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Days 1-3 – NS Guantanamo Bay: Small dinosaurs and blue waters

Posted on 6 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I am working on a new/different phone right now, and it is mystifying me a bit – Android (don’t like it much) – but I’ve been taking some photos of the sights and sites at the base here in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. There are certain things and certain directions I’ve been told should not be photographed, of course.

The air terminal is on the other side of the bay, so you have to take a ferry back and forth from windward to leeward.

Days 1-3 - NS Guantanamo Bay: Small dinosaurs and blue waters

The main chapel.

It is dedicated to Our Lady of Cobre.

Our Lady is venerated under this title here in Cuba. You can look up the story online, which is quite interesting. You can see in this statue, the “three Juans” who found the statue floating in the sea. How she got to Cobre is a different tale!

I tried to buy some fresh flowers at the NEX (Navy Exchange) but they didn’t have any. We’ll figure something out.

Sunset on my first evening.

After Sunday Mass one of the parishioners, a officer with greatly eclectic interests and a fine conversationalist, was kind enough to shuttle me to see some of the sights.

This is the landing place of Christopher Columbus on his second voyage in 1494.

It seems that Lion Fish are invading the bay. Everyone is told that they can and should be killed – without limits. I like the part that says: “they can be consumed in a variety of delicious ways”. Intriguing.

Here is a little lighthouse with a small museum.

View up the bay from the lighthouse.

My quarters are decent but spartan. I got some food stuffs from the NEX and discovered that there was no can opener and I had chosen a can of tuna without one of those pop tops. So, back to the old ways. My handy Swiss Guard – Swiss Army knife supplied the correct gizmo. When you travel it is wise to bring something like this along. You never know. And the mug will stay behind, a gift for the chaplain.

The daily Mass chapel. Both the Extraordinary and Ordinary Forms are in use here!

Sacristy with my stuff laid out for tomorrow.

Gitmo is loaded with iguanas. They are pretty much everywhere. On the way to one of the beaches yesterday we spotted a few white tailed deer which, though fully grown, we very small compared to the bigger critters up north.

A pano from my balcony. I hope we get some clear weather. I’d like to see, especially, the stars.

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes

Posted on 5 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation?

What was it?

For my part…

… I said Mass at the chapel at NS Guantanamo Bay. I spoke to the congregation about the airplane that went into the river at Jacksonville and about blessings. I took a little time to explain the different kind of blessings that priests confer, namely constitutive (including consecrations) and invocative. Furthermore, I said that we should ask God to send down his blessings. When we ask, we receive. With great things we must ask, such as for miracles.

I stressed the need to GO TO CONFESSION! We don’t know when it is our time. It’s always someone else, until its you.

Then I spoke a bit about the long Gospel reading from John… this was Novus Ordo… the first Novus Ordo I’ve said in a loooong time, as it turns out. I described the arc of Peter’s life from the first miraculous to the second, the two charcoal fires, one at the Sanhedrin and one at the shore, the two sets of three denials. But also the fact that the Lord used a strong verb, poimaino, during his three-fold undoing of Peter’s denials, and even asked if Peter loved him more than the other apostles standing there. Remember that Christ had said that there was one Shepherd and one flock and that the Good Shepherd (which in the NO they hear next week) gives up his life for them. Then Christ predicts Peter’s death. The Shepherd will give His Body and Blood for his sheep, his very life. So, too, must Peter now do. He must give up his life. Remember that after the first miraculous catch of fish, when Peter first met Jesus, Jesus told him to leave off fishing for fish and that he now would fish for men. However, in John 21 Peters says, “I’m going fishing.” He’s not fishing for men, but for fish. Here is a kind of tabula rasa. But, more importantly, the Lord in this moment underscores that PETER is now to the one shepherd of the one flock. And, in so doing, and using the shepherding imagery, underscores an important element for Christian leaders. Leadership involves self-sacrifice, placing oneself in danger, seeking always the best of the other. That’s the work of the shepherd.

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Of blessings of airplanes and blessings from God

Posted on 4 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This post comes to you from fabled Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, at the NAS. How I got here and what happened after is the topic of this entry. But first a forward…

I have often related from the pulpit and in conversations that, for the first 15 some years of my priesthood, whenever I would bless a car, it would soon thereafter be in an accident. It was like clockwork. Someone would ask me to bless the car, I’d warn him, I’d bless the car and a couple days later, news would come back of some fenderbender. I always warned people about that.

One time, however, a lady came back to me and said: “Imagine how bad it would have been if you hadn’t blessed it!”

Yesterday, I had a dreadful travel experience. I had flown to Jacksonville and stayed over at what turned out to be bad choice of hotels so that I could take an early flight out to GITMO the next morning. The RP picked me up, we went to the NAS terminal for the flight, all was well. Then we got on the airplane, a 737 from something called Miami Air. “Hmmm…”, quoth I.

I have a little hobby when travelling of noting the tail numbers of planes – in case I get a repeat… it’s something to do when travel is boring – but I couldn’t find this one on FlightRadar.

And there was no AC.

So, they took us out to the runway and then brought us back. There we sat, in this sauna-plane, for over an hour while they tinkered. Eventually they let us off. Hours later we tried again.

No AC. We flew anyway.

Two and a half hours later we landed at GITMO, completely rung out. I don’t know what the temperature was on that plane, but we were all pretty much soaked through and drained.

There at GITMO, I met far far too briefly my good friend who is the Catholic chaplain here. He is a terrific priest and chaplain. A couple years ago he came to Madison and helped us with our Sacred Triduum. Alas, we just had time for a quick greeting, because he was to get on that same airplane for the return trip…. poor guy. I knew what was in store. And he had been waiting at their terminal in Cuba for this flight all those hours.

So, off I go to explore the base and get oriented. I eventually settled into my BOQ, ate something, watched a movie and hit the rack, determined to sleep in.

This morning I texted my priest buddy to ask if he got to his destination.

“Ha! Ha!”, quoth I. And wrote back something jocular.

Of course, I hadn’t seen the news.

The next 30 minutes or so found me getting my DMR up and running. I have to tether it to my phone, and this phone is Android (for TMobile, the only carried on the base) and it mystifies me. But I got ZedNet up and active.

I got a DX call from someone who asked if the airplane that crashed was my airplane.

“WHAT?!?”, quoth I? “I thought he was kidding!”

Right away I got a hold of my priest friend who was on that airplane that ran off the runway into the river at NAS JAX. He was on the return flight of the plane I had got gotten off in GITMO.

He is okay. There were a few injuries. Some water came in and the hold is probably flooded, so bags and some – I hear – pets are a loss. I’ll spare you the rest.

Now back to my point about blessing cars.

After several hours of uncomfortable waiting at NAS JAX for the GITMO flight, one guy in a small group I was standing with quipped, “Hey Father! Can’t you say a pray for this plane and get us going?”

I told them my story about blessing cars and they all looked a little serious.

The photo, below, I shot immediately after I blessed this airplane.

This is the same plane that, with my chaplain friend, went into the drink at JAX.

Meanwhile, last night before I had heard about any of this, I watched a movie before getting some sleep. It happened to be..

I am so grateful to God that no one was seriously injured in that dreadful airplane.

I told my priest friend about the blessing thing and we both thought that it was a good idea that I blessed that aircraft. It could have been a lot worse.

UPDATE

A story about this airplane. HERE

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My View For Awhile: Humidity Edition and CQ! UPDATES

Posted on 2 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’m heading south and, frankly, I’m not quite sure about my return date. That’s a tale for a different post.

The airport is NUTS this morning, pre-0600. I wonder if Delta changes schedules so that flights leave at the same time. The check in line and TSA snakes around. However, a little voice in my head told me to leave a bit earlier than my originally projected schedule. For future reference!

UPDATE

Watching the tender care of the baggage handlers reminds me of the old commercial. Those of you of a certain age know the one I’m thinking about.

What I can see this time is a green light that flashes as bags pass. I assume this is the scanner. I just had a text message assuring me that my bag was loaded onto this flight. Reassuring. I’ve had the experience of a text that my bag was loaded but on the wrong flight.

UPDATE

I fired up my laptop in the MSP lounge and operated the station remotely. Very cool. Made a contact, too.

Technology is great… when it works.

UPDATE

The next part begins soon… I hope.

UPDATE

Well that didn’t work the way it was supposed to. No AC. So they kept us on the airplane – and its not at all warm and humid in an airplane on the tarmac in Jacksonville – for a looong time. They tried again. After a while the engines shut down again. This time they let us off the plane.

Food wagon nearby.

The guy had to remake my burger. Of course, this doubling the time – I’m sensing a theme.

Yesterday afternoon when I came for my early check-in the clearing process that should have taken 5 minutes, took more like 30. Hmmm.

Anyway the burger was really good.

All around people are seeking power outlets. I, however, thwart this aspect of Zuhlsdorf’s law with a powerbank. And since there were no napkins for the messy sandwich…

Always bring power and antibacterial wipes. Always. Extra-thick if possible and in large quantity.

UPDATE

We aren’t moving for a while because of some ceremony of other that some brass are lined up for.

UPDATE

After killing time we are told that it’ll be another couple hours. They think we are leaving today! Meanwhile, we’ve been asked not to use the sinks in the restrooms. They are backing up.

People are really looking for power now.

The catfish sando at the foodtruck could be good as a supper choice.

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Read the linked article carefully!

Posted on 1 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Avete viatores et vos omnes qui transitis per viam. Legitote titulum meum.

Every one of you clicking through this blog should STOP for a breath and use this link

HERE

and read carefully the linked article.

On this note, I’ve begun reading The Election of Pope Francis: An Inside Account of the Conclave That Changed History by Gerald O’Connell. US HERE – UK HERE

Something that pops out at me is that this book is an attempt at counter-narrative. But I have more to read.

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A bit of cheery news about a potential Extinction Level Event. But not to worry!

Posted on 1 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Meanwhile, I read this cheering bit of news at FNC:

Huge ‘God of Chaos’ asteroid to pass near Earth in 2029

A 1,110-foot-wide asteroid named for the Egyptian god of chaos will fly past Earth in 2029 within the distance of some orbiting spacecraft, according to reports.

The asteroid, 99942 Apophis, [My memory is fuzzy… but wasn’t this a character in a SiFi movie?] will come within 19,000 miles of Earth on April 13, [a Thursday, and Easter will be on 1 April – and… 19K miles? I’ve gotten that many frequent flier miles in one round trip!] a decade from now, but scientists at the Planetary Defense Conference are already preparing for the encounter, Newsweek reported. They plan to discuss the asteroid’s effects on Earth’s gravity, potential research opportunities and even how to deflect an incoming asteroid in a theoretical scenario. [Let’s Go SPACE FORCE!]

Scientists say most asteroids that pass near Earth aren’t more than 30 feet wide, making Apophis, named for an Egyptian god of chaos, a rare opportunity for research. [Like a fast moving 20 page letter packed with theological arguments?]

Apophis was discovered in 2004 and, after tracking it for 15 years, scientists say the asteroid has a 1 in 100,000 chance of striking Earth decades in the future – after 2060, Newsweek [That esteemed journal.] reported.

And to keep on the theme of a previous post…

GO TO CONFESSION!

Sometime before 2029, please.

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1 May – St. Joseph the Worker: Mighty intercessor in time of need

Posted on 1 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Pray to St. Joseph, especially in your needs concerning your work and your vocation. St. Joseph is a powerful intercessor. He comes through for you especially when you are specific about what you need and when you need it.

I’ve had a couple amazing experiences with his intercession and I have friends who have as well.

I recommend St. Joseph especially for fathers in families.

And remember the mighty Bux Protocol™. This is more needed today than ever before. Joseph is the Patron of the Church, after all.

Today’s feast of St. Joseph, the Worker, is modern. It was given to the Church by Ven. Pope Pius XII in 1955.

We celebrate Joseph today especially as a patron of workers. No doubt the thought behind the feast was, among other motives, to offset the incorrect atheistic, materialist view of work and workers presented by Socialism and Communism.

May Day had been a civic feast in many places since ancient times and festivals were held.

COLLECT 1962MR:

Rerum conditor Deus, qui legem laboris humano generi statuisti: concede propitius; ut, santi Ioseph exemplo et patricinio, opera perficiamus quae praecipis, et praemia consequamer quae promittis.

Remember not to confuse the verbs condo, condere and condio, condire, both of which give is “conditor“… one being cónditor and the other condítor.

SLAVISHLY LITERAL VERSION:

O God, creator of things, who established the law of labor for human kind: grant, propitiously; that, by the example and patronage of Saint Joseph, we may bring to completion the works which you command, and we may attain the rewards which you promise.

At the heart of our vocation as images of God we all have work to do. God, our Creator, “worked” and then rested and saw that His work was good. This is also our paradigm as His images.

When our First Parents revolted against God’s command, the entire human race fell. The human race consisted of only two people, but it was the whole of the human race. In their fall, we fell.

As a consequence of the Fall, man is now out of sync with God, himself, others and nature. We do not live in the harmony that would make the tasks of stewardship of the gift of life and the honor of being at the pinnacle of material creation without sorrow, toil and pain.

And yet even before the Fall man had been given labor by God the Father. Man had duties in the Garden. It was our Fall that transformed that labor into toil.

God knew every one of us from before the Creation of the universe. He calls us into existence at the exact point and place in His plan He foresaw in His providence. We have a role to play in God’s plan. We have work to do.

When we dedicate ourselves to fulfilling our part in God’s plan according to our vocations, whatever they may be in our own circumstances, God will give us every actual grace we need to do His will and come to our perpetual reward in heaven.

He gives us the work, the grace and the glory.

With our wounded nature, our disordered passions and appetites, it is hard to understand that the work we do in life is a manifestation of both present grace and anticipated glory.

As an early American preacher once said,

“grace is but glory begun, and glory is but grace perfected”.

Put another way, God gives us the work and then He makes our hands strong enough for the task. The achievement is therefore both His and truly ours.

As St. Augustine says, God crowns His own merits in us.

And, finally, don’t forget the Prayer For The Conversion Of The Fishwrap. It’s always linked on the top “header” menu.

Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father: Calloway, MIC Donald

Consecration to St. Joseph: The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father by Fr. Donald Calloway

US HERE – UK HERE

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Two object lessons in how to avoid some serious sins.

Posted on 1 May 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My mail box is filled – as are my instant messages – with the “news” that 20 Catholic notables issued an open letter arguing that Francis has committed heresy by word, deed and omission. I haven’t read the letter yet, but I’ve seen the signatories own summary thereof. I know some of the people who signed that open letter and I know them to be very smart and honest.

In any event, please stop sending me notes about this. I KNOW there’s a 20 page open letter accusing Francis of heresy. And to demonstrate that I found it, it is HERE.

After We have been elected Pope, We shall issue encyclicals that will epitomize the word “brief”. They shall be issued so rarely that people shall wonder if We still are alive. We may even take as our papal motto: μέγα βιβλίον μέγα κακόν. The more you write, the more trouble you can get into. Believe Us. We know from personal experience. Also, We are moved by the well-known quip of Blaise Pascal: “Je n’ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n’ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte.” Too, true. And, simultaneously, something We were taught in Our first days in residence in Our Roman seminary: “Prima pensa, poi parla, perché parole poco pensate portano pena.” Sapienti pauca!

Moving along… at the DailyWire I found this…

Police Detained A Parrot For Warning Its Owner About A Drug Raid.

A parrot was detained by police in Brazil after the feathered fiend warned its drug-dealing owners that police were approaching.

The parrot started yelling as the police approached its home Monday afternoon, The Guardian reported. The bird shouted “Mama, police!” authorities said.

“He must have been trained for this,” one officer who was part of the raid told Brazilian media outlets. “As soon as the police got close he started shouting.”

Since being detained, the bird, whose name has not been released according to The Guardian, has kept its beak shut. One Brazilian journalist described the animal as a “super obedient” bird.

“So far it hasn’t made a sound … completely silent,” said the reporter, who appears to have attempted to interview the winged whistleblower.

A veterinarian in the area, Alexandre Clark, told one Brazilian media outlet that ““Lots of police officers have come by and he’s said nothing,” referring to the parrot.

Brazilian media outlet Meio Norte (Media North) posted footage of the bird refusing to answer questions. In the video, the bird sits atop police documents in what looks like an interview room, ignoring questions.

[…]

After that, there is a bit about alligators owned by thugs refusing to eat a corpse. Perhaps it was a Friday in Lent.

By now you have surely twigged to how these stories relate to each other.

Okay, for everyone in Columbia Heights…

You can avoid a lot of problems if you keep your mouth shut.

How many sins would we avoid by shutting up a little more?

With that in mind, review your use of language – vocabulary, tone, content, circumstances – and, if necessary

GO TO CONFESSION!

On second thought… if you substitute “police documents” with copies of Amoris laetitia and airplane transcripts, and you bring in the Dubia Cardinals – just to keep the ornithological image going – my analogy falls apart a little. But HEY! Analogies aren’t perfect.

GO TO CONFESSION ANYWAY!

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30 April (NO) – St Pius V – A saint against clerical depravity

Posted on 30 April 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Allow me today, the Novus Ordo Feast of St Pius V, to repost something edifying and useful. NB: Pius V’s feast is observed in the traditional Roman calendar on 5 May.

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At The Josias, which a friend and patron of this blog told my about recently there is this post. It is perhaps a coincidence that today is the anniversary of the promulgation of this document, even as the Roman titular church of Card. Cocopalmerio caved in. You might remember that he did kabuki fan dances with ostrich plumes to justify communion for adulterers.

Confronted with clerical depravity in Rome, Pius V did not say, “Who am I to judge?”

On August 30, 1568, Pope St. Pius V issued the bull Horrendum Illud scelus. We present it now on its four hundred and fiftieth anniversary.

–The Editors

Horrendum illud scelus, quo pollutae foedataeque Civitates a tremendo Dei iudicio conflagrarunt, acerbissimum Nobis dolorem inurit, graviterque animum nostrum commovet, ut ad illud, quantum potest, comprimendum, studia nostra conferamus.		That horrible crime, by which corrupt and obscene cities were destroyed by fire through divine condemnation, [hence, “sodomy”] causes us most bitter sorrow and shocks our mind, impelling us to repress such a crime with the greatest possible zeal.
§ 1. Sane Lateranensi Concilio dignoscitur constitutum, ut quicumque Clerici, illa incontinentia, quae contra naturam est, propter quam ira Dei venit in filios diffidentiae, deprehensi fuerint laborare, a Clero deiiciantur, vel ad agendam in Monasteriis poenitentiam detrudantur.		§ 1. Quite opportunely the Fifth Lateran Council [1512-1517] issued this decree: “Let any member of the clergy caught in that vice against nature, given that the wrath of God falls over the sons of perfidy, be removed from the clerical order or forced to do penance in a monastery” (chap. 4, X, V, 31).
§ 2. Verum ne tanti flagitii contagium, impunitatis spe, quae maxima peccandi illecebra est, fidentius invalescat, Clericos huius nefarii criminis reos, gravius ulciscendos deliberavimus, ut qui animae interitum non horrescunt, hos certe deterreat civilium legum vindex gladius saecularis.		§ 2. So that the contagion of such a grave offense may not advance with greater audacity by taking advantage of impunity, which is the greatest incitement to sin, and so as to more severely punish the clerics who are guilty of this nefarious crime and who are not frightened by the death of their souls, we determine that they should be handed over to the severity of the secular authority, which enforces civil law.
§ 3. ltaque quod Nos iam in ipso Pontificatus nostri principio hac de re decrevimus, plenius nunc, fortiusque persequi intendentes, omnes, et quoscumque Presbyteros, et alios Clericos saeculares, et regulares, cuiuscumque gradus, et dignitatis, tam dirum nefas exercentes, omni privilegio clericali, omnique officio, dignitate, et beneficio Ecclesiastico praesentis canonis auctoritate privamus. Ita quod per ludicem Ecclesiasticum degradati, potestati statim saeculari tradantur, qui de eis illud idem capiat supplicium, quod in laicos hoc in exitio devolutos, legitimis reperitur sanctionibus con stitutum.		§ 3. Therefore, wishing to pursue with greater rigor than we have exerted since the beginning of our pontificate, we establish that any priest or member of the clergy, either secular or regular, who commits such an execrable crime, by force of the present law be deprived of every clerical privilege, of every post, dignity and ecclesiastical benefit, and having been degraded by an ecclesiastical judge, let him be immediately delivered to the secular authority to be put to death, as mandated by law as the fitting punishment for laymen who have sunk into this abyss. [Use your imagination and review the Rite of Degradation of a Priest or Bishop. After which the walking tragedy is handed over.]
Nulli ergo, etc.		Nothing to the contrary withstanding, etc.
[Bull. Rom., tom. 4, III, p. 33]

S. Pius V, const. Horrendum, 30 aug. 1568.

A brief note on the continuing relevance of Horrendum illud:

It is occasionally suggested by critics of integralism that the existence of bad or corrupt clergy proves that integralism, with its high concept of the authority of the church, is unworkable. This argument taken to its logical conclusion would of course rule out any authority in the here-below. For integralists, however, the existence of lamentable and execrable corruption in the Church, far from calling her authority into question, rather demonstrates the need for it.

Pope St. Pius V responded to the vicious immorality then widespread among the clergy repeatedly and with force, most prominently, perhaps, here in this bull. His response offers us even today an exemplar of church-state relations and of the medicinal power of the law.

What do you supposed the civil penalties were like?

I note that the Bull says “removed” OR “forced to do penance.

Right now I am in the UP of MI. I was told that a prison has closed up here. Perhaps the Church could take it over and put all the guys there who need time to think. They would be required to say Masses of reparation and, as a canonist suggested, to earn their keep they would transcribed nullity process interviews. I can think of a few other things.

PRAY FOR US!

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I wonder what he’d say about certain roving Jesuits today.

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Peter’s Pence and You – ACTION ITEM

Posted on 30 April 2019 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I switched on early morning news today to see if there was anything really big going on that I should know about. I usually do that on the verge of a journey. Today I learned that the massive horde swarming northward – seemingly freely and will lots of help – through Mexico toward the US border has been “diversified”. More and more people from other parts of the globe are found in the horde. What could possible go wrong with that?

I also read at Vatican News that Francis has given $500K taken from the annual “Peter’s Pence” collection to help the horde. The money will be “be distributed among 27 projects promoted by sixteen Mexican dioceses and religious congregations”.

Did you know there was an official Peter’s Pence page in the Vatican’s .va domain? I didn’t. HERE

In the “history” section – I love this – entitled “From its origins to the modern era” there is a mention at the very top that “Peter’s Pence, as a donation to the Successor of Peter, took on stable form in the seventh century with the conversion of the Anglo-Saxons”. Then it jumps immediately to VATICAN II and the 1960’s. In between? Zip. If that isn’t telling….

Anyway, the annual Peter’s Pence collection is taken up around 29 June, the Feast of Sts Peter and Paul.

That said, as you contemplate Peter’s Pence, YOU can make a contribution on that same day, or this very day, or each and every day to the

Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison!

The page tells you how to donate to this great 501(c)(3) organization. I run it. You’ve seen photos of what we are up to. I have, in addition, a couple of cunning plans for the near and long term. More later.

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We all want to contribute to the material works of the Church, whether in works of mercy or in the fundamentally important work of the Church of sacred liturgical worship, from which every aspect of the Church’s life flows – including works of mercy – and back to which we must bring all our concrete aspirations and efforts.

The TMSM is working to raise the tide of liturgical worship. When the tide rises, all boats rise, including the Barque of Peter.

¡Hagan lío!