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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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“He [Satan] will set up a counter-Church which will be the ape of the Church because, he the devil, is the ape of God. It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. It will be a mystical body of the anti-Christ that will in all externals resemble the mystical body of Christ. In desperate need for God, whom he nevertheless refuses to adore, modern man in his loneliness and frustration will hunger more and more for membership in a community that will give him enlargement of purpose, but at the cost of losing himself in some vague collectivity.”
“Who is going to save our Church? Not our bishops, not our priests and religious. It is up to you, the people. You have the minds, the eyes, and the ears to save the Church. Your mission is to see that your priests act like priests, your bishops act like bishops.”
- Fulton Sheen
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- C.S. Lewis
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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
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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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Both my children will be graduating college this Saturday! They both have a strong faith. The school has a really supportive orthodox Catholic center on campus. This has been wonderful for them. Priest there is great.
One has a job, a place to live, and is waiting to hear back about finalizing part time enrollment in grad school. The other has had several rounds of interviews with the same company and will hear back next week one way or the other.
I am taking Monday off to celebrate.
Midterms went well, had a nice four-day trip to Budapest last week, and cardinal Sarah is coming to my hometown in the end of this month.
I have a ninth grader who is wrapping up an entire year of this excellent class, the first block, the Ancient Greece year. I did not read Plato and Aristotle until college! He took part in weekly socratic dialogues on the readings (a few we listened to using librivox, as they were intended to be listened to) and his insights were fantastic! Even with many trials of all sorts, he persevered and is now looking forward to Ancient Rome year. I think most commentators here will agree that there is more to life than being just book smart, that thinking in an orderly way and learning how to communicate with others is vital in our times, and for this, reading and contemplating the ancient philosophers with other young people and a knowledgeable guide who listens astutely and responds with encouragement and challenge is a journey towards orderly thinking par excellence. Hey in connecting him to this class, I think I did at least the one thing…maybe some others, depending on who tells it…
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My youngest is graduating from high school on Friday; God has blessed our business with some great new employees; we have a crisis in our parish, and a handful of us gathered last night in the Church and prayed a rosary for God’s help. Thank You, God!
I was received into the Catholic Church in 1961, Sacred Heart Church, Hollister,CA. I just learned that this old church has been designated the new home of the TLM community in that area. This is worthy of a pilgrimage. I will pray for the benefactors who brought me into the church.
Two great blessings for my parish.
Bishop Thomas J. Tobin, (our ordinary), is coming celebrate the 5th Anniversary of our Adoration Chapel with a Mass of Thanksgiving and Eucharistic Procession on Corpus Christi.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider is coming to Holy Ghost on June 27 – 29. Talk, Solemn Vespers and Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Faldstool.
my formerly very liberal oldest daughter has become a very traditional wife and mother with some very conservative values, she even is speaking to me more frequently about the issue of abortion…wonderful how becoming a wife and mother can change a person and also the faith planted through practice and defence of it helps, and of course God’s grace.
My son was accepted into Seminary right out of High School. My Diocese is doing a wonderful job of talking to these young men at an early age and inspiring them with young, hard-identity Catholic Priests. He serves the Extraordinary Form Mass and I believe it played an important roll in forming him. Please pray for him.
My fiance and I were blessed yesterday to find a priest to agree to celebrate our Nuptial Mass and ceremony in the Extraordinary Form! Deo Gratias!
On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, after having made a private temporary vow of virginity for the past three years, I will be making it perpetual!
How beautiful the Holy Spirit is! I am humbled and filled with joy by how the Lord speaks when I am open to listen! When we say yes to the little things that He asks of us, He will work through little things! So many little things that I thank God for: the little moments with my kids, how busy schedules work out in just the right ways, how He can use the most simple thing as a chance to teach me, He is working miracles for what seems impossible!
I’ve heard of a Jesuit who doesn’t like the Opus Dei. Today I understood why. They concelebrated a Mass in the Cathedral of the diocese with the Bishop as main celebrant for the feast of Bl. Alvaro. It was one of the most reverent Novus Ordo Masses I have ever attended. Songs were in Latin (Regina Caeli, Gloria, Sanctus/Benedictus, [for communion] Adore Te Devote, Jesu, Rex Admirabilis, [recessional] Laudes Regiae). Cassocked priests. Chasuble-d concelebrants. Appropriately dressed laity. Congregation knelt throughout the entire Eucharistic Prayer (The diocesan liturgists maintained that the congregation OUGHT to stand from the memorial acclamation until the Agnus Dei, even if the president of the Bishops’ Conference already said that this modification never received a recognitio from Rome.) No hand holding during the Our Father. Priests distributed communion on the tongue with patens used. I’d still prefer the EF anyday, but it’s nice to see the Novus Ordo offered reverently.
Just visited the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse. Beautiful! Cardinal Burke has spared no expense there. Staffed by the Franciscans of the Immaculate too. Soon to visit the approved apparition site near Green Bay. Enjoying time with Wisconsin relatives. Ave Maria!
My son with young children has a new job, and it has not only a salary increase, but more Paid Time Off, which he has seriously been wanting in order to be more involved with his kids.
Installation Mass tomorrow afternoon for new Archbishop in my geographic Archdiocese. Bishop of Canonical Eparchy unexpectedly retired several days ago so am still low on Bishops.
Our parochial vicar celebrates his first TLM this week, and first ordination anniversary next week.
We just found out we’re expecting our fourth child. The Lord has been so generous to us.
Last month we spent a long weekend in Chicago, visiting the Art Institute and Sears Tower, and culminating in Mass at St. John Cantius, a gorgeous church. Unfortunately due to our flight schedule and the ridiculous amount of time you have to allow for security, we had to go to the early EF Low Mass rather than the glorious High Mass.