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Category Archives: The future and our choices
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Archbp. Carroll’s “Prayer for Government”
The following prayer was composed by John Carroll, Archbishop of Baltimore, in 1791. He was the first bishop appointed for the United States in 1789 by Pope Pius VI. He was made the first archbishop when his see of Baltimore … Read More
Bp. Vasa: Those who profess to love God, but back abortion, are liars
The great bishop of Baker, Oregon, His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Vasa, speaks again in The Catholic Sentinel. We have written of Bp. Vasa before in these cyber-pages, here (about overcoming his own fear of speaking out) and here (on … Read More
A priest’s reflection on bishops
From up close or from afar many of you know about the story being told that a Benedictine Abbot in England declined to become or postponed becoming the next Archbishop of Westminster, which is normally brings a red hat. My … Read More
A global-killer asteroid question
In another thread of comments, someone opined: Fear leads to Conservatism? I can see where fear of the wrath of God might lead someone to the TLM. A while back I was having a chat with a priest friend, who … Read More
A reflection on Amos 8
The deconstruction of the world’s markets suggests that very difficult times are ahead. The speed of the dissolution suggests that these difficulties cannot now be avoided. In his Message for the World Day for Peace, the Holy Father wrote: This … Read More
The darker side of what people do
Watch how this escalates.
A bishop on FOCA: “you can go take a flying leap”
A reader alerted me to this from Lifesite. My emphases and comments: Catholic Bishop: "Go Right Ahead and Arrest Me" Rather than Obey Freedom of Choice Act By Kathleen GilbertLife siteDecember 2, 2008 ARLINGTON, Virginia, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – … Read More
The future and our choices
We are headed for very hard times. Huge changes loom, both in the secular level and also the spiritual realm. It is hard to read the times and not come to alarming conclusions. World leadership has shifted remarkably in a short … Read More
“Save the liturgy, save the world”
The Eucharist, its celebration and itself as the extraordinary Sacrament, is the “source and summit of Christian life”. If we really believe that, then we must also hold that what we do in church, what we believe happens in a … Read More
