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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Terror Attack in NYC and YOU. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
The people of New York City has experienced another terror attack. The perp ran people down with a rented truck. When he got out of the truck, he shouted “Allahu akbar”. He was eventually shot and taken alive. In his … Read More
Peter Kwasniewski: “Can anyone deny that there is a de facto schism in the Church?”
ME! ME! ME! I! I! I! MINE! MINE! MINE! We are living in an age when many people think they can do whatever the hell they want and there should be no consequences for them. DO whatever they want? HAH! … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged John Paul II, Peter Kwasniewski
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D. Worcester – Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary granted canonical status
My friend Fr. Jay Finelli let me know a while ago that Bishop of Worcester has granted canonical status to the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Still River, MA. He has this on his site: Congratulations to … Read More
All Saints 2017 – 1 Nov- Holy Day of Obligation – Deliberately fail? Grave sin!
In these United States, be sure to check your parish schedules for Masses. Wednesday 1 November 2017 is a Holy Day of OBLIGATION. For our part, there will be a Missa Cantata at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, WI, in the Extraordinary … Read More
The Three Living and Three Dead and YOU! Also, wherein @fatherz has an idea for @jamesmacm
I read a truly fascinating post at the blog of the British Library for Digitised Manuscripts. It is about medieval trope of the Three Living and Three Dead. Given the time of year this is, it is appropriate and helpful! Excerpt: … Read More
H.L. Mencken in 1923 about translation of sacred texts, liturgy. Hilarious, prophetic, applicable now.
One of you readers here sent this. It is by H.L Mencken, an influential American columnist in the 20th c. He was prodigiously clever, but clever enough to avoid being a fan of Nietzche and an enemy of religion. He … Read More
Catholic League: Attack On Bishop Morlino Is Scurrilous ACTION ITEM!
From the Catholic League: Attack On Bishop Morlino Is Scurrilous October 30, 2017 Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on recent attacks on Bishop Robert Morlino of the Diocese of Madison (Wisconsin): Catholics in the Diocese of Madison are very … Read More
FRANCE: Court Orders Removal of Cross Above Statue of John Paul II
Mesdames et Messieurs… Breitbart reports: French High Court Orders Removal of Cross Above Statue of Pope John Paul II The French administrative court has ordered the removal of a cross from a monument to Saint John Paul II in a … Read More
UPDATE: Yes, the Rosary is a spiritual weapon. A cry for help from @massimofaggioli
I can only interpret Massimo “Beans” Faggioli’s confused statements about the Rosary as a cry for help. Otherwise, what he has repeated is truly dreadful. I have already posted a request to you readers to say the Rosary for him. … Read More
AUDIO Longer St. Michael Prayer. @fatherz calls upon priests and bishops!
I’ve been mentioning – and finding mentions of – St. Michael often of late. I’m praying the longer, mighty St. Michael Prayer daily now. As a matter of fact, I just said it again as an important meeting about which … Read More
What’s next? Beg pardon of the serpent for having brought Adam and Eve to knowledge?
The other day I put a link on the sidebar and on the top menu to a page I made with the longer, original prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. I’ve started to use this prayer daily. The times call … Read More
A priest’s prayers for before and after making his own confession
From an old prayerbook for priests which I’ve had since before my ordination. They are dense with old wisdom. Here are two prayers, in Latin and English, for priests, for before and after they make confession their own confession. I’ve … Read More
Sunday of Christ the King – Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Church’s traditional calendar, this final Sunday in October is celebrated as the Feast of Christ the King. This feast was implemented by Pope Piux XI in 1925 with Quas primas, in the face of secularism, the spread of materialistic … Read More
Thank you to the readership
Everyone, please accept my thanks for your feedback sent by email and by snail mail and for your prayers. Thanks, today especially, for your many birthday greetings. They are an encouragement. Also, some items came from my Amazon Wish Lists, … Read More
Wile E. to Fr. Z.
At Fishwrap today (aka National Schismatic Reporter – a prayer for it HERE), the Wile E. Coyote of the catholic Left, has a round up of stories which interested him. He usually adds some commentary. He picked up on my new … Read More
Posted in Liberals, New catholic Red Guards
Tagged MSW, New catholic Red Guards, Wile E. Coyote, women's ordination
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Benedict and Sarah hater Andrea Grillo says: “Transubstantiation is not a dogma”
The New catholic Red Guards do not rest. They are marching and sloganeering up and down Twitter, pumping the air with their Little Red Books. The cadres are giving their morning orders to the useful idiot lib masses about whom to … Read More
Posted in Liberals, New catholic Red Guards, The Drill, You must be joking!
Tagged Andrea Grillo, Sant'Anselmo, transubstantiation
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Of “Trick or Treat” and portents
The other day I wrote (HERE) of a sense of looming portents. As haruspex I gazed into the liver of beast, and wondered aloud whether some change might be coming to the Temple of Jerusalem (overly dramatic and apocalyptic) or, … Read More
Card. Müller about Luther – Must read!
Let me start with a great quote from what will follow… Amid today’s confusion, [… many people…] believe the Pope is infallible when he speaks privately, but then when the Popes throughout history have set forth the Catholic faith, they … Read More
JUST TOO COOL: Prayer Cards for the priest’s preparation before, thanksgiving after Holy Mass
Just too cool. When I was in Rome for the Summorum Pontificum 10th Anniversary Pilgrimage, a great time, I said Mass at the Priest-Friendliest Church in Rome™, Ss. Trinità dei Pellegrini. In the sacristy there are preserved their niches with … Read More
