Sunday, 8 January 2012

I wish he had not done this. Cardinal George apologizes.

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Are we the Church Militant? What does that mean? Are we prophets in the public square? I wish Cardinal George had not apologized for his c...

To be holy, be honest with yourself...and your roles as parents

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Today is the Feast of the Holy Family in Ireland and in the TLM. For a family to be holy is not rocket science. I am going to rant and rave ...
Saturday, 7 January 2012

Part Two on Cults and Catholics...on Modernist Heresies and Why Evangelicals Voted for Santorum

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This post will set the cat among the pigeons. But, as a Catholic, one must state certain truths and throw them out into the marketplace at l...

How many wars have been started because of oil...

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http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/ffcf3450-3890-11e1-9ae1-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1iltwYsZ4

from Rorate Caeli a disturbing or at least interesting statistic

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"Curiosities : the  February 2012 consistory  will be the first one not to include a residential Cardinal from either Africa or Latin A...

Zenit and the world getting wiser about the erosion of religious freedom

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Silenced: How Apostasy and Blasphemy Codes are Choking Freedom Worldwide (Oxford University Press) is a book being reviewed on Zenit today. ...
Friday, 6 January 2012

Part One: On cults among Catholics...relativism and Gnosticism again

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I am getting more concerned about the existence and prevalence of cults, and, importantly, the appearance of a new acceptance of cults. Cult...

My online mentor...who keeps me sane about the American political scene

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Several journalists today have finally seen the true political bias of the present administration in the US as tyrannical. LOL. Sorry, but t...

Let the great John Donne speak for me today...

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XX. MEDITATION. THOUGH counsel seem rather to consist of spiritual parts than action, yet action is the spirit and the soul of counsel. C...

On the intention of the Holy Father and the Ordinariate

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Out of Bishop Kevin Vanns' statement on the Ordinariate Portal seen at the right here, one comment struck me as all important for those ...

Open Letter to the Knights of St. John, the Knights of Malta

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I wrote this open letter to the Knights of St. John, the Knights of Malta. There is a crisis of liturgy happening in Malta at this time, mor...

On Layclerics...

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Today, I was discussing the teaching of non-clerical Eucharistic Services to seminarians. Many years ago, when I was in the Diocese of Calga...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Existential Star Wars (In French) from my son..

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Did Christ engage in black and white thinking?

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During these political times, I have been pondering the idea of black and white thinking. This led me to look at the words of Christ, Who do...

OK, one good thing out of the English fishwrap

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http://ordinariateportal.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/tablet-funding-urgently-needed-for-ordinariate/ The English Ordinariate needs money. Th...

Two for one and how the Present Potus is not really elitist..

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Among my younger friends, in light of the Iowa Caucus, which not only proved to be extremely interesting, but a lesson in grass-roots democr...

Hello and Thanks for All the Fish

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Welcome back to my blog. I was active for several years in 2007-2009 and now I am back. I say "Thanks for all the fish" because ...