On the 1st Monday of October the Supreme Court of the United States begins its new season.
There are now six Catholics on the SCOTUS. In the history of the Court there have only been twelve.
This morning was the Red Mass to mark the beginning of the judicial season.
I pray to God the Justices begin their hard deliberations in the state of grace.
Your use of my Amazon link is a major part of my income. It helps to pay for insurance, groceries, everything. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance.
Try AmazonFresh Free Trial
Shop Amazon Gold Box - New Deals. Everyday
Shop Amazon Gift Cards - Instant Delivery or Free One-Day Shipping
Try Prime Discounted Monthly Offering
And you do need a Kindle! - HERE
Kindle Unlimited Membership Plans
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
A Daily Prayer for Priests
Nota bene: I do not answer these numbers or this Skype address. You won't get me "live". I check for messages regularly.
WDTPRS
020 8133 4535
651-447-6265
on Dates of the Presidential Debates and Feast days.NOCatholic: Interesting. "WVC can speak for himself if he wants." Of course. He doesn't need your permission- just our host's....
on ASK FATHER: Some say @TaylorRMarshall, Tim Gordon, Archbp. Vigano are schismatic. Is this true?”So technically Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi are only heretical and apostastic in theory until a binding authority, the Pope(?),...
on Dates of the Presidential Debates and Feast days.I have to admit, the demise of Ruth Bader Ginsburg this evening resulting in a Supreme Court opening, will make... on Dates of the Presidential Debates and Feast days.@Semper Gumby: WVC can speak for himself if he wants. I can't help noticing you are fond of complaining about...
on The Ass. of Catholic Priests vape against AG Bill BarrThe Prayer Breakfast is being held virtually due to COVID. Anyone who wants to can sign up for free on...
on 17 September – St. Robert Bellarmine – Doctor and Pot Scrubber of the ChurchFather, we were talking here at home and puzzling over "His writings are being translated into English from Latin, at... on Dates of the Presidential Debates and Feast days.WVC: Good points. NOCatholic: You are now accusing WVC of "personal animosity" simply because he is communicating a different perspective....
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINEThere is a presumption that one belongs to a "TLM community". For others, (non TLM community Catholics) some of the...
on Since “Black Lives Matter”, nota bene! New pro-life film released today: Divided Hearts of AmericaRemember: When ordering pizza Black O-Lives Matter on Dates of the Presidential Debates and Feast days.@WVC: Thanks for the clarification. But it appears you are now projecting "personal animosity" on the people I identified previously... on ANOTHER priest with an invalid baptism. Fathers! Review the videos of your baptism! ACTION ITEM!JesusFreaks84 says, Blech…I’m increasingly considering asking after Mass if Father thinks that a “supplying” ceremony isn’t in order. But I...
on REVIEW – TLM ORDO for 2021 by Romanitas PressLouis is going great work at Romanitas! I highly recommend his other materials as well. He is very detailed. on Not all is dark in the Church. Tradition is flooding back!To clarify, when I said "accessible" I did not mean "available". Rather, I meant that the ability of someone not...
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINEI agree...Some questions are kind of meh. Since our TLM was suspended due to the virus and we are working...
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINEI don't live in the USA, but I took the survey anyway. I wish with all my heart I could...
on VIDEO: How are newcomers to the Traditional Latin Mass treated?I was treated better and welcomed more at the TLM parish in comparison to the various Novus Ordo parishes that...
on The Ass. of Catholic Priests vape against AG Bill BarrFor what it's worth, Members are "priests in good standing in dioceses and religious communities". They also invite people to...
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINE@JakeMC - might be your web browser. I just finished the survey without any problems. 
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINEMy newer bishop (he has been here almost three years) is more "tradition friendly." I hope he gets to stay...
on ACTION ITEM! Traditional Latin Mass Survey ONLINEThere seems to be a problem at the site at the moment; I just tried to go to the survey,...
My "challenge coin" for my 25th anniversary of ordination in 2016.
Want one? I do exchanges with military and LEOs, etc. and you can make a donation.
Loading ...If you travel internationally, this is a super useful gizmo for your mobile internet data. I use one. If you get one through my link, I get data rewards.
Loading ...
They find you a pro-life agent in your area who commits to giving a portion of the fee to a pro-life group!
Help Monks in Wyoming (coffee – UPDATED LINK) and Norcia (beer) and the wonderful "Soap Sisters" of Summit, NJ!
Please follow me on Twitter!
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
I went to the Red Mass at St. Matthew’s Cathedral the first year I became a Catholic in 2004 – interesting experience. I won’t go again, but I will continue to pray for our Supreme Court Justices…..especially those Catholics who have been marked with a sign of grace, that they be open to the Holy Spirit and the will of God, that they see that only in recognizing the dignity of the human life from natural conception to natural death, can we really be a country of justice and freedom.
Amen.
Am curious to see if our newest justice attends. The articles at the time of her confirmation indicated she was a bit CEO.
I was there. Couldn’t see everyone from the back of the SRO congregation, but Justice Sotomayor was there. I don’t know that she or even Justice Kennedy has given the public scandal that would preclude the propriety of receiving Communion, but Biden has certainly given such scandal. (I think the scandal is the relevant thing here, inasmuch as a public advocate of abortion could have made a good Confession and truly repented right before Mass, but public reception of Communion would still be wrong until the scandal was addressed publicly.)
Good, even very good, liturgy given that it was a vernacular versus populorum Propers-free NO with all the obligatory nods to multi-culti lay participation. Nowhere near as bad as the Pope’s Nationals Stadium Mass. Brief subtle mention of justice for “those who don’t even have names yet” in a nice erudite homily directed at the legal community and one strong pro-life prayer of the faithful.
The most powerful moment for me was after Mass, as I stood with the pro-life Catholic protestors who challenged our betters in the Church and government to stand up for life, and who also promised them our prayers. One of the priests, a young concelebrant still vested, came over and thanked the protestors for their witness, asked for their prayers for strength for himself and all priests, and gave them his blessing. A Man of God among men. Thank you, Father, whoever you are.
It was yesterday (Sunday the 4th) in DC, by the way.