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Monthly Archives: July 2020
VIDEO: More Communion Disaster – “Pax Christi” @PaxChristiEP of @ArchdioceseSPM. UPDATED
UPDATE: A priest friend of mine in the Archdiocese just informed me that this sacrilegious farce was shut down. Thanks be to God. I’ll leave the post, however, as a record of their nuttiness and as a warning to other … Read More
Posted in You must be joking!
Tagged Archd. St. Paul and Minneapolis, Communion, sacrilege
28 Comments
28 Comments
My View For Awhile: MSN again
The conference is over and I’ve once again entered Airportland through the looking glass. PIT was even more desolate than last time. Here is my light reading. US HERE – UK HERE Is that a cool title or what? At … Read More
A Bishop discovers the impact of the Traditional PONTIFICAL Mass
This story was able to warm the cockles of even my beady black heart. I encourage you to read the whole thing. There are lovely insights. From the National Catholic Register: A US Bishop Discovers the Traditional Latin Mass Bishop … Read More
Who is funding the violence?
From Lepanto Institute: Violence Erupts as More Catholic-Funded Groups call for Defunding of Police This June witnessed a massive explosion in violent crimes in major urban areas such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City, each of which bowed … Read More
Communion in the hand was bad enough. Priest tells people to hold hosts in their hands while he consecrates
If only priests were as hard working to develop reverence in their parishes as they are to facilitate communion-no-matter-what and for-anyone-at-all. There is a piece at LifeSite, in which I am heavily quoted, about a priest who came up with … Read More
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: Our friend Fr. Johnson (USN) moves to a new stage
Do you all remember Fr. Johnson whose airplane, which I had just been on, crashed and his vestments were ruined in the water? You wonderful readers helped to replace them. HERE Today, Commander Johnson is FINALLY leaving the Naval Station … Read More
My View For Awhile: WV lo
It’s my first dive through the looking glass into Airportland since I returned from the Holy Land pilgrimage. Weirdly empty lot. Strangely empty concourse. Boarding will be interesting. I’m off to a conference for priests in West Virginia held by … Read More
USS Bonhomme Richard – FIRE! And her forerunners on this blog.
Not good. On 12 July there was a fire aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6). Some sailors have been hospitalized. https://t.co/v2c9T7z09S pic.twitter.com/0hdDCnsX5T — Naval Surface Forces (@SurfaceWarriors) July 12, 2020 I’ve written about the Bonhomme Richard! HERE A predecessor. … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 6th after Pentecost (NO: 15th Ordinary) 2020
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Read More
It’s someone else… until it’s your turn: churches attacked, burned in these USA!
UPDATE: 12 July In Elmhurst, NY: Statue of the Virgin Mary in Elmhurst Vandalized; NYPD Investigating as Potential Hate Crime A statue of the Virgin Mary in front of a Catholic high school in Elmhurst has been vandalized and the … Read More
Posted in Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged arson
38 Comments
38 Comments
Anneliese on ASK FATHER: “I have been looking for a retirement community close by a stable TLM. Do you have any clues on that?” Fr. Z asks help from the readership.: “The Oratory of Sts. Gregory and Augustine in Richmond Heights, MO. It’s a suburb of St Louis. Very safe. Very…”
