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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 36: Ultimate
- WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate
- Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”
- WDTPRS: A charming translation for the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo – 4 November
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 34: Requiem for deceased benefactors
- CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.
- ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls
- ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”
- ROME 26/10-11 – Day 32: All Saints
- ACTION ITEM! 1-8 November PLENARY INDULGENCE for the Poor Souls
- What Does The Prayer (Hymn) Really Say? “Placáre, Christe, sérvulis”
- If you are a priest or seminarian, this is your immediate homework. A judicial decision from the Roman Rota roundly condemned publishing lists of “credibly accused” clerics.
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – All Saints (Vetus Ordo and Novus Ordo)
- MAIL CALL: A note about St. Expeditus and an online shrine
- ROME 26/10 – Day 31: Blast from the … present!
- Is the needle moving?
- ASK FATHER: If a priest explains away a mortal sin, and the penitent believes him, is the absolution valid?
- ROME 26/10 – Day 30: With apologies to the Bard
- RIP Patrick Stewart … my competitor!
- ROME 26/10 – Day 29: hard to read inscription
- ASK FATHER: Definition and the duties of a pastoral associate.
- ROME 26/10 – Day 28: Natalis Dies
- You knew this had to happen
- ROME 26/10– Day 27: Vigil
- Rush: on …what’s going on now
- ROME 26/10– Day 26: Rube Goldberg
- My Annual St Crispin’s Day roundup with Henry V speech!
- ROME 26/10– Day 25: King things
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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Category Archives: What are they REALLY saying?
Should a seminary headline a homosexualist activist as a speaker?
I’ve been made aware that Theological College in Washington DC, for their “Alumni Days” coming up in October, is scheduled to have homosexualist activist Jesuit Fr. James Martin as their speaker. HERE Theological College is the National Seminary of Catholic … Read More →
Austen Ivereigh, like a papalatrous gnostic, calls converts who disagree with him “neurotic”
UPDATE: At CRUX, Ivereigh issued an apology… sort of. HERE ___ Originally Published on: Aug 10, 2017 A couple weeks ago (HERE) the Wile E. Coyote of the catholic Left, Michael Sean Winters of the Fishwrap sniggered with fellow lib Massimo “Beans” Faggioli about converts. … Read More →
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Hurray! Another Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops!
I’m sure you are all really excited about the prospect of another Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops! The last two Synods were so helpful for our Catholic identity and unity. This time the theme will be “Young People, the Faith … Read More →
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Card. Coccopalmerio: “Maybe we have to reflect on this concept of validity or invalidity. “
Just after I read a silly piece from the ridiculous Hans Küng over at the Fishwrap (National Schismatic Reporter) about completely rehabilitating Martin Luther, I flipped over to the National Catholic Register and saw Ed Pentin’s long interview of Card. … Read More →
Card. Burke goes to Guam – What’s up with that?
You may, by now, have read new stories about how His Eminence Raymond Card. Burke has been “sent to Guam”. He will preside over a canonical trial of a bishop who has been accused of sexual abuse of minors. This … Read More →
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Fr. Murray on Card. Coccopalmerio’s booklet defense of Communion for mortal sinners
I direct the readership to dash over to The Catholic Thing for a new column by my friend Fr. Gerald Murray. He drills into the booklet offered to the public through the intermediary of the Vatican Press by His Eminence … Read More →
The plural of anecdote is “data”
Disturbing data points have come to me in the last few days. First, I had a telephone conversation with a priest who described how the local bishop had removed the faculties of a number of priests pretty much because he … Read More →
What Do The Little Dots Really Say? Drilling into a distortion at America Magazine
UPDATE 7 Jan: Catch Fr. Hunwicke’s comments. HERE ___ Originally Published on: Jan 6, 2017 Sometimes libs try to pull one over on us by shaking and rattling the shiny object so that you don’t see what they are doing with … Read More →
Card. Kasper: It’s a scandal to deny Communion to adulterers
In the Augustinian Order today is the Feast of St John Stone, one of the 40 English Martyrs canonized by the author of Humanae Vitae. He died under Henry VIII opposing the original version of the Kasper Proposal. Speaking of … Read More →
Bishop calls for rituals to bless adultery and sodomy
What follows should make EVERY CATHOLIC angry. There is no left or right or anything else in this. If you are Catholic, this should make you angry. If you read Patheos, or Rorate, or Aletheia you should be angry and, frankly, alarmed. … Read More →
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