Traditional Thoughts
Today we continue a special series on what Traditionalism truly is - Roman Catholicism. Peter Miller, editor of the www.Seattle Catholic.com, shares a simple, concise response to 'conservatives' who see their beloved Church collapsing everywhere but continue to keep their heads in the sand, refusing to see the obvious. Peter shows the distinctions between 'traditionalist' and 'conservative' and clears up misconceptions that hopefully will better alert neo-Catholics to the true path they need to follow and to dispell the many myths about Traditionalism as we present the third part of his excellent article A Brief Defense of Traditionalism.

 The Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart
Today we continue with the excellent work by Father Joseph McDonnell, S.J. first written during the Pontificate of Pope Saint Pius X and which, now out of print, Catholic Family News has given us permission to reprint following their publishing of it. It is a beautiful meditation and commentary that should encourage more devotion to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus with Part Nine - Meditation on the Fifth Promise.

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 White Smoke, Black Fire!
In the seventh episode of Chapter Six in Part II - "The Smoldering" Pat is shocked how deeply Satan and his disciples in the Legion of the Basilisk have infiltrated the Church as Fasif and Niki relate a horror story no one could have imagined. But there is an Achilles heel that might be the lynchpin for nailing the enemy, but that same fault is regarded by the Legion as their strongest asset. Something has to give. Who will blink first?

 "Feed My sheep"
In tomorrow's Ash Wednesday's issue we share a letter he written a few years ago to a younger cousin Alison who was graduating from high school. We dare say many of her age would appreciate receiving such a great, loving present than her older cousin's sage advice which puts 'saving oneself for marriage' so beautifully that this letter should be shared with every teen for everything written is absolute, true and the way every Catholic single must live in order to reap the blessings God gives so abundantly as you can see in A Letter to Alison

 Pro Life Prescriptions
This Ash Wednesday Dr. Frank Joseph lauds a priest who, unlike the bishops, is not only NOT afraid to get down in the trenches of praying in front of abortuaries, but sacrificing himself for the cause. Dr. Joseph points out that Father Norman Weslin, founder of the Lambs of Christ in New York offered himself as a sacrificial victim in order to bring to the attention of all the plight of the unborn as pointed out in Dr. Frank's column A Lamb who is not afraid

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 Exspectans exspectavimus Ecclesia Dei
The fallout of the compromise by the Priestly Union of Saint Jean Baptiste Marie Vianney in Campos, Brazil has had repercussions. The latest lament comes from their most staunch ally, Dr. David Allen White, PhD, author of the definitive book The Mouth of the Lion on the glorious triumphs of this Traditionalist priestly fraternity established by Bishop Antonio de Castro Mayer. Thanks to Michael J. Matt of The Remnant we share White's letter in tomorrow's Ash Wednesday issue which first appeared in the January 31st edition of The Remnant. An Open Letter to the Priests of Campos

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 Simply Sheen
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen continues in tomorrow's Ash Wednesday issue on his treatise on the very topic so greatly twisted and misunderstood today: Tolerance! He delineates between loving yourself and not loving about yourself, showing how we do so when we see in us and others the image and likeness of God, but when we do not love those qualities it usually means we see the ruination of that very image. Just another way of saying Love the sinner, hate the sin!

 Echoes of True Catholicism
On Thursday Dr. Marian Horvat will point out the vast graveyard of vocations in the post-conciliar church. Last week an article was circulated that showed statistics for 173 dioceses in the U.S. taken a few years back that indicated the ratio of priests to Catholics. The best was in Fargo, North Dakota where there were 2,025 Catholics for every priest and seminarians (which in reality is devastating) to the worst in Hartford, Connecticut where there was a shocking one priest or seminarian for every 371,479 Catholics. Dr. Horvat will explain how this terrible decline has extended to both men and women religious in her column The Crisis in Vocations: The Bitter Harvest of Vatican II

 Precious Gift of our Faith
This Thursday we continue a beautiful catechetical apologetic series taken from The Glories and Triumphs of the Catholic Church on the true meaning of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. The 259th installment continues an enthralling, truly inspiring and enlightening understanding of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass like you never realized before. After you read this, you will clamor for the return of the Mass of All Ages for only in the Tridentine Rite is its fullness realized. You will see the Mass as it was always intended and why the Council of Trent in their infallible wisdom settled on this most perfect propitiatory sacrifice to uniquely and purposely represent every aspect of Christ as we present part two of The Perfect Plan of the Mass

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 The Great Sacrilege
Father James F. Wathen, O.S.J. has granted permission to publish his entire work which was first published by Tan Books in 1972, and which we urge you to read for everything he wrote back then is backed by the solid depositum fidei - the Sacred Deposit of the Faith and still holds true. It takes up where the Ottaviani Intervention left off as you'll see in Thursday's issue when Father gets down to the serious violations perpetrated on the faithful, explaining in Part Eight of Chapter Four - "Haec Quotiescumque..."

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 Christ or chaos
This coming Friday Dr. Thomas Droleskey continues his series on G.I.R.M. Warfare. He comments on paragraph 85 and 86 on the Protestantization of the Mass, which is so manifest during reception of Communion when 'performance' by the 'actors' takes precedent over what truly we should focus our whole minds, hearts and energies on: Christ-centered devotion. This has sadly contributed to disbelief in the Real Presence as Tom explains in his 39th installment Our focus must be Christocentric, not anthropocentric

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 Traditional Insights
On Friday Mario Derksen begins a new series on "Vatican II and the Gospel of Man" as he meticulously peels off the skin-deep layers of rhetoric, exposing the tightening muscles of modernism that seek to squeeze the bones of doctrine. This prevents the living organs of Truth and Tradition from fully being able to function, thus allowing the cancer of humanism to penetrate the pores of the Mystical Body of Christ. Mario analyzes disturbing statements from Vatican II and the conciliar Popes which reveal an exaggerated and novel view of man and his dignity - a humanistic agenda that has been the core of the the post-conciliar campaign to put distance between modernist Rome and Eternal Rome as you'll see in part one of his column The Enthronement of Man.

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 The Fatima FILE
On Friday we present an excellent essay by Peter Miller of the Seattle Catholic which, if we are to believe the propaganda coming out of Rome and Coimbra is contradictory and, basically pits Fatima visionary Sister Lucia's current words against all that she professed prior to the confusion and alteration of the meaning of the Fatima Message. Miller first wrote this article on December 28, 2001. His logic and courtroom angle to providing facts cannot be denied as you'll see in his eye-opening piece Sister Lucy vs. "Sister Lucy"

"The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings."