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Category Archives: The future and our choices
Article at The Catholic Thing about the two forms of the Roman Rite
At the wonderful The Catholic Thing you will find an opinion piece by a priest writing under a penname (to avoid the Eye of Sauron as is only correct). The piece is entitled “The ‘Polar Unity’ of the Two Forms … Read More
“And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse…”
From The Four Quartets East Coker […] IV. The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer’s art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart. Our … Read More
Posted in Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged T.S. Eliot
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A ‘Cri de Coeur’ from the heartland
From a reader on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. (Note: because of the blog migration Early Tuesday 2 March, comments posted after 0600 EST 11 UTC) will not migrate. That’ll give you time to “think before posting”.) Wanted to pass … Read More
Brief summation of Bp. Schneider’s appeal to Pope Leo about the SSPX
Bishop Athanasius Schneider sent a letter to Pope Leo making an appeal to him about the announcement of the SSPX that they will consecrate bishops. It is at Diane Montagna’s Substack. In my opinion, the letter is a bit too … Read More
Bishop Athanasius Schneider remarks on burning issues, Vatican II, SSPX.
There is an informative piece at Infovaticana, wherein Bishop Athanasius Schneider remarks on some burning issues. Highlights… The Prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith says the texts of the Second Vatican Council “cannot be modified”. Schneider … Read More
SSPX meeting with Doctrine of the Faith. Wherein Fr. Z doesn’t exactly rant.
Just to supply a context, two news items. First, From EWTN: China’s Catholic bishops back worship limits, prompting call for Vatican action The state-sanctioned Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China (BCCC) backed the government’s ban on unregistered clergy … Read More
Fr. McTeigue: Lots of listening. Who is teaching?
Fr. McTeigue is concerned that listening is replacing preaching. Listening has its place in the life of the Church, but when listening becomes the ultimate principle, one must ask: who, then, is teaching? A friend recently his attention to a … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr. Robert McTeigue SJ
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Reid on the liturgical challenges facing Leo XIV
Dom Alcuin Reid has a thoughtful piece at the UK’s Catholic Herald which ever so cordially employs paywalls. Here’s the last part of Reid’s offering with some emphases and comments. He starts out stating that Leo XIV seems liturgically level-headed and dignified. … Read More
TLM extended by Rome in the Diocese of Cleveland for 2 years. Question: If for Cleveland, why not elsewhere?
UPDATE 23 October 2025 What they are not telling you is that the bishop asked for a 5-year extension and only got 2, was asked to say a New Mass in Latin, and told to lead acceptance of Vatican II. … Read More
DANG! ACTION ITEM! Fr. McTeigue swings the axe! Make this go viral.
Make this go viral. Use my social links. Do it. Let’s use our collective power. We still have it, don’t doubt. Transcript: Maybe this has happened to you. I know people that this has actually happened to. You may know … Read More
Charivari Rob on Day 1 & 2 Conference for Priests: St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology: ““The Danger Zone” …as in the slippery slope to “If you’re hesitant about whether you should bring home 1 or…”
