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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.
St. John Eudes
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- C. on 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.: “I support the Holy See in this, but I hope they have considered one alternative: Reduce the penalty to suspension…”
- Bev on 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.: ““Let your word be ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no.’ More than this is from the evil one.” -Matthew 5:37 The…”
- CasaSanBruno on 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.: “I wonder if Fernandez even wrote that. It makes no mention of kissing and other similar activities. It’s all so…”
- Crysanthmom on 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.: “To be excommunicated from the Ape of the Catholic Church? Hmm, doesn’t really sting, does it? After Report No. 9…”
- CasaSanBruno on 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.: “Given the Cardinal’s bibliography and the sodomitical synod’s latest hijnx, it makes you ask what the sspx is separating itself…”
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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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- Ascension Thursday and Lordly Feet
- ROME 26/5– Day 49: short
- 13 May: Statement by Prefect for the Doctrine of the Faith about the 1 July SSPX consecration of bishops. Fr. Z makes a plea.
- ROME 13 May 609 – Exorcism, screaming demons, terrified people fainting
- Dealing with some misleading … not quite fake… news
- ROME 26/5– Day 48: Good news
- Vestment Instruction from The World’s Best Sacristan™
- ROME 26/5– Day 46 & 47: Shall I tell you a story?
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- WDTPRS – 5th Sunday after Easter (V.O.): Liturgical goop. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- ASK FATHER: A point about papal pronouncements and the truth
- WHEREIN FR. Z offers a new project: rescue, restore a spectacular set of vestments – UPDATED
- ROME 26/5– Day 46: Details and a Bell
- ROME 26/5– Day 45: Fr. Z gives you the bird
- 8 May – Happy Feast of Mary… under which title?
- 8 May – Indulgence for the Supplication to Our Lady of Pompeii (twice a year)
- ROME 26/5– Day 44: I didn’t expect roses.
- REVIEW: New biography of the late and truly great Michael Davies
- ROME 26/5– Day 43: Res clamat Domino
- If “full communion” with Rome requires full acceptance of ALL of Vatican II, then, by that standard, many Catholics are lacking “full communion”
- “The law speaks of brotherhood and fatherhood. Many priests experience managerialism and abandonment.”
- Be sure to take in Diana Montagna’s “Substack” today
- ROME 26/5– Day 42: Keeping up my end
- ROME 26/5– Day 41: Groovy
- St. Monica, her incipient alcoholism, the intervention that saved her. WORLD HISTORY CHANGING in an INSTANT!
- Three Precious “Moments of Sharing” in Fr. Z’s Neighborhood
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- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 4th Sunday after Easter (N.O. 5th Sunday OF Easter)
- ROME 26/5– Day 39 & 40: A True Scoundrel
- WDTPRS – 5th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo): The prayer’s very word order reveals God’s love – UPDATED/CORRECTED
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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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Heavens, I don’t think I’ve ever had to read that much during a trailer….
Interesting. Standing by with Church Militant Field Manual in one hand, Combat Rosary in the other…
Nicely produced, but I have no idea whatsoever of what it is I’m looking forward to. A book? A movie? A crusade?
There is a lot of spirit in that one! Ah, give strength to those that stand and fight. For too long we have sit idly by and been overrun by modernism. Too long have we been content to not raise our voice to the onslaught of ‘toleration’. Too many are the voices that are afraid of conflict and challenges. Growing are those that are willing to fight, prayerfully, and at our own parishes. We are spreading the church militant book around as much as we can. We are trying to create core groups of people who will be faithful and support our priests, bishops and clergy. God is good. Thank you Fr. Z. The occurrences of today, the courage of those bishops and cardinals speak to the support they are getting in prayer. May God be praised!
JPII – 30 years – Resembles 3 years of Christ’s Mission on Earth..
Benedict – The Church(Like Christ) going through a Palm Sunday; dressed like a King, in all majesty.
Francis – The Church (Like Christ) will humble herself and wash the feet or everyone, will show Mercy to Judas, will pray for him, will give him communion, but still will be betrayed by Judas, and denied by his Apostles (Bishops) and Go through the Agony in the garden and will be arrested and outlawed and judged and ordered to death.
Next Pontiff – Good Friday and the Church (Like Christ) will die; The world will think the Church is rid off.
The Pontiff after Next : Holy Saturday – Church be under ground with the Tomb
And the Next Pontiff: Will be resurrected Church – All the evil will be rid of it.
Let us all not abandon the church at this crucial moment. Let us be silent and prayful like Mother Mary was, St John was. Let us be with patient, prayer, penance and perseverance. The whole world thought they got rid of Christ, and so the world will think it got rid of His Church; But there is a resurrection. Let us be prayful. Even the Angels cannot prevent this… For the God want to separate Sheep from the goat
Is MouseTemplar’s comment a clue about who is behind this initiative, whatever it is? “Marian Chivalry” does sound familiar.
My parish are good people but to me they are like the pirates who don’t do anything.