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- Not on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “All to real. That is why we pray for Priests.”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Well, I agree with Fr. Tommy that it could never be a diocesean retreat center. That being said, no one…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “I remembered those words vividly, having encountered them in one of Michael Davies’s books very many years ago (God rest…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “ROFL! Thank you for the humor and everything else in this “diary entry”! Our worthy bishop has demonstrated once again…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “This is made abundantly clear to me every time I attend a Novus Ordo funeral. Good gravy, the difference is…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “I appreciate the candor which I so miss in the NeoCons who live in denial and keep saying everything is…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “Honestly, I think one can now assume that anyone doing unauthorized nookie, that goes against vows, is also stealing unauthorized…”
- on KaBOOM – Fr. Joseph Gelineau: “The Roman rite as we knew it no longer exists. It is destroyed.”: “Surprising to hear this. Given his contributions to setting the Psalms to music in the vernacular, I would have assumed…”
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Category Archives: Latin
“The Lost Tools Of Learning” and Defunding Public Schools
The chaos and violence in our summer streets this year are the vile fruits of an increasingly leftist, ideological, politicized public education system. The idiots in the streets, embracing fantasies about Marxism imbibed in school room, are doing precisely what … Read More
REVIEW: Ancient Roman version of Amazon’s “Alexa”
In Classics I worked on reconstructed Classical pronunciation of Latin. In my English minor I did the same for Early Modern English (e.g., Shakespeare). That’s probably why today I received this. It seems to be a kind review of the … Read More
LatinMass.live alive again
A great service has been provided by the creator of the site: LatinMass.live This sites “scrapes up” the schedules of various sites which live stream Traditional Latin Masses. Lately, he had some problem, because commonly used YouTube changed the coding … Read More
GREAT BOOK: With Latin in the Service of the Popes: The Memoirs of Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1885?1971)
I am reading a charming little book, which is also helpful for explaining the ongoing importance of Latin for the Church. With Latin in the Service of the Popes: The Memoirs of Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1885-1971) translated by Anthony Lo … Read More
Concerning statues and absolute INSANITY
In these USA lib mob participants have reverted to their reptilian brain stems – I know, I know, its not unusual – and are committing massive vandalism in the destruction of public and private property by tearing down statues the … Read More
Self-isolating? Relieved from work? LEARN LATIN!
Over at First Things there is a piece by Joseph Epstein about his decision, later in life, to learn Latin. It’s engaging. Read it there. However, he mentions some sources for learning Latin, which I will countersign. For example, when people … Read More
PODCAzT 181: The Latin of “A Prayer In Times of Epidemics” from the Rituale Romanum – PRAYERCAzT
In this PODCAzT I read for you the Latin version of the extract from the traditional Rituale Romanum of A Prayer In Times of Epidemics (RR Tit. IX. Ch. X). It really should be done in Latin. These devotions and … Read More
Card. Sarah: The priesthood is in mortal danger. Wherein Fr. Z rants to priests.
Ed Pentin, still the best, working English Vaticanista hands down, posted at the NCReg an interview with Robert Card. Sarah. The Cardinal talks about the book, to be released in English in March. I’ve read it already (advance English copy … Read More
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Tagged Latin, priesthood, Robert Card. Sarah, The Present Crisis, TLM
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PODCAzT 177: Latin of the Last Rites in the Traditional Form
We’ll explore this time the Latin of the Last Rites in the Traditional form. There is enough evidence that Latin is more effective in our Rite than the vernacular, that the use of Latin, often, is warranted. It would be … Read More
More on the Jesuits’ perennial rejection of women – UPDATED – @JamesMartinSJ is sad
On the feast of St. Mary Magdalene homosexualist Jesuit James Martin said that he is “stupefied” that the Church doesn’t let women preach. Right away I posted HERE that all major orders have female components except the Jesuits. Martin would … Read More
Not on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 26-07-22 – Fr Kevin caught embezzling: “All to real. That is why we pray for Priests.”
