Pope Benedict XVI – Requiescat in pace

Pope Benedict XVI – Requiescat in pace

UPDATED: Pope Benedict XVI is doing quite poorly – pray for him! Final perseverance!

UPDATED: Pope Benedict XVI is doing quite poorly – pray for him! Final perseverance!

In case you were wondering...

 

Merry Christmas

 

WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai

WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai

Feast Day Today

 

CRISIS: A Unified Theory of “Backwardism” – Go read it NOW.

CRISIS: A Unified Theory of “Backwardism” – Go read it NOW.

Archbishop Chaput: 'Biden is not in communion with the Catholic faith'

Archbishop Chaput: 'Biden is not in communion with the Catholic faith': Archbishop Charles Chaput said on Saturday that Joe Biden “is not in communion with the Catholic faith,” and that “any priest who now provides Communion to the president participates in his hypocrisy.”

Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations

Study of priests shows distrust of bishops, fear of false abuse accusations: WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A study of U.S. priests released Oct. 19 details clerics'

A Priest Life ((((,,)))): Thank you, Pope Francis

A Priest Life ((((,,)))): Thank you, Pope Francis: The fruits of the Church of dialogue, accompaniment, mercy, welcome, synodality… This is my church on Sunday at 11 AM before September 21 wh...

The Chastisement Comes… Part II

The Chastisement Comes… Part II

The Chastisement Comes… Part I

The Chastisement Comes… Part I

Mary's promise

 

“They hate the Old Rite because the Enemy has set fear in their hearts.”

“They hate the Old Rite because the Enemy has set fear in their hearts.”: The great Fr. Hunwicke at his esteemed page has composed an insightful post.  He is dead on target.   The reason the haters of the Vetus Ordo fear and hate the Vetus Ordo is because of the moral life implied in the content of the rites of the VO, prayers and rubrics. With his assumed permission,

Feast Day

 

Pray for Cardinal Zen

 

Saint Michael novena to be held in defense of churches, pregnancy centers

Saint Michael novena to be held in defense of churches, pregnancy centers: CatholicVote is inviting Christians nationwide to pray a novena asking for St. Michael’s intercession amid the growing number of attacks targeting churches and pro-life pregnancy centers in the United States.

The clergy we need are out there, you just have to look.

 

McElroy vs Cordileone: the battle for American Catholicism

McElroy vs Cordileone: the battle for American Catholicism: The elevation of the Bishop of San Diego, rather than the Archbishop of San Francisco, to cardinal this summer speaks...

Rosaries Are Flying Off the Shelves After ‘The Atlantic’ Article Suggests Link to ‘Extremism’| National Catholic Register

Rosaries Are Flying Off the Shelves After ‘The Atlantic’ Article Suggests Link to ‘Extremism’| National Catholic Register: Online shops report a boost in sales this week.

What you need to know about Pope Francis’ next consistory

What you need to know about Pope Francis’ next consistory: On Saturday, Aug. 27, Pope Francis will place a red biretta on the heads of 18 bishops and two priests, declaring them to be cardinals “to the glory of almighty God and the honor of the Apostolic See.”

The Assumption Proclamation (1950)

Coincidences? I think not.

Coincidences? I think not.: I recently wrote: I am convinced that one of the reasons certain bishops and priests seem determined to suppress the TLM and isolate, marginalize the people who want it is because the TLM unsettles, disturbs, annoys, irritates, needles, vexes clerics involved in one of the sins that cries to heaven

Where the Synodal Way Leads

Where the Synodal Way Leads: Other churches that have adopted a 'Synodal Way' have experienced a loss of membership, a loss of doctrine, and a loss of identity.

Father, it's so hot in Church!

                              Father:

ACTION ITEM: Prayer to avert a serious act of persecution – UPDATED

ACTION ITEM: Prayer to avert a serious act of persecution – UPDATED

The Spiritual Dangers of Sedevacantism

The Spiritual Dangers of Sedevacantism: By Eric Sammons - Those who deny that Francis is pope diametrically oppose the fundamentals of Catholicism and thus are on a spiritually dangerous path.

PELOSI'S COMMUNION STUNT AT THE VATICAN

PELOSI'S COMMUNION STUNT AT THE VATICAN

The Church ‘can neither live nor survive without priests,’ bishop says

The Church ‘can neither live nor survive without priests,’ bishop says: Bishop Demetrio Fernández of Córdoba, Spain, made the remarks before the ordination of five new priests for his diocese.

Anti-Catholic Bigotry is Always Acceptable in America

Anti-Catholic Bigotry is Always Acceptable in America: Calls warning of a coming “theocracy” and “religious dystopia” are in truth veiled instances of anti-Catholic bigotry.

POLITICIZING SPORTS YIELDS NO WINNERS

POLITICIZING SPORTS YIELDS NO WINNERS

Brooklyn Tabernacle Theft Highlights Vulnerability of Catholic Churches| National Catholic Register

Brooklyn Tabernacle Theft Highlights Vulnerability of Catholic Churches| National Catholic Register: Thieves used power tools to cut through metal to steal an ornate late-19th-century tabernacle, valued at $2 million, at St. Augustine’s Church in the Park Slo...

Lefebvre Was Right? The "Disobedient" Ordination of Alcuin Reid - OnePeterFive

Lefebvre Was Right? The "Disobedient" Ordination of Alcuin Reid - OnePeterFive

Cardinal Zen: ‘Martyrdom Is Normal in Our Church’| National Catholic Register

Cardinal Zen: ‘Martyrdom Is Normal in Our Church’| National Catholic Register: The 90-year-old retired Catholic bishop of Hong Kong prayed in Chinese for his ‘brothers and sisters who cannot attend the Mass in any form tonight — for they...

Rogationtide

Rogationtide: Edouard Jérôme Paupion, Les Rogations Immediately before the crescendo of Ascension Thursday, before that triumphant culmination of the Pasc...

The Scandal of "Catholic" Joe Biden Continues

The Scandal of "Catholic" Joe Biden Continues: By Paul Kengor - Joe Biden has become a cultural radical across the board, further deepening the scandal of having this self-professed Catholic as president.

St. Athanasius (Bishop and Doctor)

St. Athanasius (Bishop and Doctor): St. Athanasius (296?-373) was a great Egyptian bishop who played a major role in opposing the heresy of Arianism and in preserving the Church’s true faith. He was born of a Christian family in Alexandria, where he received a classical education. In 319 Athanasius was ordained a deacon, and later became a priest; he served […]

One bishop, two dioceses.

One bishop, two dioceses.: At Catholic Culture Phil Lawler has views about the recent appointment of one bishop to oversee two distinct dioceses. Yesterday’s news included the curious report that in two different cases—one in Ireland, one in Wales—Pope Francis had appointed one bishop to head two separate dioceses. In each c

The German Catholic Church in particular. Bring this up at your Synod meetings.

 Church That Believes Exactly What The World Believes Not Sure Why No One Bothers Coming To Church Anymore                                                  -Babylon Bee Headline.  

The Bishop Who Can Unite the Clans

The Bishop Who Can Unite the Clans: Bishop Fulton Sheen can be a figure around which all orthodox Catholics—whether 'traditional' or 'conservative'—can unite in combatting our current crisis.

The Easter Bunny has risen

But the tridentine mass is the problem.
 

He is Risen!

 

Catholics Invited to Congratulate Benedict XVI on His 95th Birthday| National Catholic Register

Catholics Invited to Congratulate Benedict XVI on His 95th Birthday| National Catholic Register: “Admittedly — it had not been Easter Sunday, but only Holy Saturday. But the longer I think about it, the more it seems to me to be in keeping with the essenc...

The real story of Father Stuart Long, portrayed in "Father Stu" movie by Mark Wahlberg

The real story of Father Stuart Long, portrayed in "Father Stu" movie by Mark Wahlberg: Father Stuart Long, who was a priest of the Diocese of Helena, is the main character of 'Fr. Stu' in a motion picture starring Mark Wahlberg as the priest himself and Mel Gibson as the priest’s father.

Eccles is saved: Jesuits ask us to drop the Bible

Eccles is saved: Jesuits ask us to drop the Bible: Following the enthusiastic reception of the Jesuits' latest idea - that we should stop reading St John's Gospel on Good Friday (a...

Pope Francis says ‘world has chosen the path of Cain’

Pope Francis says ‘world has chosen the path of Cain’: ‘War is everywhere,’ he told interviewer Lorena Bianchetti.

Palm Sunday

“In the old liturgy for Palm Sunday, the priest, arriving in front of the church, would knock loudly with the shaft of the processional cross on the door that was still closed; thereupon, it would be opened. This was a beautiful image of the mystery of Jesus Christ himself who, with the wood of his Cross, with the power of his love that is given, knocked from the side of the world at God's door; on the side of a world that was not able to find access to God. With his Cross, Jesus opened God's door, the door between God and men. Now it is open."

-- Homily of Benedict XVI, Palm Sunday, 2007

(Liturgical Arts Journal)

 

The Silent Strength of the Blessed Sacrament

The Silent Strength of the Blessed Sacrament: In 1996, when Mother Teresa’s health was deteriorating, she was often in the hospital. One of the priests who attended to her said that she always wanted to have the Blessed Sacrament in the room with her, and she was given that grace.  In the book Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light, the same priest […]

Just a reminder...

Public schools have more child molesters than the Catholic Church.

No matter where they come from, they belong in jail. 

The turbulent history of Moscow’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral

The turbulent history of Moscow’s Immaculate Conception Cathedral: The cathedral’s first rector was sentenced to death.

Here's what you need to know about consecration of Russia and Ukraine by Pope Francis

Here's what you need to know about consecration of Russia and Ukraine by Pope Francis: The Vatican's surprise announcement March 15 that Pope Francis will consecrate Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary later this month raises a host of questions. To begin with, what does 'consecration' mean? We've got answers for you.

Average age of a priest in the US? 67

 

Bishops ask Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary

Bishops ask Pope Francis to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary: The request was issued by Ukraine’s Latin Rite Catholic bishops.

Please don't forget: Ukraine needs your Ash Wednesday fasting and prayers

Please don't forget: Ukraine needs your Ash Wednesday fasting and prayers: A Ukrainian Catholic priest who is the dean of theology at the Catholic University of America is urging the faithful to take seriously Pope Francis’ call to pray and fast for peace in Ukraine on Ash Wednesday, the start of the Lenten season.

I'll be blessed by the Blessed Sacrament thank you.

 

In Prayer

 

 

 

May the 60's folk singers bless us

 

 

Harrison Butker, placekicker for the K.C. Chiefs

 

11 February – Now one of the saddest days of the year

11 February – Now one of the saddest days of the year

Nine years ago

 

“After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited” to the demands of being the pope.

Cardinal Müller: For Faithful Catholics, It’s a ‘Time of Tribulation and Psychological Terror’| National Catholic Register

Cardinal Müller: For Faithful Catholics, It’s a ‘Time of Tribulation and Psychological Terror’| National Catholic Register: In an exclusive interview with the Register, the prefect emeritus of the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith castigated the state of the Church in Germa...

Archbishop Gänswein: Movement Wants to Destroy Benedict XVI’s Life and Work| National Catholic Register

Archbishop Gänswein: Movement Wants to Destroy Benedict XVI’s Life and Work| National Catholic Register: Speaking to an Italian newspaper, the pope emeritus’ personal secretary noted that such people ‘never loved him as an individual, his theology, his pontificat...

Another trucker protest

 

Speaking of Boats

 

The war on Mass “ad orientem”.

The war on Mass “ad orientem”.: And so it begins. This just in from a reader... My bishop (Venice in Florida) has just (via a letter to his priests) forbidden the use of ad orientem in any Novus Ordo Masses with a congregation. He asserts that the Novus Ordo mandates versus populum and that any other interpretation is false.

The Generational Divide in the Priesthood

The Generational Divide in the Priesthood: A generational divide is at the heart of the wider divisions of faith currently roiling the Church, with younger priests more traditional than their older compatriots.

Amen

May the great Saint of the Ukraine, St. Josaphat, pray for peace

 

Neither rain, sleet, snow, war, or heretics

 

Unpleasant but useful reading ALERT!

Unpleasant but useful reading ALERT!: Today at Rorate I see two very useful pieces. First, Joseph Shaw, Chairman of the Latin Mass Society (join even if you are not in the UK) in which he eviscerates one of the most embarrassing of the papalatrous left, Austen Ivereigh, for his latest insult strewn attack on people who prefer, or eve

May he rest in peace.

“Eternal rest grant unto him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him. May he rest in peace. Amen.” #NeverForget

 

Prayers for the monks at the Abbey of the Genesee

"The Abbey church is once again closed to the public because of an outbreak of Covid 19 in the community. At present no one is dangerously ill."

     -Abbey News

Let's Restore the Last Gospel

Let's Restore the Last Gospel: By Anthony Esolen - Restoring the Last Gospel to the end of Mass would be a bulwark against the disturbing trends of our culture.

NEW BOOK on St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher!

NEW BOOK on St. Thomas More and St. John Fisher!: How does the phrase go from... is it Kipling?... if you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.... Something like that.  It describes rather aptly these days how tradition-oriented Catholics  are being falsely blamed by enemies of Tradition in the Church, w

Funny and sad

 

Bishop Schneider Calls on Pope Francis to Rescind Traditionis Custodes - OnePeterFive

Bishop Schneider Calls on Pope Francis to Rescind Traditionis Custodes - OnePeterFive

An Anglican Use Success Story

An Anglican Use Success Story: Catholics who yearn to attend a reverent Mass may find that the Ordinariate Form (Anglican Use) may just be the home they are looking for.

Pope Francis Receives Manifesto Challenging German ‘Synodal Way’| National Catholic Register

Pope Francis Receives Manifesto Challenging German ‘Synodal Way’| National Catholic Register: As of Jan. 5, the manifesto, published in 11 languages, has attracted the support of 5,832 signatories from Germany and other European countries.

Happy New Year