Unlike his immediate predecessor, Pope Leo XIII, and each of his three successors (Popes Benedict XV, Pius XI, and Pius XII), the former Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto was not in the diplomatic service of the Holy See at any time during the nearly forty-five years of his priesthood prior to his rather remarkable election as the Successor of Saint Peter on August 4, 1903. He was not prone to accept the word of diplomats, and he did not suffer lies and misrepresentations easily.

The farm boy from Riese, Italy, who served as a pastor of souls in a rough-and-tumble Italian cow town, Tombolo, and then in Salzano before becoming Bishop of Mantua and the Cardinal Patriarch of Venice, was always close to Our Lady. This tender devotion to Our Lady, which he learned from his saintly mother, helped him to keep close to the sheep even when he was the Vicar of Christ on earth.

Thanks to the sign given him by the life and death of Little Nellie of Holy God, Pope Saint Pius X was the advocate of early First Communion (and early Confirmation) and of frequent Communions. It is no accident at all that the late Joseph Alois Ratzinger/Benedict XVI made no reference to the centenary of Pascendi Dominci Gregis on September 8, 2007. Ratzinger/Benedict made absolutely no reference on August 15, 2010, to the centenary of Pope Saint Pius X's Notre Charge Apostolique, which was a ringing condemnation of the false philosophy of the Sillon that is of the essence of conciliarism. He made no reference to the one hundredth anniversary of The Oath Against Modernism on September 1, 1910.

How could he?

He stood condemned by the very words in these documents issued by Pope Saint Pius X.

So did the man who ignored the one hundredth anniversary of Papa Sarto's death, the late Jorge Mario Bergolio, back on August 20, 2014.

Here is the Collect for today's feast in the Immemorial Mass of Tradition:

"O God, who for the defense of the Catholic Faith and the restoration of all things in Christ didst fill Saint Pius, Supreme Pontiff, with heavenly wisdom and apostolic courage: grant in Thy loving kindness that by following his teachings and examples we may attain eternal rewards. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, Who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, forever and ever. Amen."

Pope Saint Pius X opposed Modernism.

So must we as we refuse any "communion" at all with conciliarism or its false shepherds who are at war with the Catholic Faith. 

As I had a very long and penitential trip on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, the Feast of Saint Giles and the Commemoration of the Twelve Holy Brothers, and had to attend a family errand yesterday, September 2, 2026, the Feast of Saint Stephen of Hungary, I am unable to provide you with a new article now. However, I will be back at work on the next original commentary following a few hours of sleep now. 

Our Lady, Mofher of the Divine Shepherd, 

Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us!

This is a revised and enlarged reflection on Saint Stephen, King of Hungary, who was zealous to convert pagans to the true Faith and thus establish the peace and justice of Christ the King in his land. He is yet another contrast to concilairism's false doctrines of "religious liberty" and "separation of Church and State."'

A new commentary will be posted by this time tomorrow. Thank you.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Stephen of Hungary, pray for us.

Pope Saint Pius X, pray for us.

Well, Robert Francis Prevost, who turns seventy-one years of age in thirteen days, that is, on Monday, September 14, 2026, the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, is continuing to prove himself to be a reliable supporter of idolatry and a willing stooge of the Chinese Communist Party’s so-called Chinese Patriotic Catholic Association.

This commentary has the details.

A republished commentary will appear tomorrow, Wednesday, September 2, 2026, the Feast of Saint Stephen of Hungary, but the next original commentary may not appear until Thursday, September 3, 2026, along with a revised reflection about Pope Saint Pius X on his feast day.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Giles, pray for us.

The Seven Holy Brothers, pray for us.

Yes, the late Mrs. Dolly Parton Dean said in at least two interviews that she was "inspired" as a child to grow up and look like the local "town tramp."

This is not to beat up on the late Mrs. Dean, but to illustrate how those not of the household of the Holy Faith are desperate for "role models" in this passing, mortal vale of tears and not in the rich history of sanctity as exemplified perfectly by Our Lady, the role model for all women, and countless other saints, many of whom preferred death rather than even to give the appearance of immodesty, indecency, or impurity.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Raymond Nonnatus, pray for us.

This is a revised and enlarged version of my reflection on the life of Saint Rose of Lima, a member of the Third Order of Penance of the Order of Preachers of Saint Dominic de Guzman.

Among many other works in her devout life of prayer and austere penances, Saint Rose, who lived among a cluster of saints in Lima, Peru, exhorted the people of Lima to gather in their churches and pray their Rosaries to turn back a pending invasion of their city by a fleet of those virulent anti-Catholics, the Dutch Calvinists. Those hideous people with their diabolical beliefs that have nothing at all to do with Christianity turned back as a result of the Rosaries that were prayed to repel them in their designs to invade Lima and to sack Catholic churches and to desecrated the Most Blessed Sacrament images of the Mother of God.

May we pray to Saint Rose of Lima so that we will remain faithful to the daily recitation of Our Lady's Most Holy Rosary as the powerful weapon, after Holy Mass itself, to turn back the enemies of Christ the King in the world and in the counterfeit church of conciliarism.

Given the fact that the President of the United States of America has ordered the flags on all Federal buildings to fly at half-mast to honor a singer/actress who dressed very immodestly, to say the least, and was very publicly supportive of the sodomite agenda, I am preparing a commentary on the virtue of modesty in dress and deportment that relies principally, although not exclusively, upon Pope Pius XII's November 8, 1957, address on the subject.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Rose of Lima, pray for us.

Saints Felix and Adauctus, pray for us.

Today is the Feast of the Decollation of Saint John the Baptist and the Commemoration of Saint Sabina. I am republishing a revised reflection on this feast.  

I was hoping to have a new commentary posted at this time. However, I am a little tired from the past week or so of work and am also dealing with the continued gastric problems that have gone on for two months even after the enteropathogenic E.Coli infection was treated successfully. Penance is quite indeed better than ever in 2026.

However, I do hope to have the next commentary ready for publiction by around this time tomorrow morning, the Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost and the Commemorations of Saint Rose of Lima and of Saints Felix and Adauctus.

Thank you for your patience as I patiently await the "deluge" of non-tax-deductible financial gifts. (Smile.)

Immaculate Heart of Mary, pray for us now and at the hour of our death.

Saint John the Baptist, pray for us.

Saint Sabina, pray for us.

Once again, the title of this commentary, which was in the process of being written about twenty-four hours ago when I fell asleep in my recliner chair and awoke two hours later before deciding that it was prudent to shut the computer and return to sleep, is self-explanatory.

A blessed Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo to you all.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, pray for us.

Saint Hermes, pray for us.

This is a brief reflection on the Feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo, to which Father Francis X. Weninger's reflection about the great convert to the Holy Faith has been appended.

For the moment, though, I want to include the sixth of Father Wenginger's practical considerations on the life of Saint Augustine of Hippo:

VI. From a hardened heretic, St. Augustine became not only a fervent Catholic, but also a teacher and protector of the true faith. The gift of the Catholic faith he prized above everything, and offered frequently to God most humble thanks for it. "There is no greater treasure," he writes, "no greater honor, no greater good, in this world, than the Catholic faith." From the period of his conversion, he was eager in his endeavors to convert the heretics from their errors, and bring them back into the pale of the true Church, both, by word of mouth, and also by his pen. His most fervent wish was, that all might be Catholics. May you esteem the gift of the Catholic faith more than you have heretofore done. Give thanks to God that He has bestowed this gift upon you. Seek, by words as well as by a truly Christian life, to convert others to the true faith. And, finally, learn from St. Augustine, how you should pass the time which God gives you, when he sends you sickness before your end. Guard yourself against frivolous and idle conversations, do not permit them at your sick bed. Use the time to repent of your iniquities. Let others read to you from a devout book, that you may constantly be occupied with good thoughts. The last days of your life are precious; use them rightly; they never return. Cease not to repent of your sins and to pray God to forgive you, until your last breath; for, the words of St. Augustine are and ever will remain true: " No Christian, however piously he may have lived, should die without repentance." (Father Francis X. Weninger, S.J., On the Feast of Saint Augustin of Hippo, August 28.)

We must always treasure our Catholic Faith and never lose our zeal for helping to bring non-Catholics to the bosom of Holy Mother Church, to correct error in a spirit of a true love of God and for the eternal and temporal good of others, and to never give into any kind of naturalistic view about our own lives or the events of society. We are to view everything through the eyes of the true Faith at all times without any exception whatsoever. Keep it Catholic. Keep it Catholic all the time.

A new commentary will be published within ten to fifteen minutes after the posting of this republished reflection.

Our Lady of the Rosary,  pray for us.

Saint Augustine of Hippo, pray for us.

Saint Hermes, pray for us.

The title is self-explanatory.

A late hour at a time the gastrointestinal problems of the past two months have decided to make a return visit. Penance is better than ever in 2026! 

Thus, I will try to have a new commentary for you by around this time tomorrow.

Once again, non-tax-deductible financial gifts are very welcomed and much needed now.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Pope Saint Zephyrinus, pray for us.

Today, Tuesday, August 25, 2026, is the Feast of Saint Louis IX, King of France, that great exemplar of the Social Reign of Christ the King. Saint Louis was taught by his holy mother, Blessed Blanche of Castile, to prefer death rather to commit a deliberate Mortal Sin. He heard two Masses a day and was a member of the Third Order of Saint Francis, whose patron saint he remains to this day.

Saint Louis strove to rule according to the Mind of Christ the King as He had deposited It exclusively in the Catholic Church, recognizing that he, Louis IX, would have to answer to Christ the King at the moment of his own Particular Judgment for how he ruled his subjects. His letter to his son Philip is a succinct summary of the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. It is a model for how everyone in public life should conduct himself in order to please Christ the King as the devoted client of Our Lady, she who is our Immaculate Queen.

Finally, I can report to you that the next original article for this site is being written and should be completed by this time tomorrow morning. Thank you.

Yesterday's commentary, Benedictus Qui Venit in Nomini Domine, Hosanna in Excelsis, part forty-one, was revised in several places about an hour ago.

Vivat Christus Rex!

Immaculate Heart of Mary, triumph soon.

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

Saint Louis IX, pray for us.