Status Without Merit?
Men who aspire to honor should fear status without merit.
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The Fruit of the Virgin
Michael Aguilera
Nov 85 min read
The Decay of Catholic Sense and "Luce"
We cannot assess the new "mascot" of the upcoming jubilee without understanding Catholic Sense and aesthetics.
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Michael Aguilera
Sep 153 min read
Nobility, the Composers of Civil and Cultural Unity
Elites play the strings of society to produce a harmonious whole.
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 41 min read
ON PERSUASION: OVERTAKING
The Demons of the Air seek to make men in their image; wild, rough, vulgar, rude, and silly...
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 15, 20232 min read
Adding Rhythm and Harmony to the Speech and Movement is to Angelicize Oneself
Cultivate good taste in sound by pondering upon the kinds of movements a certain melody married to a rhythm can elicit. When a man of...
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Michael Aguilera
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Beginning a Traditional Family is Like Beginning a Religious Order But in the Temporal Sphere
Dear brothers and sisters in Mary, To form a family is to form a religious order in the temporal sphere. The patriarch, its crown, by his...
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Michael Aguilera
Oct 25, 20232 min read
Restoring Aristocracy: The Lower Classes Transfigure Society and Stimulate the Economy
Dear brothers and sisters in Mary, In times past the demand of the workplace forged refined citizens. Not a demand necessarily of...
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Michael Aguilera
Aug 9, 20232 min read
A Beautiful Harmony, the Father's Authority, and the Mother's Piety.
God created two marvelous melodies-- the father's authority and the mother's piety. And both have distinguishing notes, finely tuned by...
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 21, 20233 min read
Faith Without Beautiful Works is Dead... A Culture of Beauty Has Great Faith
The notion of beauty in all of our works from our gaze to the building of a cathedral is not merely extrinsic to faith but intrinsic.
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 8, 20235 min read
If the Upper Classes Ensure a Virtuous Society, What is Done When They Grow Lax?
Pope Pius XII in his allocutions to the Roman Patriciate and Nobility shares a well-known fact. "Society progresses and raises itself up...
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Michael Aguilera
Jul 6, 20231 min read
"Let neither prosperity elate nor adversity perturb." ~ St. Gregory the Great
Rulers, patriarchs, prophets, and warriors ought to listen to this Mighty Doctor. "Him let neither prosperity elate nor adversity...
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