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- Robert on Some not Vatican news notes: “There is also a picture of their Prioress presiding on Good Friday in a stole: https://www.mountosb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0523-scaled.jpg Perhaps the good Archbishop…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “The photo above should read: The Sisters of St Scholastica in the diaspora* *their own monastery”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “An interview on “60 Minutes”, what could possibly go wrong?! I am personally disgusted by this and afraid to watch.”
- on “They must make the noise they can, because if they cease for a moment, we hear the calls of sanity and sweetness again…”.: “I can’t believe the “carousel scene” brought tears to my eyes. It must touch something deep in many of us,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1023: “The black bishop taking white’s knight would check white’s king, so it’s not mate in two. Looking at this again…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “It seems to me to be one step away from casting doubt on the whole concept of apparitions especially Marian…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “I think it’s pundit Michael Knowles who often says that the Catholic Church is currently the only institution in the…”
- on Census Fidelium…. Sensus Fidelium… A book: ““I know a sector of the Church which is vital, young and committed. Hey! Let’s persecute them!” Given the historical…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Francis seems to fit his own definition of conservative, as he doesn’t want to see beyond his own opinions.”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “In the movie “Song of Bernadette”, there was an exhaustive commission to investigate Lourdes. Apparitions of Our Lady was serious…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “The attenuation of the role of Diocesan bishops seems to be happening in other areas besides the approval of apparitions…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “Let me get this straight. The Sisters object to what Mr. Butker said in his speech, which as far as…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “The sterility of the historic high altar in the chapel of the Benedictines of Mount Saint Scholastica communicates much about…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1022: “laymen, vagabonds or dirty people”: “@TheCavalierHatherly: Thanks for providing some historical context.”
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Monthly Archives: January 2013
Poking fun at enemies of the 2nd Amendment
At Catholic Vote someone has taken the mickey out of the enemies of the 2nd Amendment and particular out of the opponents of concealed carry weapon licenses. No, wait. Let me correct that. Stricter gun-control advocates generally don’t actually think about the … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged 2nd amendment, concealed carry weapon, gun control
41 Comments
41 Comments
Did Jesus tell the Apostles to buy weapons? Yes. To use them?
I have been thinking through the “gun” controversy. I am also thinking about what it means for me, a priest. For example, what does a concealed carry weapon (CCW) mean for a priest versus for a layperson? Some people will … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, Semper Paratus, The Drill
Tagged 2nd amendment, CCW, concealed, gun control, Luke 22, St. Ambrose
26 Comments
26 Comments
Anti-Catholic appointment to Connecticut Supreme Court
Liberals work to warp society and to undermine the Catholic Church from within and without, through creeping incrementalism. They introduce some odd ball scheme, it gets shot down. They have bumped the paradgim a little bit toward their goal. They … Read More
Posted in Liberals, The Drill, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged creeping incrementalism
19 Comments
19 Comments
Rumor… that’s it… rumor… UPDATED
Sigh… I am going to keep the combox on moderation. A site HERE is reporting rumor that… I have been informed of an upcoming clandestine meeting of clerics who were recently expelled from the FSSPX. These priests were invited to leave … Read More
Posted in New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SSPX, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Archbp. Lefebvre, Bp. Fellay, Bp. Williamson, excommunication, rumor, SSPX
22 Comments
22 Comments
A shot in desperation (no… not about the gun debate) – POLL
When a last shot is all you have! This is making the rounds today with the caption: This video will make you smile So…. did it work?
ENGLAND: 1000 priests and bishops sign letter against redefinition of marriage
Today the UK’s daily The Telegraph published a letter to the editor signed by some 1000 priests and bishops about the Tory party’s attempts to redefine marriage. One quarter of the priests in England. I am proud of my brethren across the … Read More
Of a hand-held radio, a US Senator, a concealed hand gun, and a cri de coeur
When I got interested in Ham Radio, I discovered on YouTube some video offerings from “USNERDOC“, a fellow in Oregon who was in the Navy and is an emergency medicine doctor. He has gotten into Ham Radio, in part, to … Read More
Other-specied hate piece from Eye of the Tiber
From the amusing Eye of the Tiber comes this species-ist hit piece. Why pick on trolls? Tifton, GA–Catholic troll Phillip Karabin, writing under the handle P90XcelsisDeo, has been patiently scouring the internet looking to passionately defend everything he holds dear, his friends are … Read More
Obamic Irony
After the sad election last November, the President joked around with Barbara Walters on ABC about his daughters being surrounded by guns all the time. I am sure that, as a father, he thinks that’s a mighty fine perk. His … Read More
Posted in The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 2nd amendment, guns, Secret Service, self-defense, The West Wing
13 Comments
13 Comments
Friday Salad
It’s Friday and time not to eat meat. The entree was spectacularly… dull. The salad started with my macerating stuff. In the bowl: a splash of decent balsamic vinegar, a jot of olive oil, a small clove of chopped garlic, … Read More
Getting some terms and issues right in the “gun control” debate
The present gun-control debate is being carried out in the MSM and blogsophere mostly by people who don’t know what they are talking about. “Assault weapons!”, they cry, while running in circles. “Eeek! Eeek! We have to DO SOMETHING!” Let’s see … Read More
Posted in The Drill
Tagged AK-47, AR-15, assault rifle, assault weapon, gun control, guns
30 Comments
30 Comments
SOLAR FLARE ALERT! But don’t worry, because “Firedrake Keeps You Safe”! (Short Wave and Ham Radio Fun)
A convergence of events drives me yet again to post, on this bloggily-productive day. First, a TEOTWAWKI Solar Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection and resulting grid killing EMP may be coming…. From SpaceWeather: ACTIVE SUNSPOT: One of the biggest sunspots of … Read More
March For Life VIDEO! Obama for the … Unborn?!?
Some people are getting it. Liberals, even – to their eternal shame liberal catholics – are hijacking pro-life language as a way of promoting strict gun-control as if it were a pro-life issue. What they are really trying to do is silence … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 2nd amendment, Catholic Health Association, Fishwrap, gun control, hypocrisy, LCWR, liberals, March for Life, Nuns On The Bus, Pres. Obama, pro-life
10 Comments
10 Comments
Getting back around to an old idea: confessions DURING Mass
The discussion of confessions during Mass is hardly new to long-time readers of this blog. I’ve dealt with it many times. For example, HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, … This is hardly new also to Catholics who seek out the traditional form of … Read More
Are liberals baffled by the rising of the Traditional Roman Rite? Yes. And terrified.
Over at Real Clear Religion there is something that I am finally getting around to talking about and that you should look at. Here are some high points with my emphases and comments. The Rise of Latin Mass Youth by George … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI, reform, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Economist, traditional Catholics
35 Comments
35 Comments
Abortion/Right-to-Life: NOT a women’s rights issue
For years I have been saying that abortion/right-to-life is the social justice issue of our day, the civil-rights issue, the human rights issue. Liberals shove the unborn to the back of the bus while nattering about all manner of other “social … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged abortion, civil rights, human rights, Pres. Obama, pro-life, Social Justice
13 Comments
13 Comments
Of near-death and resurrection for a great English church
Another great article appeared in the full print and full digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. SUBSCRIBE. This one is about near-death and resurrection. I have long been interested in the near-death experiences of some … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Davies, D. Shrewsbury, Dome of Home, ICK, Liverpool
23 Comments
23 Comments
CH: China awaits its Waugh
The full, online, digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has some excellent pieces this week. I found this one particularly engaging, giving my penchant for Chinese cinema. You can subscribe to the digital, full-edition of … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Catholic Herald, China, Mo Yan, Roy Peachey, Zhang Yimou
6 Comments
6 Comments
A first TLM experience recounted
From a reader: At home for Christmas break from the seminary where I teach, I had occasion to meet with a single mother and daughter whom I befriended when working in a parish internship long ago. The daughter is now … Read More
Robert on Some not Vatican news notes: “There is also a picture of their Prioress presiding on Good Friday in a stole: https://www.mountosb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0523-scaled.jpg Perhaps the good Archbishop…”
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