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- on Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!: “SSPX. Necessity.”
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- on Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!: ““Various nations will be annihilated” did not mean nuclear war; it meant they threw off the Faith and were overwhelmed…”
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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
America Magazine: English should supplant Latin as Church’s official language
From the Jesuit run America with my emphases and very time-pressed comments: Ave atque Vale The case for replacing Latin as the official language of the church Thomas G. Casey | AMERICA, JUNE 8, 2009 Latin is the official language … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged identity, Latin, tradition
101 Comments
101 Comments
Fr. Finelli’s 1st TLM
I am very pleased that Fr. Finelli, aka "iPadre" celebrated his first TLM today and, being tech savvy ustreamed it! Here is a screenshot. I captured the stream and put it also on "Father Z TV", the Z-Cam.
Anxious NCR editorial – They KNOW they are losing and they are terrified!
The ultra-left-wing National Catholic Reporter has an editorial in which they reveal their darkest fear: …the goalposts have shifted in the U.S. episcopacy in the past decade – and they have swerved in a decidedly rightward tilt on both the … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged abortion, dissent, NCR, Notre Dame, Pres. Obama
64 Comments
64 Comments
Bp. Wenski’s Mass of Reparation – sermon (Orlando, 3 May)
I had posted about the Mass of Reparation in the Cathedral of Orlando to be celebrated by Bp. Wenski on 3 May. This Mass was brought about by alumni of Notre Dame because of the recent scandal there. A priest … Read More
McBrien: a study of the progressivist mind
From the ultra-dissenting National Catholic Reporter comes this sustained whine from Richard McBrien, still at the University of Notre Shame in Indiana. In this piece McBrien "anonymizes" correspondence he received from someone, which is fair enough. But not to this … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged conservatives, liberal, McBrien, progressivists, traditionalists
130 Comments
130 Comments
PODCAzT 85: Gregory the Great on the Good Shepherd
In this brief PODCAzT I drill into an excerpt from a sermon by St. Pope Gregory I, “the Great” (+604). What we hear from Gregory’s sermon is found in today’s Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours for … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Good Shepherd Sunday, Gregory I, podcast, PODCAzT
7 Comments
7 Comments
Third SSPX Rosary Crusade: 12 million rosaries for….
From the "Letter to Benefactors" of the SSPX from SSPX Superior Bp. Bernard Fellay. Some of the usual stuff, some very good points and finally a great idea. My emphases and comments. LETTER TO FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS – SPRING 2009 … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged crisis, crusade, Fatima, Fellay, identity, rosary, SSPX
113 Comments
113 Comments
Archbishop Dolan hits the ground running in NYC
From The New York Post My emphases and comments: ‘TAMPER WITH MARRIAGE & WE’RE IN BIG TROUBLE’ By DAN MANGAN April 23, 2009 — Archbishop Timothy Dolan yesterday said advocates of gay marriage "are asking for trouble," arguing that traditional, … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged Dolan, life, marriage
23 Comments
23 Comments
Kicking it up a notch: our Catholic identity – Fr. Z rants
A reader alerted me to a letter of His Excellency Most Reverend R. Daniel Conlon, Bishop of Steubenville about Friday penance. This is post on the website of the Diocese of Steubenville and the letter was to be read before … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Classic Posts, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The future and our choices
Tagged crisis, fasting, friday, identity, penance, rubrics, Steubenville
186 Comments
186 Comments
Venerator Sti Lot on Insult to the Mother of God in Spain (video). But remember! The TLM is the problem!: “So, what have the Diocesan Bishop, Arturo Pablo Ros Murgadas, and his Archbishop, Jesús Sanz Montes, said about this?”
