Sitemap - 2026 - Tradition and Sanity
Pilgrims to Beatitude: St. Ambrose of Milan & St. John Henry Newman
The End of the Church, or Merely the End of Illusions?
The Ambitious, Scheming, Brightly Self-Righteous Bureaucrat (Part 1)
All Souls Will Someday Be Joined by All Bodies
The Culture of a People is the Incarnation of Its Religion
Of Incense and Angels in the Vetus Ordo
Sacred Music, the Need for Beauty, and the Beatific Vision
“In looking at Him I found strength and abandonment”
What the SSPX Should, and Should Not, Have to Accept
“The Highest and Holiest Expression of the Thought and Intelligence of the Church”
A City Set on a Hill Cannot Be Hidden
Videos of Recent Lectures, Upcoming Events, and a Castellani Anthology
Three Decrees & More Than Three Headaches
Understanding the Pope as “Rock”: How Christ and the Faith Ground the Institution of the Papacy
Will Life Return to Cathedrals?
A Feast of Contemplative Poesy: Claudel’s “Five Great Odes”
Relaunching and Revitalizing the Tradition & Sanity Substack: Major Updates
Benedict XVI: A Personal Appreciation
A Veritable Feast of Fine Reading
Fr. Fessio’s “Reasons Against Women Acolytes and Lectors”
Is Traditionalism a Dead End? Or Is It the Only Way Out?
Stephen Clark on the Noetic and Narrative Structure of Reality
Saint Francis of Assisi, Knight of Christ
The Traditional “Lex Orandi” Has the Power to Restabilize a Church That Has Lost Its Bearings
Why Did So Many Artists and Intellectuals Resist the Abolition of the Latin Mass?
Drive-Thru Devotion & The Old Holy Week
“Faithful souls receive that divine and heavenly Fire, in this world, in secret...”
Incense: Sacramental of Devotion
Can We Love Tradition Too Much?
A Fascinating Fusion of Chinese Wisdom and Carmelite Spirituality
From Caveman to Grok: The Larger Context of LLMs
Has the Church “Always Been in Crisis” (and So, Trads Are Exaggerating the Problem)?
Ildephonso Cardinal Schuster’s Commentary on the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict
“But What About the Other Six?”: Tradition Beyond the Mass
How the Assumption of Mary Parallels the Ascension of Christ
Conservatives Are Running Out of Arguments Against the Traditionalists
Clarity on a Topic Too Unclear to Most
A Tentative Defence of the Luminous Mysteries
Bardolf, Agincourt, and Henry V as a Catholic King
“Between Rome and Rebellion”: Learning Our History as Traditionalists (Part 2)
A Lesson in the True Spirit of the Jesuits
Backpacking Memories from Wyoming
“Between Rome and Rebellion”: Learning Our History as Traditionalists (Part 1)
The Itinerary: A Traditional Prayer for Pilgrims and Travelers
Microphones and Speakers Dilute and Diffuse the Liturgy
Why Christian Monarchy Makes Sense
Five Years of Injustice Against Tradition-loving Catholics
Learning the Proper Christian Use of Media—Especially Movies & Music
Understanding the Conflicted Soul of Paul VI
Pope Paul VI as Anti-Modernist?
"O My America!": Two Very Different Forms of Patriotism
Dialogue, Synodality, and the Nullification of Doctrine
A Profession of Faith in the Papacy
Placing Vatican II in the Context of Church History, and Seeking Remedies for the Crisis
The Novus Ordo Has Not Been “Received”—Nor Should It Be
The Land of PBJ: A Parable for Our Times
Your Map and Compass to the TLM’s Rich Symbolism
Vigilius, Vatican I, and the Specter of Hyperpapalism
The Mass & the Missions, Part V: The Mission Parishes of San Antonio, Texas
“You are dismissed, major! This meeting is over! Now get out! Go!”
We Do, In Fact, Like the Latin Mass
How Is Vatican II Perceived by Faithful Catholics?
Can Pagans Be Virtuous? Can They Be Saved?
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 6
How to “Know More Than All the Secrets of the Universe”
Bugnini, Francis, Paul: Who’s Most Radical of Them All?
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 5
Modernity’s Black Magic and the Sophianic Vision of Christian Theosis
Not “the Silly Season” but “the Satanic Season”
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 4
St. John, Greatest Poet of Theology
What Should Catholics Think of Bonhoeffer?
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 3
A Young Man Tries a Postconciliar Vocation and Discovers Tradition
A Less-Discussed But No Less Serious Error in “Amoris Laetitia”
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 2
The Bishop for the Hour: Athanasius Schneider and the Battle for the Catholic Faith
Piety Toward Tradition: Not a Choice but a Given
Introduction to Medieval Philosophy, Part 1
“Know God, and You Will Increasingly Know Yourself”
A Survey of the Best Writing on the SSPX Situation
The Case for Hereditary Legislators
“In Scorning the Eternal, They Adored the Contingent”
History Repeats: How the Dutch Council of the 1960s Anticipated Bergoglian Synodality
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #8
Looking for Liturgical Love in All the Wrong Places
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Pelican+ Partners with Substack in Multi-Outlet Model
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #7
Christ’s Life Is the Church’s Life
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #6
The Mass and the Missions, Part IV: Margaret Clitherow, the Pearl of York
Come Nearer to the Wedding Feast of Heaven
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage #5
St. Benedict in the Life of St. Thomas Aquinas
Anarchy or Unity, Politics or Peace
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage, #4
The Future of Tradition: Surviving in a World of Counterfeits
Letter to a Catholic Bewildered by Church Crisis
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage, #3
Behold Thy Mother: Meditating with the Stabat Mater
Traditional Sacramental Rites: More Needed Than Ever
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage, #2
Should We “Despise Earthly Goods”?
Annual Basic Training vs. Running from the Truth
A Poem, a Prayer, and a Passage, #1
The Unlikely Prophet Jonah as a Model for Us in Lent
How to Soften a Hard Heart During Lent
Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, February 14, 2026
Erasmus’s Critique of Paul VI’s Liturgical Reform
Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, February 7, 2026
On Obedience, the Crisis in the Church, and the SSPX
Candlemas and the Marian Miracle of Constantinople
A Special Septuagesima Message to My Substack Readers
Dr. K's Weekly Roundup, January 31, 2026
Why (Some) Latinists Oppose the Traditional Mass
Mailbag of Reactions For and Against AI
Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, January 24, 2026
The Fiery Meditations of a Soul Inflamed with Love (Part 2)
The Fiery Meditations of a Soul Inflamed with Love (Part 1)
Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, January 17, 2026
What Should We Do When Faced with Two Religions?
Covenant, Cultus, Culture: Walking by the Light of Christ
Dr. K’s Weekly Roundup, January 10, 2026
How AI Diminishes Our Humanity—and Our Honesty