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- BeatifyStickler on LENTCAzT 2025 – 22: Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent – Don’t be a jerk. – FIXED: “Rejoice in the good! That was great advice. Learning to be free and others are free and living freely. Not…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1279: “My 97 year old aunt was buried yesterday. My husband commented to me about all the things she saw during…”
- on LENTCAzT 2025 – 22: Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent – Don’t be a jerk. – FIXED: “Ooopsie! Fr. your audio clip cut off abruptly.”
- on Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion: “Dear ProfessorCover, but some people don’t have a two-hour drive to Mass, but work in a city office or factory…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1279: “White to move and mate in 4. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t…”
- on 24 March – Feast of St. Gabriel, Archangel – images – EXPANDED: “I love Daniel Mitsui’s work and I have to thank Father for acquainting me to it.”
- on ASK FATHER: Is speeding a sin?: “Reverend Fr Andrew, very helpful answer, thank you. I would of course argue that who can do more can do…”
- on Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion: “Unfortunately, you can even get used to going to early mass every day and having had your last meal the…”
- on Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion: “I don’t know anyone who does not think the Eucharistic fast of one hour is a joke. As one friend…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1278 – The Parish™: “Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre fell asleep in the Lord on March 25, 1991. Merci, Monsigneur! Réquiem ætérnam dona ei Domine et…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1278 – The Parish™: “Is the first day of the new year (h/t AB). Is fitting the domination of Sauron was thus ended irrevocably…”
- on Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion: “Reading Dr K’s latest offering – He mentions that many of the FSSP and ICK apostolates currently follow the Pre-55…”
- on Questioning the “success” of frequent Communion: “Also note the emphasis within Novus Ordo parishes that the point of Mass is to receive communion. From a practical…”
- on 24 March – Feast of St. Gabriel, Archangel – images – EXPANDED: “Here is something Daniel Mitsui is working on currently. The Hebrew are quotes from Genesis 2:9 and Isaiah 7:14 https://x.com/danielmitsuiart/status/1904356574308503615”
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Tag Archives: The Devil
The Devil Wears SJ. The Jesuit Superior General: The Devil is a symbol, not a person.
This week brought us Jesuit Thomas Reese, who undermined faith in transubstantiation. I wrote about that HERE. And Jesuit James Martin is incessantly sowing confusion about same-sex relationships and the Church’s teaching about homosexual acts. Now this. From CNA: Vatican … Read More
Posted in Canon Law, Jesuits, Liberals
Tagged can. 751, heresy, Jesuits, Superior General, The Devil
22 Comments
22 Comments
Reading “Gaudete et exsultate”: Pope Francis schools those who shy from spiritual combat imagery
I’ve been working my way through the very long Apostolic Exhortation Gaudete et exsultate (GEE). It’s a whopping 20K words. There is a very good section near the end. From GEE 159 and following, the Pope speaks in clear terms about the Devil, “the … Read More
Posted in Four Last Things, The Drill
Tagged death, Gaudete et exsultate, GEE 159, hell, The Devil, The Enemy
18 Comments
18 Comments
OLDIE POST Hell and the Enemy exist. Priests and bishops who don’t teach about them will probably wind up there.
Originally posted in 2012. I think it still pertains. ___ Before anything else, let it be said that, “God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Four Last Things, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged demons, Four Last Things, hell, judgement, The Devil, the enemy of the soul
9 Comments
9 Comments
“Begone, symbolic construct!” – UPDATE
UPDATE 8 June: BELOW Originally Published on: Jun 2, 2017 ___ A while back, the head of the Jesuits, their Superior General Fr. Arturo Sosa Ascobal, opined that we don’t know what the Lord taught because no one had a tape … Read More
Posted in Liberals, You must be joking!
Tagged Archbp. Chaput, Arturo Sosa Abascal, Clement XIV, Jesuits, The Devil
42 Comments
42 Comments
Pope Francis on the Devil, modern education “horrors”, mother and father families
Today the Pope spoke during his non-Magisterial, off-the-cuff fervorino at morning Mass in strong terms not just about generic, impersonal “evil”, but about the Enemy of your soul, the Devil. From VR: “We too are tempted, we too are the … Read More
Posted in "But Father! But Father!", Four Last Things, Francis
Tagged Enemy of the Soul, evil, Pope Francis, The Devil
23 Comments
23 Comments
Justice Scalia: “I believe in the Devil… he’s smart
I’ve always liked Antonin Scalia. I like how his mind works. I even read (most of) his not terribly easy book. From CNS: (CNSNews.com) – Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said he believes in the Devil as a living entity, “a … Read More
Posted in GO TO CONFESSION, Just Too Cool
Tagged confession, hell, Justice Scalia, The Devil
45 Comments
45 Comments
Pope Francis, the Devil, and You
The Holy Father, Pope Francis, talks frequently about the Devil. This is another example of how Francis is, in his preaching, a bit more concrete than Benedict. During his fervorino for Mass today, Pope Francis spoke about the “prince of … Read More
Pope Francis: “Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.”
Today, in his fervorino at Mass, Pope Francis again mentioned the Enemy of your soul, the Devil. He talks about the Devil frequently when speaking off the cuff. From the site of Vatican Radio with my emphases and comments: The Pope … Read More
Pope Francis again speak about the Devil in a sermon about gossip
Pope Francis speaks about the devil often – probably more often than any other pope in modern history. From News.va, part of what he said: Pope Francis further developed this reflection. “When we prefer to gossip, gossip about others, criticize … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Francis
Tagged evil, gossip, Pope Francis, The Devil
37 Comments
37 Comments
Hell and the Enemy exist. Priests and bishops who don’t teach about them will probably wind up there.
Before anything else, let it be said that, “God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your strength, but with the temptation will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure … Read More
“Certain offices in human society require the officeholder to be loved and feared of men.”
Here is a little Patristiblogger offering for your midday consideration. This morning a priest friend and I were talking about the problems of leadership and being hated, loved, or feared. Classic question: Is it better to be loved or feared? … Read More
REVIEW: Manual of Minor Exorcisms – For the use of Priests (Catholic Truth Society)
I recently received from the UK-based Catholic Truth Society, a copy of their Manual of Minor Exorcisms – For the use of Priests. And excellent.. excellent… gift for a priest or a transitional deacon about to be ordained (less so … Read More
Do you believe in the Enemy of the soul and in the eternal punishment of Hell?
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald comes this with my emphases and comments: The Globe’s flat Doctor Faustus shows belief in the Devil is fading Marlowe’s mighty drama about salvation is reduced to the level of a … Read More
BeatifyStickler on LENTCAzT 2025 – 22: Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent – Don’t be a jerk. – FIXED: “Rejoice in the good! That was great advice. Learning to be free and others are free and living freely. Not…”
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