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- on Daily Rome Shot 1268: “Archlaic, I have no idea what the good Dominican priest’s exact point was, since he didn’t elaborate beyond the emoji…”
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Tag Archives: Fr. Ray Blake
@FatherZ responds to @PhilipPullella of Reuters about the Holy Spirit and the elections of Popes
I had retweeted my friend Fr. Blake’s tweet. I don’t see this continuous criticism from our beloved Holy Father as Christlike, I find it painful and destrucitve of faith and unity, and contrary to the action of the Holy Spirit’s … Read More
Fr @RayLBlake explains Peronism
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, intrepid PP of Brighton, has a strong post upon which you might reflect. Peronism and Corruption I had a lesson in Peronism from an Argentinian waiter recently, in Argentina he was a PPE graduate. Peronism, … Read More
Fr. Blake on That Book – “The Dictator Pope”
A couple people in my email have referred to the pseudo-anonymous offering Il Papa Dittatore – The Dictator Pope as “The Book”. My post HERE No… The Book™ remains Remaining in the Truth of Christ: Marriage and Communion in the Catholic Church – US HERE – … Read More
Fr. Blake on faithful clerics’ fear of vicious liberal reprisals
Let’s be clear about something. There is nothing more vicious than a liberal. For over 30 years I dealt with this first hand and I have the ecclesial scars on my back and in my heart to prove it. My … Read More
Chatter v. Silence
What is it like in your parish church before and after Mass? Is it still, recollected, decorous? It is agitated, busy, undignified? Is it silent? Is it noisy? Can we separate our identity as Catholics from our decorum in our churches? … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z becomes a fan of the Samoan Rugby Team
I was sent this video today, though it is from last year. This is from the Church of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, where the great PP is my friend Fr. Ray Blake. Looks like an ad orientem altar, doesn’t … Read More
“Bless our families, bless our children. Choose from our homes those who are needed for Thy work.”
I have lately mused about vocations. Last Sunday was the Day of Prayer for Vocations. What I mean by vocations, by the way, is vocations to the priesthood. Yes, yes… I think about religious life as well. When I think … Read More
Fr. Blake: The Extraordinary Form makes the priest accountable… to you
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, the mighty PP of St. Mary Magdalene in Brighton, has a good reflection today contrasting and comparing celebration of the newer form of Holy Mass and the older, traditional form, with comments about “leadership”. He makes … Read More
Of the Premonstratensian Rite and Confessions
I received a note from the MC at my friend Fr. Ray Blake’s parish in Brighton. They recently had a retreat which ended with Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form of the Premonstratensian Rite (Norbertine). There are some fine photos. … Read More
Disparity: LCWR v. FFI
I direct the readership’s attention to a post by my friend Fr. Ray Blake, the great PP of Brighton. He makes a great point about the Holy See’s treatment of the LCWR and treatment given to the Franciscan Friars of … Read More
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged FFI, Fr. Ray Blake, Franciscan Friars of the Immaculate, LCWR
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42 Comments
Bp. Egan of Portsmouth: TLM in every parish “wonderful, but it’s not enough.”
The best Catholic weekly in the UK, The Catholic Herald, has an interview with the Bishop of Portsmouth, Most Rev. Philip Egan. Bp. Egan has been, rightly I think, identified with a new wave of bishops who were being appointed … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Bp. Egan, Catholic Herald, D. Portsmouth, Fr. Ray Blake, LMS, TLM, traditionalists
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22 Comments
The Battle For Britain
Sirens are blaring. The low rumble of enemy bombers fills the night sky. The Blitz is on. I have to pull myself away from fighting for truth, justice and the American Way. Not since Lend Lease has it been so … Read More
Preaching to the converted, rather than preaching to convert.
My good friend Fr. Ray Blake, the great P.P. of St. Mary Magdalen in Brighton, has a good post: Mysogynistic, Homophobic, Fascist, Racist and Xenophobic I find it quite frightening on how badly prepared the Church in England and Wales … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged Brighton, Fr. Ray Blake
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22 Comments
24 Sept: Our Lady of Walsingham
Today is the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham. The great p.p. of Brighton, Fr. Ray Blake of St. Mary Magadalen has this great post: The Wrecks of Walsingham [attributed to Sir Philip Howard] In the wrecks of WalsinghamWhom should … Read More
MB on LENTCAzT 2025 – 10: Friday 1st Week of Lent – 38 Special: “Suppress the Jesuits; an idea whose time has come again.”
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