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- 22 August: Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Vetus Ordo), Queenship of Mary (Novus Ordo)
- Daily Rome Shot 1685 – items wonderful and appalling
- 20 August – St. Bernard of Clairvaux the “Doctor Mellifluus”
- “They can always hurt you more.”
- Daily Rome Shot 1684
- REMINDER – 19 August – St. John Eudes on BAD PRIESTS: “a most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world”
- Vatican official “fed” Pachamama during ritual while in Peru
- ASK FATHER: During Covid, the Bishop anointed my niece by means of a Q-tip. Valid?
- Tickets to attend the Beatification of Archbp. Fulton Sheen in St. Louis, 24 Sept
- REVIEW: Sacrament of Anointing of the Sick – “in danger of death”
- Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!
- This is spot on… awful but spot on.
- VINTAGE RECTORY BATHROOM TILES: 06
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 12th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 20th Ordinary)
- Daily Rome Shot 1683
- WDTPRS – 20th Ordinary Sunday (Novus Ordo): snatched up into invisible love
- Daily Rome Shot 1682
- QUAERITUR: Have we brought Jesus Christ closer to the people entrusted to us?
- Patristic Rosary Project – 4th Glorious Mystery: The Assumption
- Daily Rome Shot 1681 – cartoons old and less old
- 15 August – Assumption – Blessing of herbs, flowers and fruit
- This reminds me of something.
- Some good news in Canada
- A message from Card. Burke to readers of Fr. Z’s Blog – August 2026
- Daily Rome Shot 1680
- The Big Lie of Mr. Cricket
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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.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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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.
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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
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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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Monthly Archives: July 2008
QUAERITUR: advice for a wymynpryst wannabe
I tip my biretta to my friends Fr. Blake and His Hermeneuticalness o{]:¬) for links to the blog of, "that blonde", as Fr. Blake quips. It seems that the Mulier Fortis has finally succumbed to the forces of social pressure, … Read More
Good news from St. Louis: reconciliation draws closer
Interesting information from the Archdiocese of St. Louis. You might remember that in that great city there was a bit of a war between the chancery and a national parish with Polish heritage, St. Stanislaus. The parish had fallen into … Read More
Card. Dias to Lambeth: “spiritual Alzheimer’s … ecclesial Parkinson’s”
Damian Thompson has an interesting post at Holy Smoke about the continuing Anglican Lambeth hijinx. My emphases and comments: Anglicans facing ‘spiritual Alzheimer’s’ says Cardinal at Lambeth Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 07:01 AM GMT A senior Vatican Cardinal visiting the … Read More
“That cloud looks like a bunny! …”
How well this sums up some days:
Clapping in church
An interesting piece from Catholic Exchange. My emphases and comments. Hold the Applause: Confessions of a Conflicted Clapper July 22nd, 2008 by Mary Anne Moresco Whenever applause breaks out in the liturgy because of some human achievement, it is a … Read More
SSPX & Womenpriests: similar? dissimilar?
Under another entry, someone suggested that the SSPX and the Womenpriest thingy were similar in some respects. HOW would they be similar? HOW would they be dissimilar? Discuss, and remain civil.
ANGELUS: Interviews with SSPX excomm’d bishops (part I: Fellay)
I received this via e-mail. FYI…. got this from a friend today…. It is an interview with three of the four SSPX Bishops….. Bishop Bernard Fellay Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais Bishop Richard Williamson Angelus Press sent the bishops of … Read More
Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine
Oh brother. Let’s all pitch in and buy the Pope more ermine. Animal rights group protests over Pope’s fur ROME (AFP) — One of Italy’s leading animal rights groups said Monday it was launching an Internet petition to demand … Read More
Liverpool: bad TLM news
Bad news from Damian Thompson: Archbishop scraps plans for Latin Mass parish Tuesday, July 22, 2008, 06:18 PM GMT [General] Miserable news. Last month, it emerged that the Archbishop of Liverpool, Patrick Kelly, was preparing to turn the ailing church … Read More




















