism.
 
Griff Ruby continues his comprehensive series "The Art of Scholastic Dishonesty" for he realizes the responsibility to educate, inform and rebuke as St. Paul entreats in 2 Timothy 4: 2-5 and to be faithful to the Word and what holy Mother Church teaches and to be on guard for what the Apostle warns in Galatians 1: 8-10. There is but One God, One Church, One Baptism but within One God is Three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Ghost; and within One Church the church Militant, Church Suffering and Church Triumphant; and, keeping in mind God's Communion of Saints there is within One Baptism the Baptism of Water alone for the Church Militant on earth, but there is also the Baptism of Blood and/or the Baptism of Desire for those who would, through their death, become members of the Church Suffering or Church Triumphant, Purgatory and Heaven respectively. The "Three in One" application preserves and strengthens the First Dogma of the Church that there is no salvation outside the Church (Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus) because those receiving BOB or BOD would be in the Church, not outside. This is something that such luminaries as Peter Abélard, Fr. Leonard Feeney, S.J. and radical Peter Dimond did not or do not honestly admit. Maybe that's why the idiom applies so aptly to such 'intellectuals' as these: A small amount of knowledge can cause people to think they are more expert than they really are. In other words, as has been proven by their condemnation by holy Mother the Church: a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing! Griff explains in Part Three Three who dare challenge Church Teaching
From the "Century of Saints" came a holy giant among the sanctified giants whose feast holy Mother celebrates in mid July in the midst of the Church In medio Ecclesiae
Today is the Double Feast of The Seraphic Doctor, Saint Bonaventure. Satan is indeed furious and we need today men of the caliber of St. Bonaventure who was a man full of "good fortune" from his earliest years. Humility was his virtue; his role model was St. Francis of Asissi, the holy founder who named him. He followed this man, continuing the ideals of the Franciscans, guiding them during turbulent times when growing pains created problems in the ranks and with various ecclesial authorities opposed to the Friars Minor. This Universal Doctor was one of the first saintly Cardinals of the Church. He was close friends with "The Angelic Doctor" St. Thomas Aquinas and the saintly king of France King Louis IX. He was the architect of the 2nd Council of Lyons and, fittingly, was called home by God immediately following completion of the Council. His work done on earth but continued through his writings and example; so much so that Saint Bonaventure is known as The Seraphic Doctor
Today's holy pontiff was converted and ordained by St. Peter himself in becoming the next Vicar of Christ following the head Apostle's successor St. Linus. 
There is a commemoration at Sunday Low Masses for the holy martyr Pope Saint Anacletus. According to the list of Popes furnished us by St. Irenaeus, Pope Saint Anacletus is
probably the same person as Pope Saint Cletus, the successor of Pope Saint Linus and the
predecessor of Pope Saint Clement on the papal throne. Some say that he was banished from Rome and returned to rule the Holy See a second time. He completed the tomb of St. Peter at the Vatican, near which he was himself interred. To him is assigned the decree that bishops should be consecrated by two or more bishops; that clerics should be publicly ordained by their own bishop and that they all should receive Holy Communion after the consecration in the mass of ordination. He was martyred under the Emperor Trajan, For more on this third Successor of Peter, see Pope Saint Anacletus
Since we do not know the hour of our visitation, should we not be on guard at all times?
To enhance each Sunday's Epistle and Gospel we present this special feature provided by John Gregory with the Haydock Commentary found at the bottom of each page of the Douay-Rheims Bible. We publish it here in conjunction with the Epistle and Gospel for the Sunday Mass, with the cogent comprehensive Catholic Commentary penned by Father George Leo Haydock because the type size is normally so hard to read and not everyone has access to the Commentary, let alone the authentic Catholic edition of Holy Writ. For the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost the theme is that one does not know the hour of one's visitation, in other words, when he has to make an account before God of all he has done on earth. That is why St. Paul warned not to tempt Christ and why our Lord wept and then, in righteous anger, chased those out of the house of God who put more weight in worldly things. How we see this today in the once Catholic churches that call themselves 'Catholic' but are anything but. The time will come when they will be chased out by means known only to God and they will be restored to true houses of God where the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass, the Mass of All Ages will once again summon the angels and His abundant graces for those willing to abandon a civilization currently in slavery to the world, the flesh and the devil. You can better understand this in the Ninth Sunday after Pentecost Haydock Commentary
Though the SSPX and other Recognize-Yet-Resist groups differ on various theological opinions with those who do not recognize Ratzinger as Catholic and will make no concessions whatsoever to the counterfeit church of conciliarism, they are of one mind when it comes to opposing the heresy of Feeneyism
Some think that there are only a few Traditional Catholics such as Griff Ruby and Fr. Martin Stepanich who have decided to go after Feeneyism, and that it is only "those crazy sedevacantists." Au contraire, mes amis. It is a fact that every major visible Traditional Bishop stands staunchly against the errors of Feeneyism. This would include the four Society of St. Piux X Bishops as well as Bishops Dolan, Giles, McKenna, Pivarunas, Sanborn and Vezelis in the U.S. not to even mention those overseas and in Mexico or deceased esteemed diseased prelates such as Archbishop Lefebvre and Archbishop Thuc, Bishops des Lauriers, Carmona, Zamora, Martinez, and Musey. To bring this point home we point you to three articles today; two from ten years ago that appeared in the SSPX official publication The Angeles which states the Society's position with Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer's initial volley in 1998 titled, Three Baptisms and Fr. Francois Laisney's follow-up piece, The Three Errors of the Feeneyites . Three years later Fr. Peter Scott, then District Superior of the SSPX in the United States followed up with
Follow-up on Feeneyism
Conversions come in many ways. For today's saint it was when St. John Gualbert at the foot of the altar, with sword in hand, was merciful to his own brother's killer. His forgiveness moved John to turn his back on the world and seek everlasting life, taking as many with him to Heaven as he could through his holy example.
Born at Florence at the end of the 10th Century, John Gualbert was trained
in the school of St. Benedict. He stamped out simony and brought back order
and peace to the land of Tuscany. At Vallombrosa he founded a monastery,
whence came many saints and which still flourishes. On one occasion meeting
the murderer of his brother he pardoned him in the name of the Redeemer. For
this act he received a singular recognition from Our Crucified Lord. He died
on July 12, 1073, and was canonized in 1193.
See Saint John Gualbert
Had Feeney only relented and repented, he might very well have been remembered for the great things he did rather than the cultish company he kept in Bean town
 
We all know that were Pope Pius XII physically on the throne in 1965 or today, he would have excommunicated practically the entire hierarchy who advanced the heresies of Vatican II, so much so that the least offender against the Church who was excommunicated by His Holiness would be the Jesuit Fr. Leonard Feeney. Be that as it may, the fact of the matter is well illustrated by Pope Leo XIII in the oft-quoted article 9 from his encyclical Satis Cognitum, "There can be nothing more dangerous than those heretics who admit nearly the whole cycle of doctrine, and yet by one word, as with a drop of poison, infect the real and simple faith taught by our Lord and handed down by Apostolic tradition." So also with Fr. Feeney. He did many, many good things, upheld 98% of Catholic truth and spoke out courageously and with flair when others shied away. He wrote many excellent books, such as "Fish on Friday". For those attributes of course he is to be commended. Sadly, however, by his stubborn refusal to obey a true Pope in spreading the heresy that there could be no Baptism of Blood or Desire, he injected that "drop of poison" and infected the rest of what he stood for. Who was Fr. Feeney? In the interest of balance and to provide one of the more comprehensive accounts of the man and his cult, we point you to the three part biography by Third Order M.I.C.M. John Neumann. Keep in mind that his title is an oxymoron for St. Athanasius never stood against Church teaching. Fr. Feeney, by evidence of his excommunication by a true Pope, did. You can read about Feeney and his cult at Father Leonard Feeney
Oh, what the early martyrs endured rather than offending God. Today's Catholics have so much to learn from their example and stand firm against the collapsing counterfeit church of conciliarism which has caved to the world, the flesh and the devil.
 Speaking of Pope Pius XII, today there is a commemoration of the very first in the line of Piuse - Pope Saint Pius I, Martyr and great Pope of the Second Century. He is believed by tradition to have established a baptistery in the house of the Pudenti or de Pastore. His brother is the author of the Shepherd of Hernias which has been styled "a vast examination of the conscience of the Roman Church at the end of the first half of the Second Century." To St. Pius is attributed the fixation of the feast of the Resurrection on Sunday, which day then became the central Sunday of the year. He was martyred A.D. 157 and buried on Vatican Hill with his remains later moved to the Vatican proper.
For more, see Pope Saint Pius I
Catholics need to understand the serious consequences of the heresy of Feeneyism for it was no mere slap on the wrist His Holiness Pope Pius XII administered on February 13, 1953, but the dreaded decree of excommunication when it still carried weight.
In our Contra haereses Feeneyism, we want to provide more background on the Jesuit priest Father Leonard Feeney and the cult of Saint Benedict Center in the Boston Archdiocese. Therefore to assuage the controversy over the whole Feeneyism issue, we turn to what holy Mother Church decreed when the Holy See was still Catholic and under the protection of God's graces by republishing the severe warnings and final decree of excommunication. Keep in mind Fr. Feeney had four years to respond and did not provide sufficient proof to stave off certain excommunication. Thus, we republish the Official Decrees confirming that Rome has spoken, the subject is finished. Herein is proof of the licit and valid Excommunication of Fr. Leonard Feeney, S.J. for his stubborn persistence to the heresy of Baptism by water only which you will find in our Reality Check feature,Roma locuta est, Causa finita est
Oh, what the early martyrs endured rather than offending God. Today's Catholics have so much to learn from their example and stand firm against the collapsing counterfeit church of conciliarism which has caved to the world, the flesh and the devil.
  Though St. Felicitas' feast is later this year, today we remember her seven sons who were put to death for the Faith, about the year 162, under Marcus Aurelius. The sons preceded their mother to Heaven; she followed them four months afterwards. In order to strike terror into the hearts of the Christians the death sentences were not all carried out in the same place, for Januarius was beaten to death with leaden scourges and was buried in the Cemetery of Prætextatus. Felix and Philip died under the whip and received burial in that of Priscilla. Silanus was thrown from a precipice and was interred with his mother in the Cemetery of Maximus. Alexander, Vitalis and Martial were beheaded and were given the honor of sepultare in the Cemetery of the Giordani. 100 years later two sisters St. Rufina and St. Secunda, rather than lose their consecrated virginity accepted martyrdom. The forest in which they were put to death, hitherto called the dark wood, soon was called the bright wood in their honor. For more, see Seven Brothers and Two Sisters
Sancta Maria, Regina Pacis, ora pro nobis.
 Traditionally ever since July 9, 1906 when Pope Saint Pius X gave his papal approval for the Litany to the Blessed Mother as Our Lady Queen of Peace in the Chapel of the Motherhouse of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart this devotion has spread and now in 2008 it is as urgent as ever to pray for peace - the peace only her divine Son Jesus can provide, not man or temporal organizations such as the U.N. or any secular government. That is the reason there can be no peace today because the world has forgotten Christ and forsaken His role as our Sovereign King - our only Sovereign King! We can see the effects of this turmoil because of that as satan assaults every soul from Europe to Iraq to Afghanistan to Hollywood to modern Rome and everywhere in between, and with our soldiers enmeshed in a war with infidels in the Middle East and sodomy being elevated to a virtue where anyone speaking against it must be subjected to 'sensitivity training' because the sinner is offended and courts mandating sin now, we had better pray that God will stay His hand for the time of mercy has long passed and we are living on borrowed time - time one would think has only been provided by the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary because of the Rosaries said in reparation. Let us continue those marching orders and pray from the foxholes her holy Litany and the most powerful weapon we have in our possession: her Holy Rosary.
The first saint to ever have her mother as well as her very own murderer present at her canonization and one of the most recent authentic saints considering the null and void 'saints factory' insanity of the counterfeit church of conciliarism.
 There is a commemoration today of the feast of Saint Maria Goretti, the twelve-year old virgin martyr who was the child of poor Italian farmers in the marshy flatlands of central Italy. When nearly twelve a young man, who lived in the same complex as she and her family, was overcome with fierce passion and made lustful advances towards her. When she refused him, reminding him that it was a sin and that chastity was so precious to her, the devil overcame him and he stabbed her several times with a knife. This young martyr was beatified by Pope Pius XII in 1947 and three years later on June 25, 1950 Maria became the first saint in the history of the Church to have her mother present at her canonization as well as her very murderer who had converted. For more, see Saint Maria Goretti
Do we heed Heaven's advice and turn our backs on the world and its lures, no matter the siren that surrounds and beckons us, or do we cave and link up with Mammon to satisfy our instant gratification at the expense of our immortal soul?
To enhance each Sunday's Epistle and Gospel we present this special feature provided by John Gregory with the Haydock Commentary found at the bottom of each page of the Douay-Rheims Bible. We publish it here in conjunction with the Epistle and Gospel for the Sunday Mass, with the cogent comprehensive Catholic Commentary penned by Father George Leo Haydock because the type size is normally so hard to read and not everyone has access to the Commentary, let alone the authentic Catholic edition of Holy Writ. For the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost and the Feria days this week, the theme is giving an account of one's stewardship, one's responsibilities over those things and duties God has entrusted each with. This means abiding by His laws and not being slaves to the world, the flesh and the devil for to give in to that triumverate of trouble will punch one's almost sure ticket to accommodations with Mammon who is so cunning, especially in the midst of those children of the light who are not on their guard, not tending to their duties and not vigilant to the Holy Ghost's promptings. You can better understand this in the Feria for the Eighth Sunday after Pentecost Haydock Commentary
 The Peacemaker from womb to tomb, her Majesty Elizabeth of Portugal sought to serve her subjects for she realized she was subject to a far greater Majesty of an endless Kingdom.
Today is the feast of the holy Queen of Portugal, Saint Elizabeth who was born in 1271 and died July 4. 1336. She was distinguished for her devotion to the poor and her heroic acts of charity. Her special grace was that of making peace. The joy caused at the Aragonese Court by the birth of Elizabeth brought about the reconciliation of her father and her grandfather; death surprised the good queen whilst on a journey which she had undertaken for the purpose of procuring peace between her son and her son-in-law. For more on this holy monarch, see Saint Elizabeth of Portugal
In defending the treasure of the Sacred Deposit of the Faith, one must glean the gems that are presented to verify the authenticity and veracity of what they reflect in the prisms of polemics.
  
Griff Ruby continues his comprehensive series in which he must do what St. Paul entreats in 2 Timothy 4: 2-5 and to be faithful to the word and what holy Mother Church teaches in accordance with the Apostle's words in Galatians 1: 8-10. In an effort not to mix metaphors, but to mine for the gems the Church has always held sacrosanct as divine truth, we hold a Ruby up to a Dimond to show the obvious imperfections in the latter's seemingly brilliant refractions of promoting Feeneyism. However, when looking closer one can see the gaps in the quartz that make its claim to being reliable totally bogus and extremely harmful to the investment of souls. The Extra Ecclesiae Nulla Salus dogmatic argument stands true as always, but the denial of Baptism of Blood and Baptism of Desire holds no light in the spectrum of the Communion of Saints and, does, in fact, dull the senses and leads to grave error and a serious detriment to unity within the Traditional Catholic movement. To understand how an omission can easily be a commission of error, see Part Two Ellipses can Eclipse Ecclesial Intent
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