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Category Archives: Pò sì jiù
This interview underscores their unbounded contempt for you.
At the Italian site Messa in Latino there is an English translation of an interview about matters concerning the Vetus Ordo and – especially – the people who desire it, with Andrea Grillo (aka Mister Cricket). HERE As MiL says: “In … Read More
“They must make the noise they can, because if they cease for a moment, we hear the calls of sanity and sweetness again…”.
A while back I wrote a review of Anthony Esolen’s fine book Nostalgia. HERE In it, I wrote: How often is the charge of “nostalgia” flung as a cliché into the teeth of those who desire, with their legitimate aspirations, the … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Our Catholic Identity, Pò sì jiù, The future and our choices
Tagged Anthony Esolen, We Are Our Rites
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2 Comments
“you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I ran into a notable quote today at one of my daily stops, the estimable Laudator. The quote is from the work On the False (or Dishonest) Embassy by the ancient Athenian orator Demosthenes (+384 BC). The context is the negotiation of the … Read More
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, Pò sì jiù, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Demosthenes, noad, tradition
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1 Comment
Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…
I saw a piece at the Baltimore Sun which says that the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be the 30th diocese to declare bankruptcy. They will close parishes. What will be left? 21 of 61. Meanwhile, there is an FSSP parish … Read More
Not an April Fool’s joke from the Fishwrap
I was alerted to a manipulative piece at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) with a massively ironic headline and intro. The Institute of Christ the King took over a parish in Cleveland that has Hungarian roots. Of course they started … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Pò sì jiù, Turn Towards The Lord, Vatican II
Tagged altar, D. Cleveland
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32 Comments
What happened at St. Patrick’s and what now won’t happen in Austin
It has been quite a week. During this last week I’ve felt a real malaise, a spiritual smog. Many have written asking for my comments on highly visible disasters. Firstly, my insights lead me to the brilliant conclusion that, “Yup, … Read More
Sad news continues.
Sad news continues. Remember… it is an attack on Tradition and on the Traditional Roman Rite, but even more it is an attack on the people who want them. They don’t like the people. Bad news. France On the eviction of the … Read More
And then there’s this… whatever the fresh hell this is.
Remember… there’s only one expression of the Roman Rite now. RIGHT?!? And then there’s this.. whatever the fresh hell this is. I’m afraid to look at their archive. From their Youtube site: Welcome to Church of the Nativity! We aim … Read More
Venerator Sti Lot on Daily Rome Shot 1694: “And now I learn that the Vigil of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin sees the publication of a collection…”
