Once Upon a Time in Detroit

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
They're celebrating the Old Mass again!
What shall we do?!

Chapter I - The Hysteria

Once upon a time in Detroit there lived a chicken in a TV studio (Barnyard Militant) who, while filming a "Spotlight" video wearing her bright pink jacket that "popped" against the drab background drape, felt a whiff of incense waft above the dark feathers on her head.

Christine Little, known to friends and enemies alike as Chrissie (spelled Chrazzie), hysterically screamed, "The sky is falling! The sky is falling! There's incense in the air and it landed on my head! The SSPX is celebrating the forbidden Old Mass again which Barnyard Militant has declared schismatic and must be banned from the face of the earth forever!"

The Shadow Magisterium Goes Mainstream Part 2

How many of the iconoclasts are attacking
the Church from within?

Editor's note: See The Shadow Magisterium Goes Mainstream Part 1 

Since the reign of Francis began, one thing is certain: the “hermeneutic of rupture” has returned with a vengeance and the crisis is worse than ever.

Of course, none of this can surprise informed Catholics, but how many pewsitters are informed? Collapse of catechesis has dumbed down several generations who don’t recognize novelties as the magnitude 7.0 earthquakes they are. One can only hope that shell-shocked Catholics don’t abandon their crumbling churches, but get serious instead. How? The first thing necessary is to pinpoint the problem which philosopher Dietrich von Hildebrand did in his 1967 book, Trojan Horse in the City of God. He decried the “dethronement of truth,” saying:

The Shadow Magisterium Goes Mainstream: Part 1

The revolution has
been going on for a long
time. This book is well
worth reading!

Editor's Note: This article appeared in the Fall issue of the Les Femmes newsletter. Due to some computer problems, the last few issues are not yet online, but if you are interested in checking out the newsletter archives visit www.lesfemmes-thetruth.org.

Back in 2000 I wrote a two-part series for the Les Femmes newsletter entitled Shadow Magisterium Foments Revolution in the Church pointing out the “grim reality” Catholics faced:

...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."

Rereading those articles recently was sobering.

The Vaccine is Safe and Effective? Nothing to See Here!

“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

Garbage In, Garbage Out! What Are You Thinking? Philosophy Matters!

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. 

Conception and Ensoulment

Conception and Ensoulment
Illumination from Jean Mansel, 15th century manuscript

This illumination from a fifteenth-century French manuscript by Jean Mansel showing a couple in bed is also called Making visible embryos: Acquiring a soul.

 

"The Holy Trinity—Father, Son and Holy Ghost—watch from the upper left corner and send them a childlike form. This recalls the iconography of the Annunciation. 

Peter Kwasniewski Offers Translation of Gänswein's References to Traditionis Custodes at Rorate Caeli

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. 

Check out Rorate Caeli where Peter Kwasniewski offers a translation of the portion of the book referring to Pope Benedict's reaction to Traditionis Custodes. The powers that be at the Vatican are probably not happy this morning. Here's a portion of the translation:

You are Entering a Free Speech Zone Where All Kinds of Ideas Can be Cordially Discussed and Debated!

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.

Did Benedict Ask for a Funeral Using the Traditional Latin Mass?

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.

Do You Know How Much You're Loved? Get to Know Your Guardian Angel to Find Out!

Do you talk to your guardian angel? I don't mean just saying the Angel of God prayer once or twice a day. Do you really have conversations with your angel? Have you ever asked your angel for advice about a specific problem? Have you ever sent your angel to pray with another person's guardian angel?