by Timothy Flanders | Jun 28, 2019 | Spiritual
In the twelfth chapter of the gospel of St. Luke our Lord says these words: I am come to cast fire on the earth. And would that it were already kindled! (Lk. xii. 49)[1] This verse is the Magnificat antiphon for First Vespers of the Feast. The following prayer...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 28, 2019 | Spiritual
Parts of the human body and soul The Four Causes Form and Matter Substance and Accident Objective and Subjective Potency and Actuality Parts of the Human Body and Soul Intellect: faculty in the soul ordered to know the truth Will: faculty in the soul ordered to...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 26, 2019 | Practical
Social media is a tool which has great potential for both good and evil. Here are five things to avoid slavery and to use it properly. 1. Cut off your hand Our Lord said vehemently: And if thy right hand scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 24, 2019 | Spiritual
The saints tell us that the last enemy to be defeated is wicked pride: Our eighth and last combat is against the spirit of pride, which evil, although it is the latest in our conflict with our faults and stands last on the list, yet in beginning and in the order of...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 23, 2019 | Spiritual
SERMON XXXI. SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST. – ON HOLY COMMUNION. “A certain man made a great supper.” LUKE xiv. 16. IN the gospel of this day we read that a rich man prepared a great supper. He then ordered one of his servants to invite to it all those whom he...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 20, 2019 | Spiritual
Please see the sources below. Duties of your State in Life A Basic Rule of Life The Ten Commandments The Six Precepts of the Church The Seven Sacraments The Three Theological Virtues The Four Cardinal Virtues The Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit The Twelve Fruits of the...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 18, 2019 | Greek schism
The Latin Church, centered at Rome, gradually lost Greek due to historical reasons. However, the Greek and Latin Fathers were always understood to be of equal authority. We see this in St. Thomas, whose Catena Aurea quotes freely from all Fathers Greek and Latin....
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
Today in the Latin Church (Trinity Sunday) is the particular day in which the Athanasian Creed is said liturgically in the office of Prime. This Creed is the third of the three great creeds of the Latin tradition. By the traditional attribution to the great St...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 15, 2019 | Our Lady
The Blessed Apostle declares to the Galatians: as many of you as have been baptized in Christ, have put on Christ (Gal. iii. 27). The word for “put on” is ἐνδύω which means to sink into clothing. In another place the Apostle, in his passage concerning...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 13, 2019 | Current crisis
One Peter Five has published my article regarding the New Declaration. This is a momentous moment which we must seize upon. I encourage every Catholic to read this document and ask your own bishop to confirm it.
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 12, 2019 | Current crisis
Alleged: in 1978, Cdl. Gagnon gave to Pope St. Paul VI the fruit of his publicized investigation of the curia, documenting widespread moral and financial corruption. This dossier was committed to John Paul I, and then to St. John Paul II. No concrete action was...
by Timothy Flanders | Jun 11, 2019 | Greek schism
One Peter Five has been gracious enough to publish my short apologia against the Greek Schism. I will have a follow up essay which will be longer to expand on many of the issues presented here. In Christ, Timothy S....
