Sunday, 17 November 2013

OTR

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Here I am saying goodbye to Mundelein Seminary. Today, the song for the Introit was a hopeful message for me and all of us. God procla...

Pray for Net Protection

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Here I am still at Mundelein and my computer has been compromised by a porn site. How do these things happen? I sincerely hope it has nothin...

Where are the vocations?

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St. John Bosco claimed that one out of every four men is called to the priesthood. I am standing in a place where in all dioceses there...

Still in this movie

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Prayers requested, please, while I make my way back west of the Mississippi. Anywhere else is "The East".

Finally...

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I saw Star Trek Into Darkness with a deacon and a seminarian. Now, I really like Benedict Cumberbatch as an actor, but to portray Khan as...

Rejoicing in Suffering-Ten Reasons

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Yes, it is possible to rejoice in suffering. Why? Several reasons come to mind when I think of suffering as a cause for joy. Here are...

Please join me in prayer

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Please pray to Mother Frances Cabrini for me, the patron of immigrants. She said the following to her nuns: “Pray, pray always, and as...

Seeing Politics as Religion

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I have spoken with a young man who has a degree in Political Science. He is also studying to be a priest. We had a discussion on the Kingdom...

To share pain is a virtue; to avoid pain is a vice

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One of the things those of us learn when going through very hard times is the fact that one loses friends. Pain and hardship are seen b...

Consolation in A Sermon

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Saturday morning at Mass, which followed Lauds with the seminarians and some of the priestly staff at Mundelein, the sermon could have be...
Saturday, 16 November 2013

Prayers for Our Brothers and Sisters

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Prayers, please, for a reader who needs to talk to Catholic lawyers today regarding being asked to take part in an intrinsic evil at his job...

Going back to the modesty issue

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NOT CHURCH CLOTHES One would think that a trad blogger would only have to write about modesty in the summer. But, the Chicago experien...

Why the immediacy?

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The younger generation has more members who get what is happening than their parents. This is obvious to me this weekend. Many seminarians...
Friday, 15 November 2013

Pray for this priest, please

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http://www.france24.com/en/20131115-nigeria-boko-haram-holding-french-priest-kidnapped-cameroon

One more note on thoughts from St. John of the Cross

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Lost a post somewhere between this McDonald's and another one. C'est la vie.   Let me just say that it was a goodbye to discussing t...

On the Unitive State-a short post

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A last few words on the Unitive State from St. John of the Cross before leaving him for awhile follow: “It should be known that God dwe...

More Newman on This Friday

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From Sermon 15 of Newman; (Preached on Thursday morning, the Purification, 1843, by appointment of Mr. Christie, Fellow of Oriel.) The ove...

A Serious Note on BBB vs. The Church

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Not the Pax Romana, as now the call to Macedonia now faces great obstacles. The governments of the world want to interfere with the unive...

Repeat Poem

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Tuesday, 22 October 2013 The Sleeping Lady of Malta Posted by  Supertradmum Thanks to Wiki for The Sleeping Lady of Malta,...

Missing Malta

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Thanks to wiki for this photo  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:StJohn3.jpg