Jan
31
President Huxtable shakes hands with Rostam
January 31, 2009 | 1 Comment
It has happened sooner than I thought it would, that the love and peace Democrat dream of a New World Order freed from the perceived aggression and violence of the Bush 43 administration would rapidly unfold and replace the nightmare of the post 9-11 America would be rebuffed as so much naievte by the very [...]
Jan
27
Contraception is the great cause of the loss of vocations
January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sor Lucia: “Tell them Father that many times the Most Holy Virgin told my cousins Francisco and Jacinta, as well as myself, that many nations will disappear from the face of the earth. She said that Russia will be the instrument of chastisement chosen by Heaven to punish the whole world if we do not [...]
Jan
26
The Pill Solution
January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment
She betrays her Catholic Faith with a kiss.
Speaker Pelosi: “Well, the family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost. The states are in terrible fiscal budget crises now and part of what we do for children’s health, education and some of those elements are to help the states meet their financial needs. One of those [...]
Jan
25
The End of Happy Talk
January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment
If you want to try out a new idea, see how teenage boys will respond first: Someone should have told the American Bishops that when they introduced the New Order of the Mass in the 1970s. When I was a teenager, the imposition of the new mass was greeted with some degree of skepticism among [...]
Jan
23
The reconciliation of the SSPX seems near
January 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Is this for real this time? It appears the reconciliation of the SSPX with the Holy Father, Our Roman Pontiff Benedict XVI, is complete save the authoritative publication of the decree.
Il Giornale reports that the Holy Father has lifted the decree of excommunication against the Bishops consecrated by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1988. If so [...]
Jan
13
Re-Post: Private Revelation
January 13, 2009 | 3 Comments
I was at one time associated with a pious union of penitents which unbeknownst to me when I entered the association had a very strong orientation towards current apparitions, in particular that of Medjugorje.
How someone can seriously be a penitent and condone the evident rebellion against the Bishop of Mostar-Duvno demonstrated by the Medjugorian visionaries [...]
Jan
11
Purity
January 11, 2009 | 2 Comments
The offenses against Chastity in our culture run much deeper than most will admit, or perhaps are even aware. I have written on the topic previously but find it necessary to revisit, ruminate and expand on.
Purity is so much more than the avoidance of sexually sinful material. Purity is active, a positive outlook on life [...]
Jan
8
Man Bites Dog!
January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Wall street broker becomes a monk
Hat tip to Stephen Hand.
Jan
6
The Feast of the Epiphany
January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Sermo Sanctis Leonis Papae
Dearly beloved, rejoice in the Lord ; and again I say, rejoice. Only a few days are past since the Solemnity of Christ’s Nativity, and now the glorious light of the Epiphany is breaking upon us. On that day the Virgin brought him forth, and on this he was made known to [...]
Jan
4
The Holy Name of Jesus
January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Blessed be the Holy Name of Jesus- Bendito sea el Nombre Santo de Jesus!
Although in many American diocese today (second Sunday after the Nativity) the Feast of the Epiphany is celebrated, this author places on his traditionalist hat to remark that in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite, the Epiphany was celebrated upon the [...]
