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- moon1234 on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The AI doesn’t really bother me. What is public NOW has probabaly existed for some time. Item recognition, scene identification,…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I saw that “mirror image” elsewhere a day or so ago. The creature seen in the mirror image has a…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “You know how sometimes you can’t believe how wrong “conventional wisdom” is? Now think about a society where people rely…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding the portrait… I find myself thinking of Cruella deVil. Weren’t her rooms furnished all in red & black, with…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Father, in this screwy world, how are you able to hold your tongue and act in charity to those who…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Regarding Google’s AI agent: I am a systems engineer (software/hardware/modeling). My question is: can I get it to open the…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “Poitiers France; firefighters intervened at the Sainte-Thérèse church Tues 14 May due to an arson attack. The statue of The…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “The concept of “Artificial Intelligence” (AI) has been around almost as long as computers were, and is basically the application…”
- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the important thing to realise about “AI” is that it really is smoke and mirrors. It seems “clever”…”
- on From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 24-05-12 – Bp. Fatty v. Confirmations: “I will pray for you.”
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- on 13 May – Our Lady of Fatima: Three points, one that worries, one that consoles, one that puzzles: “When St. Paul said “We see now as in a mirror, darkly” — he wasn’t talking about seeing himself in…”
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- on Each day it is a little harder to recognize our world.: “I think the portrait of his face is very powerful. Is the fading a premonition of the monarchy. Is there…”
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Category Archives: Semper Paratus
“Damn!”, quoth I. “That’s the spirit.” Coasties getting the job done.
Last night I saw on the news a video of a Coastie jump onto a moving surfaced submarine hauling narcotics to these USA and pound the hatch till it opened. “Damn!”, quoth I. “That’s the spirit. That’s an object lesson.” … Read More
The Church Militant and You
I had reason this morning to review what I might have written about our state in the Church in this earthly realm and I found this. It struck me as something that might be helpful, given what’s going on right … Read More
New “Chernobyl” TV show and the End Times
I understand that there is a new series on HBO about the Chernobyl disaster. I haven’t seen any of it yet. During the summer after the April 1986 Chernobyl disaster I was in Rome for Fr. Reginald Foster’s intense Summer … Read More
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A “Catholic Signal Corps” – Thinking about a Catholic digital future and this blog
Semper paratus. Here is an idea I have brought up in the past. Since this blog is facing huge changes, of existential ramifications, I have pondered how much easier life could be for me and for others if there were … Read More
ASK FATHER: Pipe organs, being expensive, how about manually pumped reed organs?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Pipe organs being too expensive for most parishes, and many electronic organs being used instead sound terrible and turn people off from the organ, what are your thoughts on bringing back reed (pump) organs to church? … Read More
“Tactical Rabbi”. Why not “Tactical Priests”? “Tactical Bishops”?
Let us begin our reflection on this post with a favorite passage of Scripture from Nehemiah 4:16-18 about the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem, a pivotal moment in salvation history: And it came to pass from that day forward, … Read More
So a guy with gas cans walks into @StPatsNYC in Midtown Manhattan…
…. No! Really! The NYPost reports – and I have verified through a NYPD source that this is for real – a guy with gas cans walked into St. Patrick’s Cathedral in midtown Manhattan today and got his crazy ass … Read More
FINALLY! Pres. Trump’s Exec. Order concerning EMP preparedness
FINALLY! Long-time readers here will recall that I’ve written on occasion about the devastation that a large Electro-Magnetic Pulse (EMP) would cause. A large enough EMP could take out much or all of the electrical grid that our lives have … Read More
VIDEO: Blessing “Combat Rosaries” and Benedict Medals for the Pontifical Swiss Guard
Si vis pacem para bellum! A few years ago, at my prompting, Fr. Richard Heilman, pastor of St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff here in the Diocese of Madison, sent some of his tough, gun-metal hued “Combat” Rosaries to the Pontifical … Read More
Suffering and attacks on the Church’s “Eldest Daughter”
What beautiful Faith there was once in France. So lovely was it, so early in our history was the Faith embraced, that France was called the Church’s Eldest Daughter. However, for decades now Europe – no, let’s say centuries, since … Read More
ASK FATHER: Two hymns to memorize for times of danger
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Could you recommend 1-2 songs for all of us to memorize so, should we find ourselves being marched somewhere or on a plane in danger or any situation where we may be heading towards our death, … Read More
ASK FATHER: I struggle with despair at the future of the Church.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am blessed to attend a beautiful Extraordinary Form Mass each Sunday, offered by devout, orthodox priests. I go to confession regularly and make every effort to lead a good Christian life. Yet, I struggle with … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z rants: A baptized person in the state of grace is terrifying to demons.
I’m a bit shell-shocked from the blast of information that is pouring forth. It took me 3 hours to triage my email. Thank you to everyone who have sent kind notes. Thank you to everyone who has sent links. Thank … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses on bears, demons, and spiritual calibers
This is a little offbeat. I need to blow off some My father sent an article, as fathers do. It is a riveting article about people who experience attacks by bears by using handguns. When you live in the north … Read More
Priest attacked: “This is for all the kids!”
From Rev. Mr. Kandra. Assailant attacks Byzantine priest, shouting ‘This is for all the kids!’ From my friend and brother deacon Daniel Dozier, who received this communication from the chancery of the Parma Eparchy: PRAYER REQUEST: Fr. Basil Hutsko was … Read More
ASK FATHER: Lethal force against homosexual aggression in seminary?
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: Is it morally permissible for one to use lethal force in stopping a predator in a situation of abuse (i.e. in a seminary or elsewhere)? In my opinion, yes. Given that homosexual aggression can be also horrifically … Read More
A Tale of Two Churches
I just finished an audio “course”, Living the French Revolution and the Age of Napoleon, from The Great Courses. US HERE – UK HERE There were some great insights in the 48 lectures. Among them, there was grist for the … Read More
US Navy and China faceoffs – disturbing
This is… unsettling. From Express: China fires SIX WARNINGS to US Navy in South China Sea ‘This is China…LEAVE IMMEDIATELY’ THE Chinese military told a US Navy plane flying over the highly-disputed island in the South China Sea to “leave … Read More
Tradition is about to be totally cleared ‘cleared through customs’
I read this at Messa in Latino in Italian which I share in my translation: “… I went to the parish to go to confession. The confessor, in his sixties, asked me, “I’ve been here for almost five years but I … Read More
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