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Yearly Archives: 2018
Attacks on the family
Sr. Lucia said that Satan’s great battle is against the family. Now listen to this. Please, people, try to think. NB especially about 4:00. Family as the “final bulwark”.
My View For Awhile: Capital Edition
After Holy Mass, I dashed to the car and zoomed to not too distant Milwaukee’s aerodrome. I’m off for a quick assault on museums of the nation’s capital and for meetings with a priest and lay people about an upcoming … Read More
Books for boys. Suggested titles and an additional point.
At Crisis there is a good post about 10 Books That Every Boy Should Hazard I warmly approve his use of “hazard”. Thank you. He signals the spirit of this list in a word. The writer, Sean Fitzpatrick, explains: … Read More
Wherein Fr Longenecker schools @JamesMartinSJ
Jesuit homosexualist activist James Martin doesn’t respond to critiques of his position. He can’t. Well… if he did it would have to be along the lines of, “Yes. You are right and I was wrong.” But he’s unlikely to do … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made during the sermon you heard for this 1st Sunday of Lent? Let us know. Mine… If the audio didn’t play immediately, refresh. I had the wrong link for the audio file for a few … Read More
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Commandments are NOT mere “ideals” from which some are excused because, “They’re tooo haaard!” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
With all the chatter these days about virtuous behavior being an “ideal” and jawing about “paradigm shifts” and so forth, I present anew something I posted exactly one year ago today. ___ Originally published 17 Feb 2017 Look. I’m the … Read More
JUST TOO COOL – Cops, ashes, and podcasts
This is just too cool. I have a friend at the 19th Precinct in Manhattan, which covers quite a large stretch of the East Side. On Ash Wednesday one of the Dominicans from St. Vincent Ferrer went to the precinct … Read More
VIDEO Fr. Murray and Prof. Royal on some tough issues
The other day my friend Fr. Gerald Murray and Prof. Robert Royal were on The World Over offering some analysis of present issues. I think you will find it useful. They get into it near the 5:00 mark.
Pontifical Requiem Mass for a great lover of the Church’s sacred liturgy
On this Friday after Ash Wednesday, at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, we bade farewell to a founding member of the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison (TMSM). Please, in your goodness, say a prayer for Jacek Cianciara, … Read More
Role of #MSM in mass shootings: If it bleeds, it leads. Angry @fatherz asks fearful questions
I dunno. What is the role of the MSM in these mass shootings? The networks descend on every mass shooting like vultures and create 24/7 coverage. I wonder if mentally disturbed people don’t fix on these horrors and then copy … Read More
Uncle Mike on Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum: “The post-Conciliar years are mystically analogous to the piercing of the Sacred Heart. It was indeed a “profound wound.” However,…”
