On February 2, there will be a (traditional) Solemn Mass at Our Lady of Good Counsel. The church is located at 230 East 90th Street, between 2nd & 3rd Ave’s.
The traditional blessing of candles will start at 1pm and it will be followed by a procession inside the church. Then follows the Solemn Mass.
Fr. Richard [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Catholics in the NYC area
Posted in Pictures on January 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fruits of Ecumenism (No, Really!)
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, tagged Coptic, Ecumenism, Liturgy, Schism, Union on January 29, 2008 | 22 Comments »
The Clergy Conference of the Assyrian Catholic Apostolic Diocese (ACAD) met in Dublin, California, to discuss the current situation and consider future plans for reestablishing communion with other Christians, in order to end their ecclesial isolation.
After praying to the Father and reflecting on the Scriptures and Tradition, the attendees unanimously adopted a “Declaration of Intention” [...]
Discretion
Posted in Paintings, Pictures on January 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Roman Catechism adds this: “At what age children are to receive the Holy Mysteries no one can better judge than their father and the priest who is their confessor. For it is their duty to ascertain by questioning the children whether they have any understanding of this admirable Sacrament and if they have any [...]
Artistic Miscellany II
Posted in Paintings on January 26, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Artistic Miscellany II…….. (See first Artistic Miscellany)
Allegory of Redemption by Wolf Huber
Satan Watching the Sleep of Christ
Angels Came and Ministered unto Him by James Tissot
Allegory of the Concordat between Church and France
Pope Nicholas V in the Grotto of Saint Francis
Conclave
Paul III with St. Ignatius
Emperor Theodosiusis Forbidden entry into church by Saint Ambrose
Peter Walks on Water by Philipp [...]
The Reunion of Christendom
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Christendom, Orthodox, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Papal Teaching, Papal Tiara, Pope Leo XIII, Traditional Catholic Pictures on January 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Pressed on to Our intent by Charity, that hastens fastest there where the need is greatest, We direct Our first thoughts to those most unfortunate of all nations who have never received the light of the Gospel, or who, after having possessed it, have lost it through neglect or the vicissitudes of time: Hence do [...]
Fancy Religion
Posted in Humor, Pictures on January 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Posted in Humor, Pictures on January 21, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Hilary’s campaign advisers, (and you thought witches weren’t real!).
St. Joan Antida Thouret
Posted in Pictures, tagged Canonization, Ceremonial, Papal Pictures, Pope Pius IX, St. Joan Antida Thouret, Traditional Catholic Pictures on January 19, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pope Pius XI at the Canonization of St. Joan Antida Thouret in 1934.
Tu Es Petrus
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Church of Rome, Jesus Christ, Papacy, Papal Sculpture, Papal Tiara, Romanism, Scripture Quote, Son of God, St. Peter, St. Peters Basilica on January 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God. And Jesus answering, said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-Jona: because flesh and blood hath not revealed it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I [...]
Updating to conform to Vat II
Posted in Humor, Pictures, tagged Laszlo Toth, Pieta on January 16, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Laszlo Toth: The man who tried to destroy the Pieta. While being dragged away he said ”the statue was pre-Vatican II, and he was updating it to fit the new norms”. He was called crazy, but Cardinal Noe did it a few years later with the Altar of the Throne in St. Peters, and no one tried [...]
Sistine Chapel
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Pope, Sistine Chapel on January 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pope Pius VII
St. Pius X
Obedience of New Cardinals
Coronation of Benedict XV
Evidently John Paul II also offered Mass Ad Deum in the Sistine Chapel early in his Pontificate:
Just because I’m sick of the election season pablum
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Rant, tagged Bl. Pius IX, Civil War, Crown of Thorns, Jefferson Davis, Pio Nono on January 11, 2008 | 16 Comments »
Just because I’m sick of the politically correct jibber-jabber that passes for politics during an election season (they all suck, the only decent one (Ron Paul) will not win the Republicrat primary, and he said he won’t run as an Independent). So, just to shake things up a bit, some praise for Jefferson Davis, and the [...]
Dom Gueranger
Posted in Pictures on January 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hatred for the Latin language is inborn in the heart of all enemies of Rome. They recognize it as the bond of Catholics throughout the universe, as the arsenal of orthodoxy against all the subtleties of the sectarian spirit. They consider it the most efficient weapon of the papacy. The spirit of rebellion which drives [...]
Precedent Established
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Liturgy, Cope, Jesus Christ, Pope Benedict XVI on January 9, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Hear Chesterton Speak!!
Posted in Pictures, tagged Belloc, Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton, GK Chesterton, Hillare Belloc on January 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Hear the only sound recordings of GK Chesterton:
Also, Belloc (Thank you Jon) http://www.catholic.com/radio/calendar.php?type=month&calendar=1&category=0&month=08&year=2007 to listen to Belloc’s voice. Click on the program from the 14th of the month. It’s about twenty minutes in, if I remember correctly.
Thou Art There
Posted in Pictures on January 7, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea: Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall hold me. (Psalm 138:8)
Envy
Posted in Humor, Pictures on January 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The Easterners
Posted in Pictures, tagged Eastern Rite Catholic, Papal Encyclical, Pope Leo XIII, St. Peters Basilica on January 3, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Her Apostolic origin is all the more proven especially by these Churches of the East, at the selfsame moment there shines out and is made manifest these Churches’ original, complete unity with the Roman Church. Nothing else, perhaps, is so breathtakingly effective for illustrating the mark of Catholicity in God’s Church than that striking sight [...]
Everything Old…
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Cope, Miter, Papal Pictures, Pope Benedict XVI, Vestments on January 2, 2008 | 14 Comments »
Is New Again!
In the wake of Benedict….
Posted in Humor, Pictures on January 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A Local Parish has decided to implement some “Traditional practices”:
