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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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“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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"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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Daily Archives: 9 September 2008
ZENIT: Fr. McNamara on the TLM and NO together
I was alerted to this by a reader. On ZENIT Fr. Edward McNamara often gives useful answers to liturgical questions. Here is tackles the older, Extraordinary Use of the Roman Rite. Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments. … Read More
13 Sept: Ramsgate, Kent – Missa Cantata – TLM
This just in: There will be a Sung Tridentine / Extraordinary Form / 1962 Missal Mass at St Ethelbert’s in Ramsgate, Kent, this coming Saturday, September 13 at 2.00pm. Everybody is welcome to attend. Whilst we have had low Mass … Read More
14 Sept: Rhode Island – Missa Cantata – TLM
From a reader: Hello Fr. Z.,This Sunday, September 14, a Missa Cantata will be offered at St. Joseph Church, Woonsocket Rhode Island, at 3 p.m. in the afternoon. Propers from the Graduale Romanum and the Missa de Angelis will be … Read More
GREAT BALLS O’ FIRE!
This is in from SpaceWeather! FIREBALL OUTBURST: This morning, Sept. 9th, a surprising flurry of fireballs lit up the sky over eastern parts of the United States. All-sky cameras at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, recorded 25+ … Read More
News from St. Peter’s Basilica
Our friend John Sonnen of Orbis Catholicus, whom I hope to see in a few days in Rome, has a truly interesting report of the goings on in the Vatican Basilica: Revolution Guido: il divertimento a Roma…For the Mons. Guido … Read More
14 Sept. Monterey, CA: Missa Cantata – TLM
From the mail: Sunday, September 14th, at 2:00PM, there will be a Missa Cantata at Mission San Juan Bautista, CA for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, and in Thanksgiving for the one year anniversary of the issuance … Read More
Sen. Obama’s proposal of a “civilian national security force” – deja vu?
Last night I was chatting by phone with a well-informed priest, brilliant and with a vast knowledge of history ancient and contemporary, about various developments political, social and ecclesial. He told me alarming thing which I hadn’t heard before. He … Read More
Off to the Sceptered Isle
ALL: In a few days I will be in England, in the London area and then, perhaps, in the south. I hope to see many good friends there. Also, I will attend the launch of Usus Antiquior on 14 … Read More
11 Sept: Waterbury, CT – Requiem for victims of 9/11
This came via e-mail: The newly designated minor Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Waterbury CT will have a Requiem Mass in the Extraordinary Form for the victims of 9/11 on Thurs 9/11/08 at 7pm. Fr. John Bevins also says … Read More
14 Sept: Univ. of Notre Dame – TLM Missa Cantata
I got word about this event, for the anniversary of Summorum Pontificum. Alas, there is not indication of WHERE or WHEN. Folks, when you send news… please provide details if you want to staple your notes to my telephone pole? … Read More






















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