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Monthly Archives: February 2014
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. I get many requests by … Read More
More perversion of something that was good.
I am not making this up. From Breitbart: GIRL SCOUTS HIRE LESBIAN AS CHIEF ‘GIRL EXPERIENCE OFFICER’ As millions of moms consider digging into pocketbooks for Girl Scout cookies this year, they may be interested to know about the hiring … Read More
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QUAERITUR: What to do about people being late for Mass?
From a reader: QUAERUNTUR: I recently moved and in my new parish I notice that on a consistent basis approximately 5- 10% of the congregation shows up late to mass. The majority of those that are late generally arrive within … Read More
ASK FATHER: Converting to Catholicism. Do we need convalidation of marriage?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am in RCIA and am scheduled to be confirmed at Easter. I was raised Baptist and baptized as a teenager, as was my husband, but we had both left church and were only married civilly. I … Read More
1 year ago today: Benedict XVI’s pontificate ended
It has already been a year. What a roller coaster. What I posted last year, as Benedict resigned. HERE
So a Lesbian walks into a Muslim barbershop…
… a lawsuit ensues. This story underscores something increasingly common: more and more people want to force you to their will and they will use intimidation and government agencies and violence to force your conformity. Let’s watch what happens, when … Read More
@Pontifex Latin Tweet
Each day there are tweets from Pope Francis’ account. They post more or less the same content in different languages. Someone is busy! Today we have this, in Latin: Debiliores domi ultro curamus. Qua re humani generis ne imbecillitatem neve … Read More
ASK FATHER: Resources about Traditional Mass for newbies
From a reader… Quaeritur: Can you provide or refer me to a resource that explains the beauty of the Traditional Mass for those who have never experienced it – in a simple and easy-to-understand way? A soft-of Traditional Mass for … Read More
Did the Last Supper enable the sex abuse scandal?
Ex-priest and Fishwrap beacon of light Eugene Cullen Kennedy, still alive, has a mundivagant piece at said Fishwrap (aka the National Schismatic Reporter) entitled “Did the Council of Trent enable the sex abuse scandal?” No, really. He went there. He … Read More
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Pope Francis’ Holy Week Schedule
In today’s L’Osservatore Romano I saw the Holy Father’s upcoming schedule for Holy Week. Notice anything interesting? What we won’t be seeing:
Economics of SEX
This video caught my eye, since I posted on the sidebar that I was reading Jay Richard’s Money, Greed, and God: Why Capitalism Is the Solution and Not the Problem (which the people who helped Francis write Evangelii gaudium could … Read More
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JUST TOO COOL: Is there a way to put this on my wish list?
If only I could put THIS on my amazon wishlist! This is an 1849 Colt .31 caliber revolver made for the Pontifical Swiss Guards! Documentation indicates that some of these revolvers were sent “either to Vatican guards or possibly to … Read More
RECENT POSTS and THANKS and MASS FOR BENEFACTORS
Remember to check the YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS thread. And now… JUST TOO COOL: Is there a way to put this on my wish list? GUEST POST: The fruits of ‘ad orientem’ worship in a parish. From the Religion of … Read More
From the Religion of Peace: 9 Year Old Christian Girl, Raped For 19 Days
Via the European Freedom Initiative: Muslims Capture 9 Year Old Christian Girl, And Brutally Rape Her For 19 Days A nine year old Christian girl in Jordan was captured by Muslims who brutally raped her for 19 days. She was … Read More
Could Pope Francis be the one to reconcile the SSPX?
At CMR Pat Archbold offers that, if Pope Francis can reach out so cordially to Protestants gathered at a conference, even send a video, then why shouldn’t he reach out to the priests and bishops of the SSPX. A darn … Read More
Had this been a photo of Benedict XVI…
… the mainstream media would probably have written: POPE MAKES KID CRY, ENJOYS IT Instead, it is Pope Francis, so people just go “Awwwww….”
Pres. Obama to ObamaCare comrades: “The work you’re doing is God’s work.”
This from WSJ: President Says ObamaCare Volunteers Doing ‘God’s Work’ [?!?] Barack Obama speaks to his old campaign comrades [That’s the right word.] at Organizing for Action. HOLY OBAMACARE Last night in Washington President Obama addressed the national meeting of Organizing … Read More
