I’ll be taking a short break from the blog, most likely I’ll be back by Friday/Saturday.
A misericordiam from St. Davids Cathedral. The monks used to lean their backsides on the slight ledge during long offices.
Archive for September, 2008
A Breather
Posted in Humor, Pictures, tagged Mercy Seat, Misericordiam, Monastery, Monks on September 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Romanism! XIII
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Cardinal, Catholic Images, Catholic Pictures, Christianity, Papal Pictures, Pope, Popish, Religion, Roman Cardinal, Roman Catholic, Roman Church, Roman Curia, Romanism, Second Vatican Council, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Vatican II on September 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Hail, O Rome,
Eternal abode of memories;
A thousand palms and a thousand altars
Sing your praises.
O city of the Apostles,
Mother and guide of the elect,
Light of the nations,
And hope of the world!
Hail, O Rome!
Your light will never fade;
The splendour of your beauty
Disperses hatred and shame.
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O city of the Apostles,
Mother and guide of the elect,
Light of [...]
The Works of the Lord
Posted in Pictures, tagged Beauty, Christianity, God, Logic, Nature, Reason, Religion, Scripture Quote, Wisdom on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
For in his hand are both we, and our words, and all wisdom, and the knowledge and skill of works. For he hath given me the true knowledge of the things that are: to know the disposition of the whole world, and the virtues of the elements, The beginning, and ending, and midst of the [...]
Matrimony
Posted in Pictures, tagged Benediction, Catholic Pictures, Eucharist, Holy Matrimony, Marriage, Matrimony, Sacrament, Scripture Quote, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 25, 2008 | 5 Comments »
And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, Made them male and female? And he said: For this cause shall a [...]
He Gave Them Power
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Christianity, Demons, Exorcism, Exorcist, Jesus Christ, Priest, Religion, Scripture Quote, Son of God, St. Vicinus, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
And having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities. Matt 10:1
The cult that has emerged here in Sarsina, a town in the hills between Tuscany and the northern Adriatic Sea, centers on the metal [...]
American Protestantism
Posted in Pictures, tagged American Catholic, American Protestant, Anti-Catholic, Anti-Catholicism, Freemason, Intolerance, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Mason, Religion on September 23, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Nelson Burroughs displays the branded “KKK” on head and chest that Klan members gave him when he refused to recant his Catholicism in June 1924. The Ku Klux Klan was originally a secret movement of vigilantes who, following the American Civil War, handed out rough justice in the Southern United states. The Klan was reborn, [...]
The Roman Curia…
Posted in Humor, Pictures, tagged Altar Boys, Altar Server, Cardinal, Catholic Pictures, Curia, Religion, Roman Curia, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 22, 2008 | 3 Comments »
..After the “shrinking ray gun” mishap of 2015….
Another
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic, Christianity, Eschaton, False Messiah, Fulfilled Judaism, Jesus Christ, Jews, Judaism, Messiah, Mosiach, Prophecy, Scripture Quotes, Second Coming, Son of David, Son of God on September 21, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. John 5:43
With their ears they have been dull of hearing, and their eyes they have shut: lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with [...]
Shadow of Death
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catacombs, Catholic Pictures, Death, Paris Catacombs, Psalms, Scripture Quote, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will fear no evils, for thou art with me. Psalm 22
Chasubles
Posted in Humor, Opinion, Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Images, Catholic Pictures, Chasuble, Gothic Chasuble, Miter, Papal Pictures, Roman Chasuble, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Vestments on September 19, 2008 | 12 Comments »
Trad?:
When I first came back to the Church 6 years ago (via the Traditional Latin Mass) I was astounded by the beautiful, dignified, vestments of a type I had never seen before. I speak of the “Roman” or “Fiddleback”, which seemed to disappeared between VatII, and my earliest memories. At the time I thought [...]
Asperges Me
Posted in Pictures, tagged Asperges, Blessing, Catholic Images, Catholic Pictures, Early Church, Holy Water, Priest, Priesthood, Sacramental, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If the bishop be present, let the presbyter and deacon stand by, and let him say thus: O Lord of hosts, the God of powers, the creator of the waters, and the supplier of oil, who art compassionate, and a lover of mankind, who hast given water for drink and for cleansing, and oil to [...]
Pray for Priests
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Confession, Penance, Priest, Priesthood, Sacrament, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s got to be difficult sometimes .
Hath seen great light
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic Images, Catholic Pictures, Crucifix, Jesus Christ, Prophecy, Scripture Quote, Son of God, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The people that sat in darkness, hath seen great light: and to them that sat in the region of the shadow of death, light is sprung up. Matt 4:16
Hymn of Praise
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Altar, Catholic Mass, Early Church, Jesus Christ, Patriarch, Patristics, Priest, Priesthood, Sacrament, Sacrifice, Son of God, St. John Chrysostom on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the priest conducts the Divine Sacrifice, angels station themselves about him and in a choir they chant a hymn of praise in honor of the Victim Who is sacrificed. St John Chrysostom
Holy Cross
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Cross, Crucifixion, Holy Cross, Jesus Christ, Moses, Motu Proprio, Paintings, Pictures, Pope Benedict XVI, Prophecy, Religion, Scripture Quotes, Son of God, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Traditional Latin Mass on September 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
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And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: That whosoever believeth in him, may not perish; but may have life everlasting. John 3:14
For the word of the cross, to them indeed that perish, is foolishness; but to them that are saved, that [...]
The Hammer & Sickle & the Cross?
Posted in Pictures, tagged Atheism, Atheist, Catholic Pictures, Communism, Empire of Evil, Fanon, Heresy, Heretics, Lateran Basilica, Liberation Theology, Marxism, Mass Murder, Militant Atheism, Papal Encyclical, Papal Funeral, Papal Pictures, Papal Tiara, Pope Pius XI, Sedia Gestatoria, Sistine Chapel, Son of God, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 12, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The doctrine of modern Communism, which is often concealed under the most seductive trappings, is in substance based on the principles of dialectical and historical materialism previously advocated by Marx, of which the theoricians of bolshevism claim to possess the only genuine interpretation. According to this doctrine there is in the world only one reality, [...]
Old Treasures
Posted in Pictures, tagged Guido Marini, Papal Pictures, Pope Benedict XVI, Splendour, St. Peters Basilica, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 9, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Today while in the Vatican Basilica I saw something I didn’t think I’d ever see and something that hasen’t been seen here likely in about forty (or more) years in St. Peter’s Basilica!
They brought back the old giant carpet covers for the choir benches at the altar of the chair. It’s difficult to explain what [...]
JPII and the 1st Defeat of Militant Atheism
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, tagged Atheism, Communism, Empire of Evil, John Paul II, JPII, Marxism, Militant Atheism, Papal Encyclical on September 9, 2008 | 27 Comments »
(Orthodox church in Petresti, Romania with a mural of JPII, George Bush Sr., and Gorbachev!)
In Bucharest I highlighted the fact that in Romania, too, you suffered together: “The communist regime suppressed the Church of the Byzantine-Romanian rite united with Rome and persecuted Bishops and priests, men and women religious and lay people, many of whom [...]
First Attempted Suicide of the West
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Catholics at War, Eastern Rite Catholic, Jesus Christ, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Peace, Pope Benedict XV, St. Peters Basilica, Throne, Traditional Catholic Pictures, War, Western Civilization, World War I on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On every side the dread phantom of war holds sway: there is scarce room for another thought in the minds of men. The combatants are the greatest and wealthiest nations of the earth; what wonder, then, if, well provided with the most awful weapons modern military science has devised, they strive to destroy one another [...]
Essence Of A Christian Life
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Morality, Catholic Pictures, Leo XIII, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Papal Teaching, Pope Leo XIII, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Vatican Museum on September 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
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Now the whole essence of a Christian life is to reject the corruption of the world and to oppose constantly any indulgence in it; this is taught in the words and deeds, the laws and institutions, the life and death of Jesus Christ, “the author and finisher of faith.”Hence, however strongly We are [...]
Reminder for Catholics local to NYC
Posted in Video, tagged New York City, Pius XII, Pope Pius XII, Traditional Catholic, Traditional Latin Mass on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A short but pretty good video clip of Pius XII:
A Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Rite
will be offered for the intention of the
BEATIFICATION OF POPE PIUS XII
Followed by
Veneration of personal Relics of Pope Pius XII
and a lecture on his life and papacy by
Sister Margherita Marchione.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact 718 512 8577
at
The Church of the Holy [...]
Except By Means Of Jesus Christ
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Canonization, Catholic Pictures, Catholic Teaching, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Pope Pius X, Pope St. Pius X, Traditional Catholic Pictures on September 2, 2008 | 8 Comments »
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We shall never, however much we exert ourselves, succeed in calling men back to the majesty and empire of God, except by means of Jesus Christ. “No one,” the Apostle admonishes us, “can lay other foundation than that which has been laid, which is Jesus Christ.” (I. Cor., iii., II.) It is Christ [...]
All Generations
Posted in Pictures, tagged Blessed Mother, Catholic Pictures, Magnificat, Mother of God, Our Lady, Scripture Quote, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Virgin Mary on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid; for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. Luke 1:48
