The majority of the media have this Pope pegged for dull, and so they don’t cover him either closely or accurately. Thus, they leap to their Corona’s only when they can sex-up a byline. How’s this? ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE … Read More →
Years ago I heard Card. George tell a large meeting of Catholic journalists that it was our responsibility to report on the life of grace and God’s action in our midst. I have something to report. The fascinating famous parish … Read More →
Today is the commemoration of the 8th c. St. Isaiah, the prophet of the Old Testament. The Martyrologium Romanum has an entry for him. 1. Commemoratio sancti Isaiae, prophetae, qui, in diebus Oziae, Iotham, Achaz et Ezechiae, regum Iudae, missus … Read More →
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On my last PODCAzT I extended a word of thanks to you who have been so supportive of this WDTPRS project. I said I would on Tuesday 8 May say Mass in thanksgiving for you. Yesterday, a friend came for … Read More →
Eventually, things come to light. (AP/FOX NEWS) JERUSALEM — An Israeli archaeologist has found the tomb of King Herod, the legendary builder of ancient Jerusalem and the Holy Land, Hebrew University said late Monday. The tomb is at a site … Read More →
One good turn deserves another. Here is my shot of the blognic mentioned over at The Hermeneutic of Continuity. A shot of the group. You can go over to that other site for the names of the suspects in the … Read More →
When I mention that I (the guy from The Wanderer) and Mr. John L. Allen (of the National Catholic Reporter) are friends, some don’t believe me, though why I cannot tell. Today there was an informal meeting of journalists at … Read More →
RINUNCE E NOMINE , 07.05.2007 NOMINA DEL SEGRETARIO DELLA CONGREGAZIONE PER IL CLERO Il Santo Padre ha nominato Segretario della Congregazione per il Clero S.E. Mons. Mauro Piacenza, Vescovo tit. di Vittoriana, il quale manterrà ad interim gli incarichi di … Read More →
After the death of Msgr. Richard Schuler of St. Agnes in St. Paul (MN), and just before my departure to the USA for his funerl, I sent a letter to the Holy Father to inform him about Msgr. Schuler’s demise. … Read More →
In another entry, there is a comment from frequent participant Jon which deserves to be showcased (my emphases): I had a pleasant surprise yesterday. Bishop Kevin Rhoades, our bishop in Harrisburg, was on hand for a High Mass celebrated … Read More →
Yesterday evening before heading out to supper (which some of you apparently think I should never eat, or at least must eat in a shabby sort of manner) the light was amazing and required photos. Here are a couple shots … Read More →
Over at Shouts I learned of the existence of an episcopal blog. H.E. Most Rev. William Lori, Bp. of Bridgeport, in Connecticut, is now blogging. As an interesting coincidence I also learned of a story on Lifesite entitled "Bishops Conferences … Read More →
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Once again, the Pastor’s Page of the Church of St. John in St. Paul (MN), where Fr. George Welzbacher presides, is worth your effort: Pastor’s Page By Fr. George Welzbacher May 6, 2007 In a recent ruling … Read More →
Over at Rorate there is a story about the SSPXer Bp. B. Fellay who in Lausanne (Switz.) made comments about the Motu Proprio. SSPXer Fellay claims that the Holy Father is sending… well… here is the piece. He [the … Read More →
Today’s PODCAzT delves into s. 53 of St. Maximus of Turin (+c. 456) who shows up for our second selection in the Office of Readings for the 5th Sunday of Easter. I talk about the non-appearance of the Motu Proprio, … Read More →
Pope Benedict sent a letter in Latin to Card. Sodano, whom His Holiness appointed as his delegate to the celebration for the 90th Anniversary of the Apparitions of the Blessed Virgin at Fatima. There is nothing in this letter about … Read More →
Yes, it is finally out. Spiderman 3 has been released! Did you know that tomorrow is the anniversary of the Sack of Rome in 1527? It is the day the new Swiss Guards traditionally make their oaths of service to … Read More →
We are all having fun with conjectures about a date for the Motu Proprio. And it is fun isn’t it? Still we must be realistic about it as well as more than a little resigned. If we retain a sense … Read More →
The excellent and gentlemanly Sandro Magister has a good summary piece on the Holy Father’s weekly Wednesday Audience series on the Fathers of the Church he began on 7 March last. You should check it. There are some good … Read More →
Rome has conspired against my sleeping, alas. This can be a noisy City. Therefore, I chose to spend my time on another PODCAzT, this time on a selection in GREEK … (ugh… I don’t really like Greek), attributed to St. … Read More →
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The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
St. John Eudes
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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