Category Archives: De Novissimis: Four Last Things

QUAERITUR: Writing sins on a card and burning it instead of confession.

Posted on 23 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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From a readerette:
I went to church this wednesday to a Lent conference. The guest Father organized a “write your sins in a card, be absolved and burn your sins” ceremony.
Is my understanding that you have … Continue reading →

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Bp. Morlino provides some reminders about why we “Rejoice”, in this 4th week of Lent.

Posted on 21 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Life got ya down?  Irritated and depressed by the kulturkampf raging and the attacks of the Obama Administration on the freedom of all Americans?
Laetare, Ierusalem!
I have written before about His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison.  He … Continue reading →

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Msgr. Bux to SSPX: “Come take part in this blessed future in which we can already foresee dawn, despite the persistent darkness. “

Posted on 20 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Monsignor Nicola Bux, a consultor to the CDF and to the Office of Pontifical Ceremonies, etc., (originator of what I call the Bux Protocol - which every priest and bishop should remember that people may invoke!) has written a letter to … Continue reading →

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“If I were the Devil…”

Posted on 20 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Liberals demand that you deny common sense and they reduce the supernatural to the natural.
Paul Harvey on 13 October 1964

The third session of Vatican II was going on when this was on air.

Technorati Tags: 13 October 1963, America, culture, devil, … Continue reading →

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“The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that…”

Posted on 17 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I don’t often post about apparitions of Our Blessed Mother, though I pay diligent attention to those which are approved by the Holy See and some attention to those which have the approval of local bishops.
With that in mind, here … Continue reading →

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Of penance and preparation and pilgrimage

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We are headed into a time of true spiritual warfare.  The signs of this are thick in the air about us now.
We would do well to get ourselves ready.  We need good examinations of conscience, good confessions, good Communions - always GOOD Communions. … Continue reading →

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Interesting Glen Beck video

Posted on 16 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Several people sent me a video of Glen Beck talking about “The Vatican”.
He is a bit out of his depth in how he speaks about the workings of the Church and higher levels of leadership, but he gets around to … Continue reading →

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Pro-abortion bigot group attacks Catholics in Hell’s Bible paid ad. Catholic League explains.

Posted on 11 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From the Catholic League:
FRONTAL ASSAULT ON CATHOLICISM
MARCH 9, 2012 BY ADMIN
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments as follows:
Never has there been a more vicious anti-Catholic advertisement in a prominent American newspaper than the one in today’s New York Times[Hell's Bible] … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Lent (1962MR): “When the hand of the priest is extended over you, you are sheltered from the attacks of hell.”

Posted on 10 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In ancient Rome on this 3rd Sunday, catechumens who desired to enter Holy Church and be baptized at Easter would be lead in a great procession to the Basilica of St. Lawrence “outside-the-walls” where they had been on Septuagesima Sunday.  … Continue reading →

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Evil consequences of evil positions

Posted on 10 March 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is appalling. It is hard to wrap my mind around this evil thinking.
Remember: In their religion, abortion is a sacrament.
From CNS:
Were Congress to outlaw the transporting of a minor without her parents’ permission across state lines to get an … Continue reading →

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