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Category Archives: The future and our choices
SOLAR FLARE ALERT! But don’t worry, because “Firedrake Keeps You Safe”! (Short Wave and Ham Radio Fun)
A convergence of events drives me yet again to post, on this bloggily-productive day. First, a TEOTWAWKI Solar Flare, Coronal Mass Ejection and resulting grid killing EMP may be coming…. From SpaceWeather: ACTIVE SUNSPOT: One of the biggest sunspots of … Read More
March For Life VIDEO! Obama for the … Unborn?!?
Some people are getting it. Liberals, even – to their eternal shame liberal catholics – are hijacking pro-life language as a way of promoting strict gun-control as if it were a pro-life issue. What they are really trying to do is silence … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged 2nd amendment, Catholic Health Association, Fishwrap, gun control, hypocrisy, LCWR, liberals, March for Life, Nuns On The Bus, Pres. Obama, pro-life
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Are liberals baffled by the rising of the Traditional Roman Rite? Yes. And terrified.
Over at Real Clear Religion there is something that I am finally getting around to talking about and that you should look at. Here are some high points with my emphases and comments. The Rise of Latin Mass Youth by George … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Liberals, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Year of Faith
Tagged Anglicans, Pope Benedict XVI, reform, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Economist, traditional Catholics
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35 Comments
Of near-death and resurrection for a great English church
Another great article appeared in the full print and full digital edition of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. SUBSCRIBE. This one is about near-death and resurrection. I have long been interested in the near-death experiences of some … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices, Year of Faith
Tagged Bp. Davies, D. Shrewsbury, Dome of Home, ICK, Liverpool
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22 Comments
2011 Deaths… by….
A reader sent me this.
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, The future and our choices
Tagged 2nd amendment
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Sodality of St. Augustine – to pray for the conversion of loved ones
My friends of the Latin Mass Society in England have a new and worthy initiative. The Sodality of St Augustine of Hippo From the website: The purpose of the Sodality is to unite the prayers of members for the conversion of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged fallen away Catholics, lapsed Catholics, Latin Mass Society, LMS, New Evangelization, Sodality of St. Augustine, St. Augustine, Year of Faith
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24 Comments
Faithful Chinese Bishops dies – forgave his enemies
From Fides: The death of Mgr. Chen Shizhong: during forced labor he had received the gift of forgiving his enemies Yibin (Agenzia Fides) – On December 16, 2012, His Exc. Mgr. John Chen Shizhong, Bishop of the Diocese of Yibin … Read More
What the National Catholic Reporter is really doing by calling for an “assault weapons” ban. (Hint: It ain’t about guns!)
The National catholic Reporter always has to be where other liberals are, but they are always a day late and a dollar short. Now they are calling for a ban on “assault weapons”. Why? Because they are running after the … Read More
Is training in the Extraordinary Form forbidden at St. Mary’s College in Oscott, England?
I have been sitting on this for months, but… As a preamble, let me repeat something. The Supreme Pontiff’s 2007 Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum established juridically that the Roman Rite has two forms, not one. Thus, if a man has not … Read More
“During Pres. Obama’s third term…”
I have sometimes made a passing comment about what was going to happen to us during the third term of Pres. Obama. The usual sort of person pooh-poohed that. “But Father! But Father!”, they chortled, “You can’t be serious! That’s against … Read More
