Wednesday, 2 October 2013
Oh no....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0gHG8RCq4Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player
This is awful, emotionalism, and false analogy.
We bring people into the Church so that they have the Truth, not so that they feel good.
Why would someone come into the Church is they are not interested in moral law. which are the rules?
This is awful, emotionalism, and false analogy.
We bring people into the Church so that they have the Truth, not so that they feel good.
Why would someone come into the Church is they are not interested in moral law. which are the rules?
Great Speech on The Duplicity of Iran
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCDcdnEjJHA#t=119
Of course, none of the Muslim representatives clapped at the end. Open hostility.
Of course, none of the Muslim representatives clapped at the end. Open hostility.
Pedophilia Legalized in Iran
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/iran-lawmakers-men-wed-adopted-daughters
from the article As many as 42,000 children aged between 10 and 14 were married in 2010, according to the Iranian news website Tabnak. At least 75 children under the age of 10 were wed in Tehran alone.
from the article As many as 42,000 children aged between 10 and 14 were married in 2010, according to the Iranian news website Tabnak. At least 75 children under the age of 10 were wed in Tehran alone.
Shadi Sadr, a human rights lawyer with the London-based group Justice for Iran, told the Guardian she feared the council would feel safe to put its stamp of approval on the bill while Iran's moderate president, Hassan Rouhani, draws the attention of the press during his UN visit to New York.
"This bill is legalising paedophilia," she warned. "It's not part of the Iranian culture to marry your adopted child. Obviously incest exists in Iran more or less as it happens in other countries across the world, but this bill is legalising paedophilia and is endangering our children and normalising this crime in our culture."
Christianity civilized the world. Think on this....
Where is the danger?
Some people are asking me where the danger is in the Papal interviews and messages. They sense something is not correct as so many of the statements are opposite of what they have learned and studied. But, many cannot put their finger on the roots of the problems or confusions.
There is one word which covers all the areas of chaos and that is modernism. I have put the great encyclicals against modernism as links on the blog and referred to these many times.
Modernism is a label which covers many errors. These heresies are just some which fall under the modernist label.
Indifferentism
Eirensism
Immanentism
False Ecumenism
Agnosticism
Kantianism
Pantheism
Universal Salvation
Socialism
Marxism
False Collegiality
Democracy instead of Hierarchy
And, if one wants a complete list of the Church's condemnation of these and others, check out these documents, from this list on the Catholic Encyclopedia site.
The following are the principal decrees or documents expressly directed against modernism.
- The pope's address on 17 April, 1907, to the newly-created cardinals. It is a résumé which anticipates the Encyclical"Pascendi".
- A letter from the Congregation of the Index of 29 April, 1907, to the Cardinal Archbishop of Milan with regard to the review "Il Rinnovamento". In it we find more concrete notions of the tendencies which the popes condemn. The letter even goes so far as to mention the names of Fogazzaro, Father Tyrrell, von Hügel and the Abbate Murri.
- Letters from Pius X, 6 May, 1907, to the archbishops and bishops and to the patrons of the Catholic Institute of Paris. It shows forth clearly the great and twofold care of Pius X for the restoration of sacred studies and Scholastic philosophy, and for the safeguarding of the clergy.
- The decree "Lamentabili" of the Holy Office, 3-4 July, 1907, condemning 65 distinct propositions.
- The injunction of the Holy Office, "Recentissimo", of 28 August, 1907, which with a view to remedying the evil, enjoinscertain prescriptions upon bishops and superiors of religious orders.
- The Encyclical "Pascendi", of 8 September, 1907, of which we shall speak later on.
- Three letters of the Cardinal Secretary of State, of 2 and 10 October, and of 5 November, 1907, on the attendance of theclergy at secular universities, urging the execution of a general regulation of 1896 on this subject. The Encyclical had extended this regulation to the whole Church.
- The condemnation by the Cardinal-Vicar of Rome of the pamphlet "Il programma dei modernisti", and a decree of 29 October, 1907, declaring the excommunication of its authors, with special reservations.
- The decree Motu Proprio of 18 November, 1907, on the value of the decisions of the Biblical Commission, on the decree"Lamentabili", and on the Encyclical "Pascendi". These two documents are again confirmed and upheld by ecclesiastical penalties.
- The address at the (Consistory of 16 December, 1907.
- The decree of the Holy Office of 13 February, 1908, in condemnation of the two newspapers, "La Justice sociale" and "La Vie Catholique". Since then several condemnations of the books have appeared.
- The Encyclical "Editae" of 26 May, 1910, renewed the previous condemnations.
- Still stronger is the tone of the Motu Proprio "Sacrorum Antistitum", of 1 September, 1910, declared:
- by a decree of the Consistorial Congregations of 25 September, 1910. This Motu Proprio inveighs against modernist obstinacy and specious cunning. After having quoted the practical measures prescribed in the Encyclical "Pascendi", the pope urges their execution, and, at the same time, makes new directions concerning the formation of the clergy in the seminaries and religious houses. Candidates for higher orders, newly appointed confessors, preachers, parish priests,canons, the beneficed clergy, the bishop's staff, Lenten preachers, the officials of the Roman congregations, or tribunals, superiors and professors in religious congregations, all are obliged to swear according to a formula which reprobates the principal modernist tenets.
- The pope's letter to Prof. Decurtins on literary modernism.
Feast of the Guardian Angels
Angel of God,
my guardian dear,
to whom God's love commits me here,
ever this day,
be at my side
to light and guard,
to rule and guide.
Amen.
Tuesday, 1 October 2013
St. Therese, Pray for Us
At Mass today for the Feast of St. Therese, the priest, who is a Carmelite prior, wore the chasuble made by Sister Celine, St. Therese's sister. It is absolutely beautiful. After Mass, I got to touch the front and the back, all embroidered with flowers and with an additional colored set in of a picture of St. Therese, made of some material I could not identify. I got to touch that as well.
God our Father,
you promised your kingdom
to those who are willing to become like little children.
Help us to follow the way of St Thérèse with confidence
so that by her prayers
we may come to know your eternal glory.
We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Isaiah 66:10-14c; 1John 4:7-16; Gospel - Matthew 11:25-30 or 18:1-4. Readings of the Day
One man sees the ideological war
What these questions suggest is that this is at root a political and ideological war, and the Beltway has assembled its usual bodyguard of lies and liars to conceal that truth.
http://buchanan.org/blog/beltway-lies-obamacare-war-5919
http://buchanan.org/blog/beltway-lies-obamacare-war-5919
Packing, unpacking, packing, unpacking
As I am in transit for the next seven days, going from pillar to post, as it were, please keep me in your prayers. Thanks. And, I remember all my friends who travel for their jobs. May God bless them. Maybe some of you good readers could have a Mass said for my intentions, please.
Thank you.
Monday, 30 September 2013
Goodbye to Dublin
I walked down this street almost daily for a few days short of three months. This was my neighborhood. Most of the people I met were not Irish. My neighborhood looked like a meeting of the UN.
I can only say that I am glad that the Churches have so many Masses and Confession available so often.
I must say that the Church is full of old people, like my parents' ages, mostly. There is a nice pub near here called Bruxelles on 7-8 Harry Street, but I only went once, as I do not go to pubs on my own, of course.
God bless Dublin. And, Good-bye.
I can only say that I am glad that the Churches have so many Masses and Confession available so often.
I must say that the Church is full of old people, like my parents' ages, mostly. There is a nice pub near here called Bruxelles on 7-8 Harry Street, but I only went once, as I do not go to pubs on my own, of course.
God bless Dublin. And, Good-bye.
Immediate Prayers Please
Please stop a minute and pray for an intention of a situation which must be resolved among friends tonight or tomorrow morning. Thank you so much.
St. Jerome, Pray for Us
Some saints are particularly well-suited to intercede for us in these increasingly unsettled times. Jerome is one of those. Pray to him today for help in your own struggles with sin and prayer. Pray to him for Catholic priests who are orthodox, obedient, peaceful, holy. The Co-Cathedral of St. John's in Valletta has the famous Caravaggio of St. Jerome Writing. It must have been a very hot day in the desert. Jerome's supposed cardinal's robe is off his body and his hat on the wall. He was not a cardinal, nor would this dress been the norm in his day. However, the point is that Jerome did not seek after greatness, but served God in study.
A great little article may be found here. http://www.americancatholic.org/messenger/Sep1997/feature2.asp
And, wiki has a fascinating article of the painting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jerome_Writing_(Caravaggio,_Valletta)
Here is a snippet from the first article. He once described the heretic Pelagius as the most stupid of persons whose wits were dulled by too much Scottish porridge.
A great little article may be found here. http://www.americancatholic.org/messenger/Sep1997/feature2.asp
And, wiki has a fascinating article of the painting. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Jerome_Writing_(Caravaggio,_Valletta)
Here is a snippet from the first article. He once described the heretic Pelagius as the most stupid of persons whose wits were dulled by too much Scottish porridge.
Goodbye to Ireland; Praying for The Remnant
The faithful go to Mass and pray. They hear cold, hard, but necessary sermons on the coming of more persecution, and the need to talk hold of one's own spiritual life.
I have heard many priests speak of the hard times to come and the necessity for Irish Catholics to become saints, without leadership or even input.
These good priests have shared from the pulpit the signs of the times. Brave and true men...
The first time I flew into Ireland, the plane flew over a clear Atlantic until we came over the island. The clouds were churning black and eerie green, as is an evil miasma was covering this place. It has.
There is a growth of the occult whose members want abortion. There is a growth of cynicism and despair from those who only love money. There is a carelessness and relativism in the young, which leads to a mad pursuit of pleasure.
I am sad to leave the TLM and the beautiful Carmelite churches which I have attended. There are still many excellent priests in Ireland. Pray for them and pray for the remnant.
If I ever return, it will not be to this exact place. But, Ireland is changing so fast, I would not be coming back to the same nation.
St. Patrick and St. Oliver Plunkett, pray for Ireland.
Moving Through the Six Levels of Prayer
The Dark Night of the Senses comes first and then the Dark Night of the Spirit. I prefer John of the Cross on this stage, one following the other, with some consolations in between to encourage the person in love. These moments of consolation are not sought, and, as I have written on this blog many times, those people who seek consolations will not grow spiritually and can most easily be waylaid by the evil one and taken off the correct path.
The purgation of the senses can be very painful, and long. And, one can slide back from all of these stages, which I know from experience. If we stop praying in the levels we have attained, we slide back.
Not good.
Remembering that God wants all of us Catholics to persevere on the road to perfection, we must keep up a level of energy and attentiveness.
The levels of prayer I have covered so far are mostly active states of prayer, not passive. These first four levels are initiated, through grace, by the person. The last two higher levels are passive, and initiated by God.
Hard work, in other words, to get to the passive stage and one becomes more aware of one's sinful state....to be continued....
The purgation of the senses can be very painful, and long. And, one can slide back from all of these stages, which I know from experience. If we stop praying in the levels we have attained, we slide back.
Not good.
Remembering that God wants all of us Catholics to persevere on the road to perfection, we must keep up a level of energy and attentiveness.
The levels of prayer I have covered so far are mostly active states of prayer, not passive. These first four levels are initiated, through grace, by the person. The last two higher levels are passive, and initiated by God.
Hard work, in other words, to get to the passive stage and one becomes more aware of one's sinful state....to be continued....
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