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Archive for October, 2007

Friends in High Places

When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be made wonderful in all them who have believed; because our testimony was believed upon you in that day. (Thess 1:10)

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Giving thanks to God the Father, who hath made us worthy to be partakers of the lot of the saints in light. Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.  (Col 1:12)

Pilgrimage to the Roman Catacombs

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From the Jack Palance Collection (yeah that Jack Palance)
Christ himself speaks of his own kingly authority: in his last discourse, speaking of the rewards and punishments that will be the eternal lot of the just and the damned; in his reply to the Roman magistrate, who asked him publicly whether he were a king or [...]

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Wonderful in our eyes

Jesus saith to them: Have you never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders rejected……,

the same is become the head of the corner? By the Lord this has been done; and it is wonderful in our eyes. (Matt 21: 42)

(Both pictures of from the building of Pricknash Abbey)

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Little Ones

See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. (Matt 18:10)

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In Hoc Signo Vinces

Hey Constantine!

How many True Religions are there?

Thank you Constantine for your simple straight-forward answer! How did you know that?

Battle of the Milvian Bridge

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Veiling of Women

Mind you, I am not very picky about women wearing veils at Mass (but I think they should)…., but some were/are : The pagan women of Arabia will be your judges. For they cover not only the head, but the face also. . . . But how severe a chastisement will they likewise deserve, who [...]

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Romanism! XI: Probably the last Romanism! Post (See the rest).

Death of Benedict XV

Celebration of Concordat between Vatican & Italy

Archbishop Aloysius Wycislo

Archbishop of Westminster HG Williams

Monsignor Ferroni at Vat II

2 shown above are of the Funeral of Cardinal Muench (1962)

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Tu Es Sacerdos

But Melchisedech the king of Salem, bringing forth bread and wine, for he was the priest of the most high God. (Gen 14:18)
The Lord hath sworn, and he will not repent: Thou art a priest for ever according to the order of Melchisedech. (109:4)
Prayer for Priests by the late John J Cardinal Carberry:
Keep them; I [...]

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Norbertines

For the Norbertine (check out their blog) who left a link to a picture of members of his Order and Pius XII. He left this one:

This is the one I have of Pius XII with some Norbertines:

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Beware of Theologians….

(Pics are from 2 “pardons” in Brittany: One to St. Anne, and the other to Our Lady of Naufrages).

 

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Pius XII

Pius XII:

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Unity

Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell in unity. (Psalm 132)

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Europe is the Faith?

(I just found out about this church last week of so):  The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, also known as Basilique de Notre Dame de la Paix de Yamoussoukro, is a Roman Catholic church in Yamoussoukro, the administrative capital of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast). Often ranked as the largest Christian church in the world, [...]

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He said therefore to them again: Peace be to you. As the Father hath sent me, I also send you. When he had said this, he breathed on them; and he said to them: Receive ye the Holy Ghost. Whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them; and whose sins you shall retain, they [...]

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The Bishop

The Bishop: During the first three centuries, the entire religious life of the diocese centered around the person of the bishop. The priests and deacons were his auxiliaries but they worked under the immediate direction of the bishop. In large cities, however, like Rome, it was soon found necessary to hand over permanently to the [...]

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If your Pastor won’t….

If your local Pastor won’t offer the Traditional Latin Mass,……Pray for him. Papa Benedict is aware of these things, and might take some more action:
“The Pope himself would have been very displeased due to some “resistance” displayed even in Italian dioceses, and it is probable that interpretative norms for the correct application of the document [the [...]

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The City that Never Sleeps!
Hello All, there will be a TLM offered on Sunday Nov 4 2007 at 3:15 PM at Sacred Heart on Staten Island. Fr Miara will be celebrant at this High Mass. If you are in the NYC area, please come by and show some support. Maybe if enough people show up, [...]

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Quid Quo Pro?

Christ unrolling the Scrolls by James Tissot
A senior American cardinal has asked Jews to reconsider descriptions of Jesus as a “bastard” in exchange for a softening of traditional Catholic prayers calling for Jews to be converted to Christianity…
But this should mean that Jews, in turn, consider amending their own religious texts, he said.
“It does work both [...]

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3 Views

As God saw him:

As Faithful Catholics saw him:

As the “World” saw him:

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(Painting Source)

Catholic Girls in Church in Bolivia
If there is one thing that stands out in the extensive writings of Christopher Columbus it is the divinity of Christ. Phrases like “our Lord Jesus Christ,” and Christ “the Lord,” recur in a way that leaves no doubt who Jesus Christ was in the faith of Christopher Columbus. [...]

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Orate Pro Me

Hello Folks, I was wondering if you all would kindly pray for me. I am going through quite an ordeal with my health. I have not yet been given the diagnosis, however the symtoms seem to be pointing to something not good (of the Neurological System). Very weird intense pains have been shooting through my body. [...]

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Ecce sacerdos magnus, qui in diebus suis placuit Deo. Ideo jurejurando fecit illum Dominus crescere in plebem suam. Benedictionem omnium gentium dedit illi, et testamentum suum confirmavit super caput ejus. Gloria Patri et Filio et Spiritui Sancto, Sicut erat in principio et nunc et semper, et in saecula saeculorum. Amen.

Praying for the Deceased Pope

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 A while back I posted on receiving Communion in the hand, and some were scandalized over what they thought was my uncharitable subjective “opinion”. If you were one of those, read on….. 

In some places the desire to return to the practice by which the Eucharistic bread is placed in the hand of the faithful who communicates himself [...]

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Break out the Millstone

But he that shall scandalize one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of scandals. For it must needs be that scandals come: [...]

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The Spirit of Trent

Spirit of the Council of Trent: Been bottled up for a while.

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Cardinal Spellman

Cardinal Spellman (Displaying some typical NYC “quasi-irreverence” if true): Take this anecdote attributed to him with grain of salt: “Spellman held his tongue in Rome, where it would be unwise to be indiscreet about the new pope (Pope John XXIII). But when he returned home, the Cardinal announced his disdain. ‘He’s no Pope,’ Spellman scoffed [...]

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