The salient point of this Council is not, therefore, a discussion of one article or another of the fundamental doctrine of the Church which has repeatedly been taught by the Fathers and by ancient and modern theologians, and which is presumed to be well known and familiar to all. For this a Council was not [...]
Archive for July, 2008
A Council Was Not Necessary
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Video, tagged Bl. John XXIII, John XXIII, Pope John XXIII, Second Vatican Council, St. Peters Basilica, Vatican Council, Vatican II, Vatican Museum on July 30, 2008 | 15 Comments »
Think Upon Every Generation
Posted in Pictures, tagged Benedictine, Catholic Chaplain, Catholic Devotion, Catholic Pictures, Catholic Tradition, Devotion, Monastery, Monks, Nuns, Piety, Priest, Priesthood, Scripture Quote, Traditional Catholic, Traditional Catholic Pictures on July 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Remember the days of old, think upon every generation: ask thy father, and he will declare to thee: thy elders and they will tell thee. (Deut 32:7)
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As the Heathen and the Publican
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, tagged Catholic Morality, Catholic Teaching, Catholic Tradition, Contraception, Dissent, Humanae Vitae, Jesus Christ, Onanism, Papacy, Papal Encyclical, Papal Teaching, Paul VI, Pope Paul VI, Rebellion, Scripture Quote, Sedia Gestatoria on July 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
And if he will not hear them: tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to thee as the heathen and publican. Amen I say to you, whatsoever you shall bind upon earth, shall be bound also in heaven; and whatsoever you shall loose upon earth, shall be loosed [...]
Continuity (Peter is Dead, Long Live Peter!)
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Catholic Missionaries, Catholic Teaching, Jesus Christ, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Pius XI, Pope Benedict XV, Pope Pius XI, Scripture Quotes, Traditional Catholic Pictures on July 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
He chose therefore His Apostles, and after infusing into their minds by the power of the Holy Ghost, the gifts in harmony with their high calling, “Go ye into the world,” He told them, “and preach the Gospel.” Their preaching renewed the face of the earth. For if the religion of Christ has withdrawn [...]
Easterners moving East
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Byzantine Liturgy, Byzantine Rite Catholic, Eastern Monasticism, Eastern Rite Catholic, Uniate on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hello All, I just found out that a community of monks who are dedicated to traditional Byzantine monasticism are going to be moving from California to New Jersey. For all those in the tri-state NY (come on all you Slavs in PA!) who are interested in having a monastery/retreat house somewhat local that provides a liturgical haven, take a look at [...]
The Cardinal
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Cappa Magna, Cardinal, Cardinal Roncalli, Catholic Tradition, Church of Rome, Pope John XXIII, Prince of the Blood, Prince of the Church, Roman Cardinal, Roman Church, Romanism, Traditional Catholic on July 21, 2008 | 10 Comments »
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Until late in the Middle Ages the title of cardinal was given to prominent priests of important churches, e.g., at Constantinople, Milan, Ravenna, Naples, Sens, Trier, Magdeburg, and Cologne. In keeping with this custom we find the term Cardinalis applied at Rome from the end of the fifth century to priests permanently attached [...]
Cardinal Pacelli in the U.S.
Posted in Pictures, tagged American Catholic, Cardinal Pacelli, Nuncio, Papal Encyclical, Pope Pius XII on July 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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When Pope Pius VI gave you your first Bishop in the person of the American John Carroll and set him over the See of Baltimore, small and of slight importance was the Catholic population of your land. At that time, too, the condition of the United States was so perilous that its structure [...]
Denied His Proper Place
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Pope Pius XII, Secularism on July 17, 2008 | 8 Comments »
If we weigh carefully the causes of today’s crises and those that are ahead, we shall soon find that human plans, human resources, and human endeavors are futile and will fail when Almighty God – He who enlightens, commands, and forbids; He who is the source and guarantor of justice, the fountainhead of truth, the [...]
Partaaaaaay! Dude, the Pope’s gonna be there!
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Pictures, Rant on July 16, 2008 | 36 Comments »
When I was a teenager/early 20’s, and was very far from practicing my Faith, anything like this would have kept me miles away from the Church. A bunch of suggary, “slap-happy” drama-club kids clapping hands, strumming guitars, and saying things like “Ain’t Jesus great, gang!”, or, “Let’s Praise Him” would have led me to a [...]
The Great Sacrifice
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Pope St. Pius X on July 15, 2008 | 7 Comments »
But it is particularly as the ministers of Jesus Christ in the great sacrifice which is constantly renewed with abiding power for the salvation of the world, that we have the duty of conforming our minds to that spirit in which he offered himself as an unspotted victim to God on the altar of the [...]
Merciful and Just
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Pio Nono, Pope Pius IX on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Lord is merciful and just, and our God showeth mercy. (Psalm 114)
Mercy: Here, too, our beloved sons and venerable brothers, it is again necessary to mention and censure a very grave error entrapping some Catholics who believe that it is possible to arrive at eternal salvation although living in error and alienated from the [...]
Wojtyla!
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Bishop Wojtyla, Cardinal Wojtyla, John Paul II on July 12, 2008 | 15 Comments »
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Common Error
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Pictures on July 11, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Secularists changing BC/AD to BCE/CE (Before the Common Era/Common Era) ? If it ever comes up when chatting with a person of the secularist persuasion, act stupid, and say “BCE ?, oh sure, you mean Before Christ’s Era, and CE, Christ’s Era”? They are making an increasingly common error.
What the Hell?
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Rant on July 11, 2008 | 32 Comments »
This is a cover a new book I saw on B&N. It features on the cover a statue commemorating a meeting between Pope Paul VI, and Metropolitan Meliton of Chalcedon. Evidently the statue is based on an actual occurance of Paul VI prostrating himself before the Metropolitan, and kissing his feet. I have yet to find a full [...]
Definition & Example
Posted in Pictures, tagged Archbishop, Bishop, Catholic Tradition, Dignified Liturgy on July 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
dig·ni·ty [dig-ni-tee]
1. bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
2. nobility or elevation of character; worthiness: dignity of sentiments.
3. elevated rank, office, station, etc.
See Example:
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Draw Nigh To The Apostolic See
Posted in Pictures, tagged Add new tag, Pope Pius XI on July 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hope: Let, therefore, the separated children draw nigh to the Apostolic See, set up in the City which Peter and Paul, the Princes of the Apostles, consecrated by their blood; to that See, We repeat, which is “the root and womb whence the Church of God springs,” not with the intention and the hope that [...]
Behold Thy Mother
Posted in Pictures, tagged Blessed Mother, Our Lady, Virgin Mary on July 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
When Jesus therefore had seen his mother and the disciple standing whom he loved, he saith to his mother: Woman, behold thy son. After that, he saith to the disciple: Behold thy mother. And from that hour, the disciple took her to his own. (John 19:26)
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250,000!
Posted in Humor, Pictures on July 6, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Just saw I hit over 250,000 hits on the blog since it started in March 2007. Not bad for a lil’ old picture blog! Thank you all.
Secular “Saints”
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Rant on July 5, 2008 | 25 Comments »
For some reason progressive “Catholics” have decided to elevate non-Catholics into their own pseudo-Canon of “acceptibles”. Gandhi especially has been presented as a paragon of the only “dogmas” now taught: tolerence, peace, dialog, niceness, ecumenism, holiness without Christ & His Church (that’s the big one)..bla.bla.bla..you know the nonsense… Well, I hate to burst bubbles, but just in case you didn’t [...]
The Ways of our Fathers
Posted in Opinion, Paintings, Pictures, Rant, tagged Altar, Jesus Christ, Patriarch, Priesthood on July 4, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Although the teaching that priestly ordination is to be reserved to men alone has been preserved by the constant and universal Tradition of the Church and firmly taught by the Magisterium in its more recent documents, at the present time in some places it is nonetheless considered still open to debate, or the Church’s judgment [...]
But We Preach Christ Crucified
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic, Jesus Christ on July 2, 2008 | 4 Comments »
(15th & last Installation of Canonization of St. Pius X at Catholic Pictures)
For both the Jews require signs, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews indeed a stumblingblock, and unto the Gentiles foolishness. (Cor 1, Chap1:22)
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Stronsay Comes Home to Papa
Posted in Humor, Video on July 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Very relevant news made public by the Transalpine Redemptorists, children of Saint Alphonsus Maria Liguori and helped throughout their history by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Pius X (FSSPX / SSPX):
1 July, 2008
Feast of the Precious Blood
My dear friends,
I am happy to inform you that last June 18th, before Cardinal Castrillon [...]
