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Monthly Archives: August 2019
Instead of a syncretistic Synod (“walking together”) about the Amazon, here’s a better idea.
If the Instrumentum Laboris and the last two rigged goat rodeos are any indication, the Amazon Synod (“walking together”) is going to be a disaster. Put that along side a milestone. It has been a full year since Archbishop Viganò published … Read More
Posted in Synod, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Synod of Bishops, The Viganò Testimony
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3 Comments
The Devil Wears SJ. The Jesuit Superior General: The Devil is a symbol, not a person.
This week brought us Jesuit Thomas Reese, who undermined faith in transubstantiation. I wrote about that HERE. And Jesuit James Martin is incessantly sowing confusion about same-sex relationships and the Church’s teaching about homosexual acts. Now this. From CNA: Vatican … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Jesuits, Liberals
Tagged can. 751, heresy, Jesuits, Superior General, The Devil
22 Comments
22 Comments
“He would have fled forever, into the hell of exile from God. But the sight of the vestments overcame him.”
I continue my re-reading, after many years, of Taylor Caldwell’s Grandmother and the Priests, savoring a chapter a day, or at least a chapter at a time with unwelcome days delays. Caldwell, not a practicing Catholic, grasped the Catholic worldview and … Read More
22 August: Mary’s Immaculate Heart and Queenship
On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer calendar it is the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. When the angel Gabriel came to Mary he told … Read More
Posted in Our Solitary Boast
Tagged Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queenship of Mary
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ASK FATHER: Getting necessary gear for the Traditional Latin Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: We have been gradually building up our liturgy practice in a little but growing community centered in the traditional Mass. We now have a Sung Mass every Sunday. The altar service includes the Master of Ceremonies, … Read More
PODCAzT 175: Traditional Profession of Faith of Converts
The other day I made a podcast with the Latin that must be used in the traditional rite of baptism. Today I continue on the theme of entrance into the Church with the profession of faith of a convert. The … Read More
ASK FATHER: How to explain the Eucharist to a Jesuit ( @ThomasReeseSJ )?
Four years ago to this day, I posted ASK FATHER: How to explain the Eucharist to a 3 year old? It could be reworked into a post along the lines of: ASK FATHER: How to explain the Eucharist to a … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Jesuits, Lighter fare
Tagged Ed Peters, Eucharist, Fr. Thomas Reese, Jesuits, transubstantiation
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ASK FATHER: Bring pebbles to church so we can make a new altar
The other day at lunch with a friend who was driving through the zone, after hearing a few of the things he had lately encountered in the Church I opined that we are moving from our phase of naive ecclesiastical … Read More
Jesuit Thomas Reese against Transubstantiation. Wherein Fr. Z responds.
Fr. Thomas Reese, SJ, is well known to readers of this blog as a charlatan theologian. He was once the editor of Jesuit-run Amerika, but in 2005 the CDF ousted him due to his stances on the use of condoms, … Read More
PODCAzT 174 and PRAYERCAzT: The Latin of the Traditional Rite of Baptism of a Child
In this PODCAzT, which also serves as a PRAYERCAzT (my somewhat languishing project to provide Latin language help for men learning the TLM) we will hear the minimum amount of Latin required in the rite of Baptism of One Child … Read More
Your Good News
Do you have some good news to share with the readership? Yesterday, Sunday, we had the help of a newish deacon, so that we could have Solemn Mass. More and more young men are taking to the Traditional Roman Rite. … Read More
Monday Morning Brain Jumpstart: some good reading
There are some great reads available today. Try these. Peter Kwasniewski at NLM: The Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of Liturgical Wisdom Nathaniel Peters at Public Discourse: The Rise of the Nones (This one is important.) Jonathan B. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged Brant Pitre, Massimo Faggioli
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“My sons playing Mass ‘against pagans’.
Children at Mass. Ah… children at Mass. They are simultaneously the great consolation of priests and, hopefully, the seniors of a congregation, as they can also be the woe. Look at the average age of people at some suburban parishes, … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged contra paganos, play, play Mass, prayer
15 Comments
15 Comments
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Our attitude at the altar
Was there a good point or two in the sermon which you heard at your Mass in fulfillment of your Sunday obligation? Let us know. For my part, I connected the Gospel parable of the Pharisee and the Publican praying … Read More
That tragic Portland parish, the mistreatment of the priest. Fr. Z’s solution: “Let’s make a deal!”
I have been wanting to post something about this ever since I heard about it, days ago. Others have done yeoman’s work to cover it. For example, LifeSite. The bare bones: At an ultra-liberal parish in Portland – and that … Read More
Is cutting off the money the way to go?
The other day, I posted a question from a reader about a priest who had, for the second year, put out a “gay” flag at the parish for Hubris Week. HERE I suggest that, in a situation like this where satisfaction … Read More
ASK FATHER: Can I wear a scapular on my bullet proof vest?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I want to wear a scapular on my bullet proof vest. The best way to do this is to sew a Velcro patch onto one, but would doing that be considered impious or a mistreatment of … Read More
BeatifyStickler on Daily Rome Shot 1189: “The Sisters have great music. Diocese are going bankrupt and orders are wrapping it all up permanently. These groups are…”
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