Mundabor's blog pointed me to an article at Gloria TV this morning quoting Cardinal Roche, 
Cardinal Arthur Roche
head of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments. Roche laments those pesky bloggers, "keyboard warriors" he calls us, who defend the traditional Latin Mass and are having an effect on seminarians and others.
What a compliment!
What defender of the Mass of the Ages wouldn't thrill at Roche's words!
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| Meanwhile we throw tanks and buckets of taxpayers' money at Ukraine! |
The father of seven is being persecuted by an out-of-control government that targets pro-lifers as domestic terrorists. That this ever went to trial shows how evil and unbalanced our law enforcement is today. If you're an Antifa terrorist, you can loot, burn and kill with impunity. If you're a pro-life sidewalk counselor offering help to women to save their little ones, you can expect to have your house raided by armed brown shirts with rifles at the ready terrorizing your children.
Let us spend the weekend in prayer and sacrifice for this family! I'm sending my guardian angel to pray with the angels of all the jurors, the judge, and Mark's family. And may their patron saints also be interceding. Read the article for the background and then pray like you are in the dock!
Loving God is the most important business of our lives....The truly practical Catholic, the Catholic who takes seriously his vocation to love God, will try to make spiritual reading a regular part of his weekly, if not daily, program.
And so, every day I read Scripture, or an entry in the Lives of the Saints, or a chapter in the Imitation of Christ, etc. At present I'm reading the life and ministry of Christ in chronological order in scripture. It puts things in perspective. What happened first? What did Jesus do right after His Baptism and temptation in the desert? I never thought about a lot of it before. His meeting with the woman at the well, for example happened very early in His ministry, so did the nighttime visit of Nicodemus. How does that impact my understanding of Jesus and His ministry?
"During my three and a half years at PFL, I counseled a woman who endured harassment from Frank Pavone and eventually left PFL employment over his inappropriate behaviors.
"PFL did not have a human resource department providing recourse to aggrieved employees, nor a safe, independent and confidential harassment committee... Having a general awareness of other victims over the years besides the woman I counseled, I resigned after the board, at my insistence, finally instituted an independent and confidential employee harassment committee to protect all employed at PFL against any future inappropriate behaviors."
We have been in serious trouble in the Church for decades. It seems like the 1960s turned the world and the Church upside down. But for those with a knowledge of World and Church history, it wasn't anything new. Since the devil seduced Eve in the garden, that wily serpent slithers over the world to see whom he can swallow hole. He's got his fangs into quite a few liberals. After Vatican II he grew fatter than ever! And what better souls to swallow whole than the clergy, especially the pope.
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| Fr. Timothy Radcliffe, O.P. |
The pope has chosen pro-sodomy, heterodox priest, Timothy Radcliffe, for your pre-synod retreat in Rome from October 1-3, 2023. Catholic News Agency reports:
Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich announced Monday that the October 2023 session of the Synod of Bishops on synodality will begin with a three-day retreat led by a Dominican preacher whose statements on homosexuality have previously sparked controversy.
Dominican Father Timothy Radcliffe will lead the Catholic bishops and participants in the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops in a retreat near Rome from Oct. 1–3 at the invitation of Pope Francis, according to the cardinal....
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| Novus Ordo Clown Mass celebrated in Orlando in 2008. The craziness continues in many places! |
Ultimately, that's what this is all about, ECUMENISM. And it has been since Bugnini (secretary to the Consilium that created the new Mass) vowed to remove anything that was a stumbling block to our separated brethren. If the Protestants wouldn't like it, out it went.
His statement that the difference was between someone doing analysis and others not taking the jab out of fear of government is a bit condescending. We were doing the analytics too -- listening to the doctors blowing the warning trumpet who had solid data and were developing protocols that healed.Scott Adams just broke the internet.
— "History Rhymes"đ§ (@Dr_logicaI) January 22, 2023
"The anti-vaxxers clearly won, you're the winners!" pic.twitter.com/4boVgmd90C
Fauci should be in jail! His connections to Big Pharma and the swinging door between Big Pharma and the FDA and CDC should be investigated by Congress. This must NEVER happen again!
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| Time for your vaccination, kiddies. |
Will they spray sections of the country where those wicked vaccine hesitant conspiracy theorists live? If they can't get us to take the jab will they make us take it by breathing as we take a walk?
What has been considered a "right" of the laity was soundly squashed Sunday when Francis conferred the ministry of lector and catechist on ten lay people at St. Peter's, four men and six women. In the protocols before the event, the laity were instructed (mandated) that they could not kneel or receive Communion on the tongue. It's unclear from reports whether the mandate applied only to the ten or to all those attending the event (5,000).
Believe it! The Philosophy of Liberalism Brings about the Destruction of Man!
This post was spurred by listening to the fourth episode in the SSPX Crisis in the Church series with Fr. Steven Reuter. I have a special appreciation for Fr. Reuter because he is the priest who inspired my husband and me to return to the Traditional Latin Mass.
During the lockdowns when our churches were closed, Fr. Reuter and several other priests and seminarians from the seminary in Dillwyn, VA traveled the five hour round trip to bring the Mass to the fairgrounds in Front Royal. While bishops everywhere shut down the Masses, even when they were not required by state governments to do so, these generous and self-sacrificing shepherds fed us the Body and Blood of Christ. Like chaplains to warriors on the battlefield, they recognized the culture war and the attack on God and our sacred faith and responded heroically.
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| Mass on the Battlefield at Iwo Jima |
The U.K. going after a pro-life woman for praying is just one example of a growing effort to reeducate and censor anyone who dares to deviate from the elites' woke party line. Now they're after Jordan Peterson.
Dr. Jordan Peterson Ordered to Re-education Camp Or Risks Losing License
Add to this the treatment of the January 6th protestors still locked up in the POWJ6 gulag. Most of them were threatened with long jail terms unless they "confessed" to lesser charges. Some, like Brandon Straka, were threatened with multiple felonies even though they never even went into the Capitol building. Straka was simply videotaping outside.
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| Always sprinkle Holy Water on the bed and in the bathroom of a hotel room. You never know what evil happened there. |
This is what we knew all along, however it seems only Russian news agencies have the nerve to tell the truth about many WEF elites.
Escort agencies booked solid for Davos forum – media
Sexual harassment by wealthy men at WEF is “so common” that female guests are advised not to attend events alone, an Austrian outlet has reportedThe Swiss escort agencies near Davos are already fully booked ahead of this year’s World Economic Forum, the elite gathering that brings together heads of state, corporate executives, and influential non-profiteers, Austrian outlet Exxpress reported on Sunday, citing a missive purportedly sent from one such agency.
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| You wouldn't get the shot and now I'm here for you. |
In the troll's latest salvo, she reminded me of my son's blood clots, assuming they were due to COVID and once again judging me as morally evil. And I sure better pray for God's mercy! (Which I do...every day!)
This woman knows less than nothing about my family's situation, but that didn't inspire her to hold her tongue or exercise control over her keyboard. She apparently can't help herself. I just shake my head and say a Hail Mary for her. I ignore her comment, send my guardian angel to pray with hers, and then dump her drivel in the spam folder.
...at least in the short term. Things generally begin to be sorted out looking backwards several generations later.
That is certainly the case with the Lincoln cult, i.e. the "church of Lincoln." He was a great man in many ways. He was also a self-serving pragmatist, the highest paid lawyer in the country who argued for "Massah" in his one and only case involving slavery. Thomas DiLorenzo has several books showing the other side of Lincoln which is not a pretty picture.
Sudden collapse and death has a way of getting people's attention, especially when it happens in the middle of sporting events streamed live on TV.
The average age of athletes collapsing on the field is 23. You read that right. 23! And we're not talking about one or two young people.
NOPE! It's hundreds! Close to 1,000 in fact, all in prime health in the prime of life. And those are only the ones we know about who are collapsing in public.
Do you sports nuts remember that ever happening before the roll-out of you-know-what in 2020-21? Check out this article.
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| The sky is falling! The sky is falling! They're celebrating the Old Mass again! What shall we do?! |
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| How many of the iconoclasts are attacking the Church from within? |
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| The revolution has been going on for a long time. This book is well worth reading! |
...a shadow magisterium competes...with the authentic shepherds to shape, or rather misshape, the minds and hearts of Catholics.... The revolutionaries are found amongst theologians, professors on university campuses, liturgical design consultants, seminary teachers, and employees in diocesan chanceries and parish offices. They develop curricula, organize seminars, run national organizations, work for the USCCB (U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops) and teach in Catholic schools. Some are deliberate and malicious; others are useful dupes and fellow travelers. All work to replace the Catholic faith with modernism, ... the "synthesis of all heresies."
“I’m a 48 year old man, multiple blood clots in my lungs, ventricular tachycardia, wide spread vascular neuropathy, I require care takers to wash me, and cook for me. Before your vaccine, I had a successful career, I was healthy. This is what your ‘safe’ vaccine has done to me.” pic.twitter.com/o4LxvDoYJp
— James Cintolo, RN FN CPT (@healthbyjames) January 11, 2023
Ideas have consequences. Filling our heads with the true, the good and the beautiful leads us to God who is Truth Himself, as well as being all-good and all-beautiful. Conversely, filling our heads with the false, the evil, and the ugly... well... what do you think the result is?
My New Year's Resolution is to watch the Crisis of Faith Series (CFS) offered by the SSPX. The first few episodes are introducing some of the false philosophies that undergird the world's embrace of modernism, the "synthesis of all heresies." Some of those introducing bad ideas were not malicious. Nevertheless, they contributed to screwing up the world bigtime.
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| Conception and Ensoulment Illumination from Jean Mansel, 15th century manuscript |
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| Archbishop Georg Gänswein was summoned to a meeting with Pope Francis yesterday. Hopefully Nothing but the Truth will be translated and released in English soon. I would have liked to be a fly on the wall at that meeting with Francis. Read more here. |
Yes, indeed, this blog is free speech zone. I enjoy discussing and debating ideas (in the classical sense). It helps us all grow in wisdom and truth and also helps develop the skills of critical thinking, research, and analysis. You may wonder, then, (or maybe you don't) why I moderate all the comments.
We'll never know. If he did, the liars at the Vatican who hate the TLM would be sure to bury his request under a pile of horse manure. "Burn those papers, Judas! We can't have Benedict's wishes known to the world. More people might turn to that cursed TLM!"
Louie Verrecchio has an interesting post on his blog, akaCatholic, The Hidden Testament of BXVI: More evidence. Check out the whole thing, but here's the relevant bit:In the present case, it is entirely reasonable to believe that BXVI did in fact express his wishes for a simple funeral, one that avoids the spectacle of Heads of State converging on Rome from around the world such as they did when JPII died.
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| St. James Catholic Church, Lakewood, OH - January 2016 - shared on viewbug |
A member of the faithful is denied Holy Communion at the Funeral of Pope Benedict XVI because he wanted to receive Our Blessed Lord in the traditional manner, as was often advocated by Benedict himself; on the tongue and kneeling. pic.twitter.com/s8CWVJnE1T
— Catholic Sat (@CatholicSat) January 5, 2023
...takes place on the feast day of a pope martyr, St. Telesphorus who occupied the chair of Peter from 125-136 and died during the first year of of the reign of Antoninus Pius, although there appears to be some confusion since Antoninus became emperor in 138 and Telesphorus is said to have died in 136, two years earlier.
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| St. Telesphorus, pray for us. |
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| What was in Benedict's internal forum, stays in his internal forum. |
Various people projecting their own fantasies as to why Benedict did what he did sicken me.
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| Bad ideas pollute the mind. Read with caution and always under the protection of the Holy Spirit and your guardian angel. These four men made the world worse with their evil philosophies. See if you can identify them. I've listed them at the end of the post. It's that time of year again when everyone is making resolutions they will likely abandon within a few weeks. Let's think about it. |
When I made my annual Ignatian retreat in July, I made four resolutions:
- Don't defend myself,
- Don't do anything hasty,
- Embrace silence,
- Be good to my husband.
Larry was especially appreciative of the last one.
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| Want a Traditional Latin Nuptual Mass at your parish church? Sorry! No Mass for you! No diocesan parish is available for young couples who want to be married in the Latin form of the Roman rite. (Photo credit Spiering Photography) |
I recently spoke to someone at St. John the Baptist in Front Royal, VA who insisted that the SSPX are not needed here. "We have four Traditional Latin Masses every Sunday; the SSPX should have gone somewhere they are needed. We don't need them here. They should leave!"
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| This was our chapel in May of 2021 as we celebrated Mary and prepared to crown her. |
Since 2020, my husband and I have been wanderers in Traditional Latin Mass Land. It all started with the COVID lockdowns and the craven behavior of bishops who preferred to deny the Mass to their flocks rather than find creative ways to manage government mandates. So, while our local ordinary cancelled all the Masses in the diocese, the Society of St. Pius X (SSPX) answered the call from grieving Catholics and offered the Mass at the fairgrounds in Front Royal, VA. The governor allowed it and the bishop could have done it in every region of the diocese. He chose not to.
