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Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who merely...

Compassion, my dear Brother, is preferable to cleanliness. Reflect that with a little soap I can easily clean my bed covers, but even with a torrent of tears I would never wash from my...

For if he were not expecting that those who had fallen would rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead. But if he was looking to the splendid...

The only real sadness, the only real failure, the only great tragedy in life, is not to become a saint." (French Catholic novelist Leon Bloy)

Courage is found in unlikely places. (J.R.R. Tolkien)

Hell for Modern Man

In light of today's feast, and Saint Jude's own warning of the wages of sin, this reflection on hell in a modern key provides some food for thought. In this life, we forge our...

But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit; keep yourselves in the love of God; wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal...

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