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December |
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Ignis
Ardens |
 December
30 2009 |
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Sacramental
Theology 1.01 (Fireworks in St. Pete. ?
I hope so !) |
December
28 2009 |
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Prince
sleeps like a pauper to find out what it's like on the streets
(Off-site) Not the "Let them eat cake" approach ! |
December
22 2009 |
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God
Bless the Archbishop who gets "Collective responsibility"
(Off-site) Truly courageous stuff ! |
December
22 2009 |
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Once
excommunicated nun to be made a Saint (Off-site) What a
toughie ! |
December
22 2009 |
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A
Trick up his Sleeve ? |
December
16 2009 |
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Trouble In Sede-Land |
December
10 2009 |
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November
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Sisters
tell Rome to "Take a hike !" (Off-site)
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November 27 2009 |
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Vin
Nichols breaks First Commandment (Off-site) Nice touch by England's
senior Catholic cleric |
November 24 2009 |
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Anti-Catholic
bigotry alive and well in England (Off-site) |
November 24 2009 |
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"By a set of
curious chances..." Part Four. Concluding
installment |
November 24 2009 |
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"By a set of
curious chances..." Part Three. |
November 23 2009 |
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"By a set of
curious chances..." Part Two. |
November 21 2009 |
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"By a set of
curious chances..." Part
One. |
November 20 2009 |
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Duel
|
November 15 2009 |
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Would
Vatican II Dinosaurs prefer to see the Church dead rather than
Tradition return ? (Off-site) |
November 10 2009 |
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Jimmy really
was the parrot |
November 8 2009 |
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Abelard and
Héloise...is the Pope a Plagiarist ? |
November 5 2009 |
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October
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The "Anglican
Identity" ? |
October 29 2009 |
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Buffalo
Catholic churches for sale - Trads need not apply (Off-site)
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October 28 2009 |
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Guess who's
coming to dinner... |
October 25 2009 |
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Seeing's
Believing |
October 12 2009 |
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It's an
elective monarchy and not a tyranny either ! |
October 9 2009 |
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A Night at the
"Oscars" |
October 8 2009 |
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The Listening
Post(s) |
October 6 2009 |
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September
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When your
chickens come home to roost... |
September 29 2009 |
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As Fr. Z would say "Brick by brick" However in this
case the altar
was literally taken away brick by brick - permanently
as well ! Diffusing a bomb Dr. S ? Call it a post script to my last
message ! |
September 22 2009 |
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Miami Vice
(Off-site) no not a TV series just a "Church" Soap Opera. Omne
malum a clero (+W taught us) but years later I discovered there is
a more positive rejoinder: Omne bonum a clero that begins the
expression and then concludes with the negative second part which I
gave first. Thus in English the entire expression reads as follows:
"All good comes from the clergy; all evil comes from the clergy" I
guess we could say that it all depends upon the cleric and his
cooperation with Grace....... |
September 22 2009 |
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Can I sell you this
bridge ? No ? Well how about this
? Didn't think so either ! |
September 11 2009 |
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You've been a
very, very naughty boy ! |
September 9 2009 |
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Father John
Peek R.I.P. |
September 8 2009 |
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Trad
Mass a no show in Latin America (Off-site) Surprised ? No !
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September 8 2009 |
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Fiddling
while it burns (Off-site) Or perhaps playing the piano instead ?
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September 8 2009 |
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Catholic
Priest warns parents about Obama's speech (Off-site) audio file -
not affiliated with this church |
September 8 2009 |
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Ted
the source of "Catholic" unity ????? (Off-site)
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September 8 2009 |
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And
now the truth will out... (Off-site) ALL ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
YOU BUY INTO THE "SYSTEM" AND PLAY BY THE "RULES" |
September 8 2009 |
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Puppets
at Mass... or puppets for the Mass... (Off-
site) you decide like Fox News |
September 8 2009 |
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"A
Conversion desired ?" (Off-site) In the spirit of the Gilbert &
Sullivan Song from The Mikado - Dr. Sudlow has a "little list"
#7 had me ROFL ! Just compare his thought with mine in the column
immediately below ! Yes the "Boss" would say you've been a "very
naughty boy indeed !" |
September 6 2009 |
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The
Dismantling of a Traditional Chapel |
September 6 2009 |
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August
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It's
been a "wild ride" but thankfully it's all over now ! (Or is it ?)
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August 24 2009 |
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"You can have the Mass 4 times a year if we get
your money !" Tallahassee Catholics
told by diocese.
For many years I said Mass for a
group of faithful in Tallahassee who (at my specific insistence) tried
to work with the diocese on friendly terms but only got the cold
shoulder - what else would a Trad expect ? In fact, one dear lady, an
appellate court judge as memory serves, tried going through channels.
The chancellor sneeringly told her: "If Bishop Lynch authorizes him to
say Mass in the St. Petersburg diocese, we'll authorize him to say Mass
up here." I tactfully explained that said Ordinary never would and so
the question was moot. She was on a "learning curve" one might
say.
Now in these post-MP days - it's
highway robbery: "Your money or your life!"
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August 22 2009 |
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American
Bishop returns to ad orientem worship and explains why
(off-site) perhaps in a few months he will consecrate an altar versus
populum... |
August 19 2009 |
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The "Health
care Hoax"...and the "undisclosed location" |
August 19 2009 |
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Would
to God we could only turn the clock back - well we can...
(Off-site) A round of applause for liturgical common sense ! |
August 19 2009 |
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Vatican
accuses UK & USA in Holocaust complicity whilst Pius XII saved the
Jews of Rome (Off-site) |
August 18 2009 |
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Trad
Ordinations in French Diocese for the Diocese ! -
(Off-site) now that's a wow ! (Sedes will no doubt say: "Invalid
Bishop, invalid priest!" I can hear them now...) |
August 17 2009 |
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New
Vocations opting for Tradition (Off-site) |
August 17 2009 |
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Today
in Australia ! (Off-site) I have been told about my supposed
"negativity" and how I should think more "positively" about the crisis
in the church. I'm sorry but playing "Alice in Wonderland" just isn't
part of my make up ! Ratzinger's in his 5TH year of his pontificate and
it's just getting worse - a lot worse ! We hear about "lace" albs but
it's more about the doctrinal collapse of Catholicism for me - the
moral collapse comes only because of the doctrinal collapse.
In a circuitous fashion it was
recently suggested to me that I should "bite the bullet" and accept a
deal with Rome. I may share with you all at some point the actual
dealings I have had with the church on that matter and the actions of
the official "hierarchy" would make any neo-conned conservative's toes
curl !
At the end of this article there
is a reference to this priest's background as being associated with the
Schoenstatt movement which originated in Bavaria after World War II
because of some apparitions of Our Lady to one Barbara Reuss.
(This was a series of private
revelations about which I had never heard until Sister Mary Michaela
gave me some literature to read about it in 1996 at Mount St. Michael
in Spokane, Washington.)
Being officially approved by the
local bishop this is a movement dear to the heart of Benedict XVI. His
own housekeepers are sisters of this movement. I know the Pope isn't
personally responsible... but in a movement inspired by Our Lady for
priestly renewal in the "Year of the Priest" aren't you getting the
message by now ?
|
August 14 2009 |
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And it
just continues... (Off-site) It should make any true Catholic just
weep ! |
August
14 2009 |
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Who's
afraid of the Extraordinary Form ? #1 (Off-site) Just about every
Liberal in fact ! |
August 13 2009 |
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Nichols
no friend of Trad Mass #2 (Off-site) I'm paying close
attention to inspiration ! |
August 13 2009 |
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English
priest tells congregation he's a father and quits (Off-site) It
never rains... |
August 13 2009 |
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Former
Vatican "poster boy" implicated again (Off-site) This is the Year
of the Priest ! |
August 13 2009 |
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"Delaying
marriage may lead to sin" - American Protestants say (Off-site)
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August 13 2009 |
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And
so it continues...per omnia saecula... (Off-site) |
August 13 2009 |
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Gunfight at
the OK Corral |
August 12 2009 |
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The office of
Porter (or the "Liturgical Bouncer") |
August 12 2009 |
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It's
becoming an "epidemic" but we can handle it... just wait and
see ! |
August 11 2009 |
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Italian
Bishop "You can't even discuss the MP" (Off-site)- so much
for obedience to the Pope ! |
August 11 2009
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Cardinal:
"Support the Pope" (Off-site) Is anybody listening ? |
August 11 2009
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Cardinal:
"End dictatorship of relativism" (Off-site) Another "war of
words" |
August 11 2009
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The
"homosexualization" of Latin American Clergy (Off-site)
Conciliarism wends it merry way... |
August 11 2009
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Send for the
Funeral Directors |
August 10 2009
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Scotland's
last seminary has closed (Off-site) |
August 1 2009
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"Trouble
in store... SAY IT ISN'T SO!!!!!" (Off-site) |
August 1 2009 |
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July
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A parable for
today's Church ? (Off-site) Pay close attention to the loud-speaker
! |
July 25 2009 |
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Q.E.D.
(Off-site) What might happen to Gordon within the year |
July 25 2009 |
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The
"Rest of the Story" behind America's voice of "truth" (Off-site)
|
July 25 2009 |
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Bishop
Williamson's last public column (Off-site) What an apposite choice:
the Rosary ! |
July 25 2009 |
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"Denying
Communion to Pro-Aborts = Charity in Truth" says Cardinal (Off-site)
|
July 24 2009 |
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Damian
Thompson's take on the interview (Off-site) Thompson is senior
editor of Catholic Herald a conservative English Catholic
weekly newspaper. |
July 24 2009 |
|
Catholic
Herald Interview with Archbishop Nichols (Off-site) Very
interesting and insightful viewpoints on a whole host of issues. The
Bishop referenced in the interview (Joseph Halsall) confirmed my Father.
|
July 24 2009 |
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Solemn
Pontifical at the Vatican (Off-site) |
July 23 2009 |
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Better
late than never (Off-site) |
July 23 2009 |
|
Motion of No
Confidence ? |
July 22 2009 |
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The Phony War and
the Battle of Britain |
July 22 2009 |
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"Trust but verify"
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July 8 2009 |
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The Scranton Model
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July 7 2009 |
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Bishop
Williamson video interview (off-site)
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July 7 2009 |
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Bishop
Tissier de Mallerais interview (off-site)
More: "Convert the Pope..." |
July 7 2009 |
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New
Bishop Tissier "Convert the Pope" Blogspot (off-site)
In French and I couldn't believe it either but it looks as though it
ISN'T a spoof site.... |
July 7 2009 |
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June
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Re-excommunication
avoided...for now at least !
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June 28 2009 |
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Pope
wants REAL discussion about the Council documents - but will he get
it ? (off-site) |
June 28 2009 |
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Swiss
Bishop: "Will the real Council please stand up ?" (off-site) Listen
up folks ! THIS is what we need to see (and more of it) more
mainstream bishops questioning the rationale for the abuses in
the Official Church. When things like THIS begin to happen, then lace,
roman vestments, Gregorian Chant are no longer a smokescreen PEOPLE are
actually beginning to THINK OBJECTIVELY, i.e. OUTSIDE of themselves (as
+ W would say) - which is where the problems always existed in the
first place. Deo Gratias! (To quote another columnist around
here +TF) Yes we can "restore the ruins" with Bishops like this
! Ad multos annos ! Bishop Koch ! I genuinely applaud these
courageous words. |
June 28 2009 |
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Restoration
in full swing (off-site) There are signs of hope all over the place
if we have eyes to see them ! Men ordained since the Council who seem
to understand the Council is not the "be all and end all" but only part
of a much bigger picture. In this light any true Trad has to accept
Vatican II. This is what Pope Benedict has always meant by the hermeneutic
of continuity. |
June 28 2009 |
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"Restore the
Ruins
!" (a photographic mediation to accompany another) |
June 27 2009 |
|
Father
Franz Schmidberger (former SSPX Superior General) interviewed
(off-site) |
June 26 2009 |
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No
end to the revolution ! (off-site) The Pope wants a quiet Summer
and intends to get it ! |
June 26 2009 |
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"No
to Altar Girls !" says Cardinal (off-site) |
June 25 2009 |
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An
end to "Liturgical Spontaneity" (off-site) |
June 25 2009 |
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The
Bishop is well and I'm glad to hear it ! (off-site) |
June 25 2009 |
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A Tug of War
Perchance ? |
June 23 2009 |
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Goodbye
Table ! (off-site) Archbishop
Nichols is at it again. |
June 23 2009 |
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Corpus
Christi in Linz, Austria (off-site) |
June 17 2009 |
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Bishop
of Linz "rebukes" abuses (off-site) |
June 17 2009 |
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Out of Africa
(off-site) |
June 17 2009 |
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A Prayer Book for
Religious |
June 12 2009 |
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Fifth Column
|
June 11 2009 |
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"Ah ! Fulhamone
!" |
June 8 2009 |
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The death of the
Bishop |
June 6 2009 |
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Church Closed and
now Demolished ! |
June 6 2009 |
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Man proposes but
God disposes |
June 5 2009 |
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The
First Fruits... A Liverpool Lad makes good ! (Off-site) Days into
his new post and already Westminster's Archbishop is out peddling the
Tridentine Mass to his priests ! Who would have thought it ? Liturgical
spontaneity at its finest methinks ! And to think he was once the
secretary to the UK bishops' conference and what a campaign they
mounted against him and we can see why now! The Benedictine
revolution is back on track it seems ! |
June 4 2009 |
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The
hermeneutic of discontinuity continues over Abortion (Off-site) The
mighty Fr. Z weighs in ! |
June 4 2009 |
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Benedictine
questions Ratzinger's acceptance of Vatican II (Off-site) I
stumbled over this site by accident. Since it represents an implicit
critique of my May 25 column I thought I would share it with you. I
don't accept all of the arguments but there is much of intellectual
interest (the orientation of the altar during Mass, for example) and
the current Pope has said he wanted a new liturgical movement so both
sides ought to receive representation. I have celebrated Mass versus
populum in the crypt at Lourdes for example through force of
necessity or on the tomb of St. Louis Marie de Montfort as you can see here and without a
maniple both times (for the Traddie "Pharisees" out there) !.
|
June 3 2009 |
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They Died With
Their Boots On
|
June 1 2009 |
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May
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It's
not just Miami any more ! (Off-site) |
May 31 2009 |
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The
Church the Faith Forgot (Is Bishop
Williamson stealing my thunder ?) I posted my column only to
discover he
posted his column on a very similar subject ! |
May 30 2009 |
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A
Round of Applause for Liturgical Spontaneity… |
May 25 2009 |
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The
Company He Keeps |
May 21 2009 |
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Ireland
Calling... (off-site) |
May 21 2009 |
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Other
Signs of a Non-Vocation |
May 8 2009 |
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The
Discernment of a Priestly Vocation |
May 7 2009 |
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The
Ordination of Homosexuals |
May 6 2009 |
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Generational
Conflicts...the priesthood in flux.
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May 5 2009 |
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April
|
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The Prime Minister of
the King of Love - Devotion to the Pope (Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey)
|
April 27 2009 |
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Snubbed ?
|
April 14 2009 |
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Cardinal
Castrillón strikes again ! (off-site) Will
wonders never cease ? |
April 3 2009 |
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March
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It
never rains... what will the Pope do now ? (off-site) |
March 30 2009 |
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Ecclesia
Dei forces Latin Mass on Irish Diocese - (off-site) finally
some teeth ! |
March 21 2009 |
|
Bishop
Williamson bounces back (off-site) I'm glad the Masses I've been
saying for him are helping ! Proving the truth of the maxim: "Qui tacet
consentit" ! ("Silence gives consent") |
March 21 2009 |
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Thirty Years !
|
March 20 2009 |
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Papal
incompetence ? (Off-site) The Times
is not exactly a friend of Catholicism... |
March 20 2009 |
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February
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Arrivederci, La
Reja ! #4 (off-site) |
February 9 2009 |
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Arrivederci,
La Reja! #3 (off-site) |
February 9 2009 |
|
Arrivederci,
La Reja! #2 (off-site) |
February 9 2009 |
|
Arrivederci,
La Reja! #1 (off-site) |
February 9 2009 |
|
Decree
from Secretariat of State (off-site) |
February 4 2009 |
|
Vatican:
SSPX have "no canonical mission" - Williamson must reverse holocaust
denial (off-site) |
February 4 2009 |
|
Gotcha !
|
February 3 2009 |
|
The Bishop's
Crow is Dead |
February 3 2009 |
|
Catching
up: Bishop
Lynch sees a thaw in Russia (Off-site) I
predicted it here (2006) and linked to it here
(2007) |
February 2 2009 |
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Bishop
Fellay: "No room in Society of St. Pius X for Anti-Semitism"
(Off-site) |
February 2 2009 |
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January
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Who stands to
gain by this ? |
January 31 2009 |
|
The Letter
|
January 30 2009 |
|
Fellay
cans Williamson and issues apology (off-site) |
January 27 2009 |
|
Catholic
Conservative Icon passes away (off-site) |
January 26 2009 |
|
Fellay
doesn't exactly throw Williamson under the bus, but he wasn't amused
either... (off-site) |
January 26 2009 |
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Lifting of
penalties not a U-Turn on Vatican II (off-site) It's true
that the SSPX remains outside "full
communion". Paul VI and Orthodox Patriarch Athenagoras lifted the
mutual excommunications in the 1960s and they're still talking
about reunion... |
January 26 2009 |
|
The Lifting of
the Excommunications.....well you asked ! |
January 25 2009 |
|
A Tragic
Anniversary (by Bishop Robert Lynch) |
January 18 2009 |
|
It's
getting better all the time ? (off-site) Has he converted me now ?
|
January 13 2009 |
|
Numbers
drop for lack-luster pontificate (off-site) |
January 13 2009 |
|
The "Bionic
Pope" |
January 9 2009 |
|
Curial
tinkerings. (Off-site) Once before Pope Benedict amalgamated 2
dicastries into one with disastrous effects. Both had to be split again
within a year. If this rumor is true that Ecclesia Dei will be
melded into the Divine Worship department cannot we see where things
might be heading insofar as the relationship between the New Mass and
Trad Mass are concerned ? They will become one and the same and with
the same disastrous consequences of the 1960s. Now we see why I speak
of the "neo-conned" - it's the same old game plan ! |
January 9 2009 |
|
Spock's Brain (A reality check for all the neo-conned) |
January 7 2009 |
