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Posted on 31 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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Daily Rome Shot 402 etc.

Posted on 30 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Fervorino from streamed Mass.

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Also, they will soon have two new white wines in February.

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 4th Sunday after Epiphany (Novus Ordo: 4th Ordinary)

Posted on 30 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff.

Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Masses for the 4th Sunday after Epiphany (Novus Ordo: 4th Ordinary Sunday).

Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass.  I hear that it is growing.  Of COURSE.

Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?

Those of you who regularly viewed my live-streamed daily Masses – with their fervorini – for over a year, you might drop me a line.

I have some written remarks about the TLM Mass for this Sunday – HERE

Project 100!

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Send Fr. Z your snail-mail 2021 CHRISTMAS CARDS! – UPDATE

Posted on 29 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 9 Feb 2022:

I received a few more and some “100!” donations as well.

Boise, ID* (many thanks!)
Las Vegas, NV*
New Palz, NY (nice letter)
Harvard. MA*
Rome (nice card)
Maple Grove, MN (wow)
Lawrence, KS* (thank you very much for that)

It is nice to have cards still coming. Very nice.

UPDATE 5 Feb 2022:

A few more cards arrived.

Oxford, CT*
Canton, MI* (and 100!)
Steubenville, OH*
Scottsdale, AZ* (and 100!)
St. Cloud, FL* (and 100!)
Bowling Green, MO* (and 100! and, yes, it was on purpose) x2
Bronxville, NY* (and 100! and, nice stationary)
Shaker Heights, OH* (and 100!)
Eaton, PA* (and 100!, and will do, and keep up the Latin)
Fort Calhoun, NE* (and 100! and glad to help)
Houston, TX* (and 100! and I am deeply moved by your note. Thank you.)

UPDATE 29 Jan 2022:

I was told today that more are being forwarded.   That’s great!  I really enjoy them.

I found some of the cards and cities I was missing. I think I have everyone now. My apologies if I missed anybody.

Vatican City
Isle of Man
Oswego (kid art)
Newman Lake, WA
Blanchardville, WI
Belleville, WV
Escanaba, MI
Olathe, KS,
San Jose, CA (masses and stamps)
Minneapolis, MN (great news)
Vero Beach, FL
Portsmouth, NH
San Mateo, CA (seeds!)
Mesa, AZ
Flemington, NJ
Menomonee Falls, WI
Naperville, IL
Tiverton, RI  (I must visit again.)
Frisco, TX

More kid art. Also, I am sorry if I can’t post it all. At first, there was nothing and then a whole bunch came! It’s like the Ogden Nash poem about ketchup.

First, cards made by kids.

Not kid art, but nice, from the ARTIC CIRCLE.

UPDATE 26 Jan 2022:

Allow me to say that I am pretty frustrated. I mislaid a sheet with the names of all sorts of cities – your cards! I enjoy acknowledging the fact that I received them. I’ll keep looking.

Meanwhile, a few more trickled in.

Kingston, ID* GREAT stamp!
Wiesbaden, via the Arctic Circle!
Story, WY* (wow!)
N. Fort Myers, FL (lovely family, thanks for the prayers)
Lincoln, NE (no, not the latest, but I perhaps the longest letter! kid art, too!)
Leominster, MA (a podcast fan)

I suspect more will come. As in years past, some come in from other countries.

UPDATE 17 Jan 2022:

A few more arrived today. *SNIFF*… I really enjoy these. Some of them are so joyful, especially from young families. Others have so many cares to share. I embrace them all. Thank you for sending.

Laveen, AZ
St. Louis, MO* (I am contemplating a trip there for to see the Cathedral and do chess stuff)
Lincolnshire, IL (nice card and “Volo” in Latin means, “I want, desire”). I want you to keep moving forward.
Mt. Horeb, WI (great letter and the kid art… I actually LOL’d)
Boise, ID* not Christmasy but thanks!
Atlanta, GA (yeah, I know – persevere)
Singapore (very cool, the other side of the world and here we are)
Syracuse, NY (Really sad, that. But we are all still breathing and we must be patient.)
Lancing, Sussex, England

UPDATE 13 Jan 2022:

This is a partial update because I misplaced a sheet whereupon I had written my notes for a large batch of cards that arrived about a week ago. In the meantime, here are a few more that came yesterday. And THAT batch had an interesting adventure. A bunch of cards were collected for me and sent by priority mail, with tracking. I was tracking it and it took two days longer than estimated to appear as “out for delivery”, which is annoying. However, about an hour before the deadline in my tracking notice yesterday evening, it was still, “out for delivery”. I checked a little later and it said, “Delivered”. So, out I go to find it. Nothing. Just at that moment, the postman pulls up around the corner with a delivery to another house. I know him a little because I chat with him when I can. Get to know your post carrier! I told him the problem. He scrunched up his face and said, “Gimme 15 minutes. I think I know where it is”. Sure enough, about 15 minutes later he knocks at the door with my two-day-late-almost-lost-priority-mailer with your Christmas cards.

So, misplacing seems to be the theme of this update…. and gratitude. THANK YOU for the great cards!

Marion, IN
Baldwin, NY*
Ave Maria, FL (several)
Calabasas, CA
Perville, IL (nice)
Sta. Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Manchester, England (lovely)
Austell, GA
Rochester, MN
Falmouth, NS
NYC, NY (Chartreuse!)
Southwick, MA

And, of course, some kid art.

UPDATE 29 Dec 2021:

Another big wave came in. This time there was more kid art!

Indianapolis, IN
Wappingers Falls, NY
Thousand Oak, CA
Franklinville, NY
Savannah, GA
Saratoga Springs, NY*
Waltham, MA
Destrehan, LA
Harrisburg, PA
Coeur d’Alene, ID* (700! kudos)
Lewisville, NC
Fort Collins, CO*
Orlando, FL (happy!)
Footville, WI
Summit, NJ
Mesa, AZ
Ave Maria, FL
Roselle Park, NJ
Hamburg, NY*
Kenai, AK
Middleton, WI
Lincoln NE (huge family wedding pic!)
Kansas City, MO
Bethesda, MD*
Escondido, CA
Cudahy, WI* ($2 bill – fun)
Covina, CA (go to confession, indeed!)
Cincinnati, OH (stamps)
Tokyo, Japan
Mesa, AZ
S. St. Paul, MN
Austin, TX
Coldrerio, Switzerland
Bottesford, Lewis, Leicestershire*
Wichita, KS*
Scottsdale, AZ
Bentleigh, Victoria, Australia
Bethesda, MD
Cody, WY
Stamford, CT
Las Vegas, NV*
Alliston, ONT*
Arlington Heights, IL
Pisgah, NC
Loganville, GA
River Ridge, LA
Boise, ID
Lakeside, CA
Knoxville, TN
Lubec, ME (73!)

Some kid art.










UPDATE 29 Dec 2021:

Some have come through another address.

APO AE (Austria)
Platte City, MO
Albuquerque, NM
Manhattan, Beach, CA
Melbourne, Beach, FL
Lodi, WI (that wall and door looks familiar)
Beaumont, TX
Granville, OH (not sure what that is, but thanks)

UPDATE 27 Dec 2021:

Milton, WI
Arlington, VA
Brooklyn, WI
Lancaster, PA
Pasadena, MD
Plainfield, IL* (lovely note, thanks)
Iowa City, IA (Dear readers, pray for a miracle for J. through Ven. Samuel Mazzuchelli)
Lake Charles, LA
Bellingham, WA
Montgomery, AL*
Seaford, NY
Moosonee, ON
Maple Grove, MN* (thanks for the news, etc.)
Alexandria, VA*
Berkey. OH
Orlando, FL (good tip about the basketball)
Albuquerque, NM* (great tip about Fr Matteo d’Agnone, drop me a note about video Masses)
Houston, TX
Wading River, NY (nice card, cool stamp)
Chula Vista, CA (masses)
San Francisco, CA
Voorhees, NJ
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Ashford, Middlesex, England (nice stamps)
Monterey, CA
Fairfax, VA (Great news about your parents! I’m glad it worked out!)
Hollister, CA (excellent about TLM attendance)
New Hope, PA (lovely card)
Dallas, TX
Mt. Clemens, MI
Monterey, CA (related?)
Millersville, MD
Cierne Klacany, Maticná – Slovakia (4 pages with a fountain pen, super!)

Wow… what a great batch of cards. It kept me reading for quite a bit of the afternoon.

My thanks to CK who is forwarding mail.

And I finally got kid pics:

And from Slovakia, the tail end of the handwritten missive – in very good English – and the card.

UPDATE 26 Dec 2021:

Kenai, AK
Helena, MT
Palmer, TX
Summit, NJ* (Thank you very much!)
Puerto Rico, (prayers for your 100 year old mother)
Palatine, IL (nice stamps)
Upper Brookville, NY
Mechanicsville, VA (Thanks for using Venmo)
Flushing, NY
Sydney, NS
Thaxon, VA
Louisville, KY
Woodstock, GA (masses!)
Columbia, SC* (thanks)
Kuna, ID
Howell, MI (stamps – I know!)
Germantown, TN* (thanks)
Rochester, MI (masses)
Los Angeles, CA
New York, NY
Brea, CA
Hudson, MA
Middleton, WI (73)
S. Euclid, OH (must visit again)
Kansas City, KS* (thanks)
Williston, FL
St. Mary, MO
Livingston, MT* (thanks)
Boca Raton FL

UPDATE 18 Dec 2021:

I received a batch of cards and a couple of small packages!

Åbo, Finland
Malone, NY*
Mounteagle, TX
Gravesend, Kent – TWO
Aurora, MO
Watervliet, NY
Vero Beach, FL
Fort Washington, MD (12 children!)
Dillsburg, PA (kids losing 1st tooth, cool)
Glenview, IL
Stockport, England
Plano, TX
Anchorage, AK
San Elizario, TX*
Fresno, CA
Orangeville, ON
New Orleans, LA
San Francisco, CA* (thank you!)
Greenville, SC* (thanks!)
Lost Nation, IA (could be the name of wider region)
Ashford, Kent (inspiring)
La Crescent, MN (lots o’ kids!)
Orrtanna, PA (masses)
Fultondale, AL
Depew, NY (book, thanks)
Mesa, AZ
Pierz, MN,
Montgomery, IL (book)
Shelton, CT
Houston, OH
Cody, WY
St. Louis. MO (I’ve been wanting a trip there for several reasons – never been)
Greendale, IN
York PA (son is a priest!)
Mission Viejo, CA

So far no little kid drawings.  I am sure that before the season is over, some will come.

Christmas season lasts for a while, after all!

UPDATE 11 Dec 2021:

I was forwarded a few more cards.

Boise, ID
Bronxville, NY
Oshkosh, WI (Thank you and 73)
W. Saint Paul, MN (Thank you for the Masses)

I know they are being collected and forwarded, but I think this year hasn’t been as cardy.

If you want some snailmail to get to me faster and with fewer intermediate steps, or you have something larger, drop me an email.  I might have a suggestion.

UPDATE 4 Dec 2021:

I am FINALLY getting some Christmas cards forwarded via snail mail!

Delmar, NY*
Melbourne Beach, FL*
Winter Garden, FL* (not sure if this was for Christmas or not, but I’ll count it)
Arbor Vitae, WI*
Cody, WY* (again, not Christmasy, but…)
Mokena, IL (good news about attendance)

That’s it so far.

I’m hoping for a lot more.   They will have to come in waves, since they are being collected and sent on.  Sorry about the delay!

 

Originally Published on: Nov 24, 2021

 

If you would like to send me Christmas greetings or cards, please send by snail mail, if possible with really cool stamps.

Remember mail?

I always enjoy your Christmas cards.  The notes and letters which describe the year people have had are interesting and, often, moving.  I read them all.

And drawings by kids are a hoot.

As I have done in years past, I’ll try to post all the places whence they were mailed from around the world.  Keep in mind that if you don’t include your address, at least your city, I can’t easily do that.

I have a US PO BOX address.

Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
733 Struck St.
PO BOX 44603
Madison, WI 53744-4603

That is the P.O. Box of the Tridentine Mass Society of Madison

Someone will regularly check the P.O. box for me and forward everything.  That will add a little time to how long it takes to reach me.

If you want to send a box, something time sensitive, or perhaps expensive – like keys to a Bugatti – contact me. HERE   We might be able to find you a faster address!

Please DO NOT send perishable food items. I am sure they would be wonderful but, please, just don’t.

If you put glitter in the card, I’ll recite the Maledictory Psalms against you.  Really.  I will.

If  I receive something threatening or illegal, I will immediately turn it in to law enforcement.  I’m sorry I have to write that under such a cheery topic, but this is the world we live in, especially in this dreadful year of 2021 with the craziness going on.

 

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The fever virus spreads! Another bishop attacks ‘ad orientem’ worship.

Posted on 29 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Bishops.  Waiting to see what the other guys do.   Then, boldly leaping into action!

And getting it wrong.  Again.

The Bishop of Erie Pennsylvania is not to be confused with his predecessor, the Erie Bishop of Pennsylvania, Donald Trautman.  Although, they both seem challenged by accurate translations.  More on that, below.

The Bishop of Erie, has attempted to restrict ad orientem celebration of Holy Mass.  It’s some kind of fever that they have, manifesting symptoms of profound confusion about Latin, the loss of the use of logic, and probable fear of “Rome”.

Here’s the “decree”.

Let’s look more closely.

BEFORE IT GETS BURIED… there is a concept in Canon Law called “obreption”.  Obreption is a kind of fraud or allegation of what is false by which a dispensation or a favor is obtained.  Depending on the reason for the falsehood being offered to obtain the desired effect, the decree or rescript could be null and void.   If the motive of the cause is false, that can void a decree.  If the fraud or falsehood has to do with something tangential, or it was based on ignorance, that might not render the decree void.

The three “whereas” points are the reasoning/justification/foundation for what follows.   What does it mean, “therefore”, when one or more of those points is incoherent or simply false?

1 – In the first “whereas”, this Bishop did exactly what libs have done all along: make an exception to the rule into the norm and force the norm to become the exception.  Watch this slight of hand while he points over yonder and shouts, “LOOK! A SQUIRREL!”  He says that revision of norms allowed for the “restoration” (a historical canard in itself), while not prohibiting Mass ad orientem.   What a hoot!    The thing that was “allowed” is elevated to something that it isn’t, while the standard practice of centuries, still inscribed in the Novus Ordo rubrics, is “not prohibited”, making ad orientem  seem like the exception!  Communion in the hand is another example of this.  Moreover, contrary to claims, Communion was not widely distributed in the hand in the ancient Church and the mechanics of it were considerably different from how it is done today.  But, in the ancient Church, they still believed in things like sacrality and profanation, reverence and sacrilege.  At the time of Paul VI, Communion in the hand was permitted as an exception to the norm of Communion on the tongue, ironically to help bring an end to the abuse of Communion in the hand!    So, this bishop, or whoever wrote this slop for him, turned the whole things inside out.  Typical and based on vapor.  Fake vapor, to boot.

2 – In the second “whereas”, we learn that since the rubrics of the Missal apply to both arrangements, ad orientem and  versus populum, therefore – without any consideration of context – the exception to the rule is to be privileged.  That’s just plain dumb, because context does matter.   Later, however, when considering parochial and non-parochial contexts, then context matters (“mutatis mutandis”, below)!

There’s a rigidity at the basis of this point, perhaps.  I am reminded of a spectacular instance of forcing a rule to fit.  If memory serves, Sulpicians had, as part of their Rule, a rule that the students were not to bathe in the fountain in the gardens.  When the Rule was ported over to other places, other seminaries built by the Sulpicians, in order to be able to obey the “No bathing in the fountain!”, rule, they had to build fountains that were not to be bathed in.  Otherwise, how would be able to obey that rule if is was not possible to disobey it?   There is a twisted thought process in that second “whereas”

3 – In the third “whereas”, we once again have the FALSEHOOD that GIRM 299 says that versus populum “is desirable whenever possible”.   NO.  That is NOT what GIRM 299 says.   But, hey!   We are, today, dominated by graduates of the “Big Lie” School of Liturgy.  No, let me retool that.  Never attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence, not that they are necessarily mutually exclusive.  It is entirely possible that the writer of this document has zero idea what he writing about.  He simply, blithely, is going along with what he assumes to be true, that 299 says what is (wrongly) quoted in documents of the USCCB and other sources.  He is unaware of what the real text of 299 says, because he has never looked at the Latin, or, having looked, has such poor Latin skills that he can’t figure it out.  The CDW had already responded to a dubium about 299 before the USCCB issued their Built of Living Stones, with its false rendering of 299.  The CDW also knew that the Latin grammar of 299 had to be explained, so they clarified that, too.   No, we mustn’t attribute to malice what can be explained by incompetence.   After all, were someone knowingly to offer this false premise to a bishop as a pretext for such a decree, he would be culpable before God and man for a serious lie about a very grave issue.  Those schooled in the “Big Lie” theory of shifting opinion are willing to do that.  For those who might be less than clear about the “Big Lie”, it is a way of changing people’s minds precisely by telling a lie, over and over and over, until incredulity is worn down.  But the lie has to be big, so that eventually people reason, wrongly, that “Maybe, … could it be true?  He wouldn’t keep saying something so far fetched with such conviction if it weren’t true.”

So, you ghost writers for bishops out there, go ahead!  Just keep saying that 299 says that Mass versus populum is desirable wherever possible, even though THAT’S FALSE.

I will leave aside the individual points decreed on those foundations of sand.

The fact is, bishops get away with stuff because they are hardly ever challenged.

One could says, “Well, this is just about discipline and not about penal law, or judicial determinations, or morals, etc.”   Just wait.  What mere option of discipline will be the next to become obligatory?

This feverish campaign against ad orientem worship is just getting started.  The implications are grave, especially about the characters of the bishops who succumb to this virus.

What’s good analogy?   Will the war on ad orientem worship be, among bishops, like the mania about wearing masks?  Masks are about as good at keeping out microscopic viruses as wire grocery carts are good at moving sand.   But the CDC says (this week) “MASKS OR DEATH!” and people wind up wearing them alone in their cars.   Will it get that weird?

Probably.  I suspect that a large factor in this is that bishops are terrified of a few Karens calling or writing to whine about “Father turned his back to me during ‘liturgy’, and I didn’t get to see his face when he said the – the – you know – over the white things!”

Bishops!   Just leave things alone.  And don’t fear the Karens.

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Hearts and Vinegar – A sweet and sour taste of St. Francis de Sales in Benedict XVI’s Spe salvi

Posted on 29 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In the traditional Roman calendar, today is the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop and Doctor.   He was a great warrior for the Church in the face of the Protestant Revolt.

According to the Louis de la Rivière in his Vie de saint François de Sales (1624 – p. 584), the doctor and bishop of Geneva, St. Francis de Sales (+1622) told friend and prodigy Jean Pierre Camus (+1652) Bishop of Belley:

“Soyez toujours le plus doux que vous pourrez, et souvenez-vous que l’on prends plus de mouches avec une cuillerée de miel qu’avec cent barils de vinaigre.

Always be as gentle as you can and remember that one catches more flies with a spoonful of honey than with a hundred barrels of vinegar.”

Honey and vinegar.   They seem to go together.

Just for fun, here is a sample about hearts and honey and vinegar from Augustine as quoted in Benedict XVI’s Spe Salvi:

“St Augustine…describes very beautifully the intimate relationship between prayer and hope. He defines prayer as an exercise of desire. Man was created for greatness – for God Himself; he was created to be filled by God. But his heart is too small for the greatness to which it is destined. It must be stretched…He then uses a very beautiful image to describe this process of enlargement and preparation of the human heart. “Suppose that God wishes to fill you with honey [a symbol of God’s tenderness and goodness]; but if you are full of vinegar, where will you put the honey?” The vessel, that is your heart, must first be enlarged and then cleansed, freed from the vinegar and its taste. This requires hard work and is painful, but in this way alone do we become suited to that for which we are destined. Even if Augustine speaks directly only of our capacity for God, it is nevertheless clear that through this effort by which we are freed from vinegar and the taste of vinegar, not only are we made free for God, but we also become open to others…When we pray properly we undergo a process of inner purification which opens us up to God and thus to our fellow human beings as well. (Spe Salvi 33)”.

Honey and vinegar!

 

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Daily Rome Shot 401 etc.

Posted on 29 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Today’s Fervorino.

“Soyez toujours le plus doux que vous pourrez, et souvenez-vous que l’on prends plus de mouches avec une cuillerée de miel qu’avec cent barils de vinaigre.”

3:16 isn’t just in John.

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Daily Rome Shot 400 etc.

Posted on 28 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

 

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Daily Fervorino and Prayer against the Pandemic HERE

Buy beer! Help the wonderful monks in Norcia build their monastery. Beer… Benedictines… win… win!

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St. John Chrysostom – Patron Saint of Telling It Like It Is: On giving the Eucharist to UNWORTHY PUBLIC FIGURES

Posted on 27 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On the Institution of the Eucharist (my emphases):

“I speak not only to the communicant, but also I say to the priest who ministers the Sacrament: Distribute this gift with much care. There is no small punishment for you, if being conscious of any wickedness in any man, you allow him to partake of the banquet of the table: ‘Shall I not now require his blood at your hand?’ (2 Sam. 4:11). If some public figure, or some wealthy person who is unworthy, presents himself to receive Holy Communion, forbid him. The receive? I am speaking here not of some unknown sinner, but of a notorious one. If someone who is not a disciple, through ignorance, comes to Communion, do not be afraid to forbid him. Fear God, not man. If you fear man, you will be scorned and laughed at even by him; but if you fear God, you will be an object of respect even to men. But if you cannot do it, bring that sinner to me, for I will not allow anyone to dare do these things. I would give up my life rather than give the Lord’s Blood to the unworthy.

“If, however, a sinful person receives Communion, and you did not know his character, you are not to blame, however. I say the things above concerning only those who sin openly. For if we amend these, God will speedily reveal to us the unknown also; but if we let these flagrant abuses continue, how can we expect Him to make manifest those that are hidden? I say these things, not to repel sinners or cut them off, but I say it in order that we may bring them to repentance, and bring them back, so that we may take care of them. For thus we shall both please God and lead many to receive worthily. And for our own diligence, and for our care for others, we will receive a great reward. May we attain that reward by the grace and love that God gives to man through Our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory, world without end. Amen.”

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St. John Chrysostom – Patron Saint of Telling It Like It Is: Dealing with Blasphemy

Posted on 27 January 2022 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Chrysostom, Homilies on the Statues 1,32:

But since our discourse has now turned to the subject of blasphemy, I desire to ask one favor of you all, in return for this my address, and speaking with you; which is, that you will correct on my behalf the blasphemers of this city. And should you hear any one in the public thoroughfare, or in the midst of the forum, blaspheming God; go up to him and rebuke him; and should it be necessary to inflict blows, spare not to do so. Smite him on the face; strike his mouth; make holy your fist with the blow, and if any should accuse you, and drag you to the place of justice, follow them thither; and when the judge on the bench calls you to account, say boldly that the man blasphemed the King of angels! For if it be necessary to punish those who blaspheme an earthly king, much more so those who insult God. It is a common crime, a public injury; and it is lawful for every one who is willing, to bring forward an accusation. Let the Jews and Greeks learn, that the Christians are the saviors of the city; that they are its guardians, its patrons, and its teachers. Let the dissolute and the perverse also learn this; that they must fear the servants of God too; that if at any time they are inclined to utter such a thing, they may look round every way at each other, and tremble even at their own shadows, anxious lest perchance a Christian, having heard what they said, should spring upon them and sharply chastise them.

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