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Monthly Archives: May 2021
To all bishops and priests about Communion for manifest sinners from St. John Chrysostom
My emphases: “I speak not only to the communicant, but also I say to the priest who ministers the Sacrament: Distribute this gift with much care. There is no small punishment for you, if being conscious of any wickedness in … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Patristiblogging
Tagged can. 915, Communion, St. John Chrysostom
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The 70th Miracle at Lourdes
When I did the Studium at the Congregation for Causes of Saints, I had the opportunity to study amazing authenticated miracles, historic and modern. The modern miracles of healing are fascinating, especially because there is so much medical documentation. Back in … Read More
For you who voted for Democrats in the last election, please give this statement some thought.
From LifeSite: Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she should be able to get communion even though she is a pro-abortion Catholic. The ardent abortion advocate insists she can use her own judgment on whether or not she is eligible to receive … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Canon Law, Emanations from Penumbras, You must be joking!
Tagged can. 915, Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Party of Death
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CCC 2499
2499 Moral judgment must condemn the plague of totalitarian states which systematically falsify the truth, exercise political control of opinion through the media, manipulate defendants and witnesses at public trials, and imagine that they secure their tyranny by strangling and repressing … Read More
12-15 July 2021: “LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS” Conference for Priests
For the last couple of years I have attended great summer conference for priests held in West Virginia, at a beautiful location. The conference is sponsored by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. I’ve been much enriched by what … Read More
13 May 609: Dedication of the Roman Pantheon, “Santa Maria ad martyres”. An account of Boniface IV’s exorcism of the temple and the screaming of the demons.
In keeping with a couple of other recent posts about the supernatural battle going on around us, between the holy angels and apostate demons, here is something to chew on for your Catholic identity. In 609 the Emperor Phocas gave … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Save The Liturgy - Save The World
Tagged Boniface IV, Pantheon
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