“One of the things we were asked to look into was what accounted for the success, in fact, the pre-eminence of the West all over the world,” said the lecturer. “We studied everything we could from the historical, political, economic, and cultural perspective. At first, we thought it was because you had more powerful guns [...]
Archive for October, 2008
Communists More Honest Than Western Seculars
Posted in Pictures, tagged Benedictine, China, Christian Civilization, Christian Hope, Christianity, Communism, Communists, Culture, God of Wonders, Jesus Christ, Logic, Monks, Reason, Roots, Science, St. Benedict, Stained Glass, Western Civilization on October 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
She Will Be Sorely Afflicted
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Catholic Church, Catholic Images, Catholic Pictures, Catholic Teaching, Christianity, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Papal Teaching, Papal Tiara, Persecution, Pius X, Pope St. Pius X, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Church well knows that the gates of hell will not prevail against her. Furthermore, she knows that she will be sorely afflicted; that her apostles are sent as lambs among wolves; that her followers will always bear the brunt of hatred and contempt, just as her Divine Founder received hatred and contempt. So the [...]
In Hoc Signo Vinces
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Battle, Catholic Faith, Catholics at War, Chi-Rho, Christianity, Constantine, Conversion, Donation of Constantine, Emperor, In Hoc Signo Vinces, In This Sign Conquer, Labrarum, Milvian Bridge: Milvian Bridge, Roman Empire, Western Civilization on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On this day (October 28) 312 A.D. : Constantine was directed in a dream to cause the heavenly sign to be delineated on the shields of his soldiers, and so to proceed to battle. He did as he had been commanded, and he marked on their shields the letter X, with a perpendicular line drawn [...]
Another Step To Destruction
Posted in Opinion, Paintings, Pictures, Rant, tagged Apostolic Tradition, Destruction, Female Priests, Feminism, Heresy, Modernism, Novelty, Priesthood, Scripture Quote, St. Paul on October 26, 2008 | 8 Comments »
St. Paul: Let women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted them to speak, but to be subject, as also the law saith. But if they would learn any thing, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is a shame for a woman to speak in the church. 1 Cor [...]
He Must Reign
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Anointed, Catholic Pictures, Christ the King, Jesus Christ, King of Israel, King of the Universe, Messiah, Papal Encyclical, Pope Pius XI, Son of David, Son of God, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 25, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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If to Christ our Lord is given all power in heaven and on earth; if all men, purchased by his precious blood, are by a new right subjected to his dominion; if this power embraces all men, it must be clear that not one of our faculties is exempt from [...]
Movie Night
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Rant, tagged Carthusian, Catholic Movies, Chartreuse, EWTN, Into Great Silence, Monastery, Monasticism, Monks on October 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Just a reminder…..this Sunday night on EWTN: Into Great Silence
Step into the riveting silence of Philip Groning’s stunning new documentary on the spirituality of Carthusian monks. Filmed without narration and very little dialogue at the Monastery of the Grand Chartreuse in France, Mr. Groning captures the brimming vitality of monastic life and the overpowering sound [...]
No Just War?/Impending Dhimmitude
Posted in Opinion, Pictures, Rant, tagged Cardinal Spellman, Catholic Chaplan, Catholic Pictures, Catholic Teaching, Catholics at War, Just War, St. Thomas Aquinas, Traditional Catholic Pictures, War, World War II on October 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Thus far, history has not yet given humanity a just war. Despite philosophical or theological rationalizations, there is no such animal as a just war. Only fools say otherwise. Only clowns wear smiles during war. And only those, whose business is war, rejoice when war is actually waged. Philippine Bishops Statement
**What? No just wars, ever? [...]
Recognize His True Church
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Bl. John XXIII, Catholic Church, Catholic Pictures, Ecumenism, Heretics, John XXIII, One True Faith, Papal Encyclical, Papal Pictures, Pope John XXIII, Protestant Heresy, Schism, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Union, Unity on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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We therefore beg and implore Christ Our Mediator and Advocate with the Father to give all Christians the grace to recognize those marks by which His true Church is distinguished from all others, and to become its devoted sons. May God in His infinite kindness hasten the dawn of that long-awaited day of [...]
The Devil Has No Knees
Posted in Pictures, tagged Arrogance, Catholic Mass, Catholic Pictures, Catholic Tradition, Devil, Eucharist, Holy Communion, Jesus Christ, Kneeling, Mass, Patristics, Pride, Real Presence, Satan, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Traditional Latin Mass on October 18, 2008 | 7 Comments »
According to Abba Apollo, a desert father who lived about 1,700 years ago, the devil has no knees; he cannot kneel; he cannot adore; he cannot pray; he can only look down his nose in contempt. Being unwilling to bend the knee at the name of Jesus is the essence of evil. (Cf. Is 45:23, [...]
Makes Glad The Heart Of Man
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Church Fathers, Eucharist, Fathers of the Church, Holy Communion, Jesus Christ, Mass, Patristics, Priesthood, Real Presence, Sacrament, Sacrifice, Scripture Quotes, Son of God, St. Ambrose, Traditional Catholic Pictures, Traditional Latin Mass on October 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
What we eat and what we drink the Holy Spirit has elsewhere made plain by the prophet, saying, “Taste and see that the Lord is good, blessed is the man that hopes in Him.” In that sacrament is Christ, because it is the Body of Christ, it is therefore not bodily food but spiritual. Whence [...]
Looking on Jesus
Posted in Pictures, tagged Catholic Pictures, Cross, Crucifixion, Hebrews, Holy Cross, Jesus Christ, Monks, Son of God, St. Paul, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 14, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Looking on Jesus, the author and finisher of faith, who having joy set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and now sitteth on the right hand of the throne of God. Heb 12:2
Diocese want to save some money?….
Posted in Humor, Pictures, tagged Bishop, Catholic, Catholic Pictures, Christianity, Nuns, Religion, Religious Orders, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 13, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Then get really small nuns…. They eat alot less.
I Spy With My Little Eye….
Posted in Humor, Pictures, tagged Borghese, Conversion, Institute of Christ the King, New York City, Nobility, St. Agnes Church Manhattan, Traditional Latin Mass on October 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
…A Princess! Right before the start of the Latin Mass this Sunday morning at St. Agnes I saw a woman who for some strange reason looked remarkable familiar to me. After a minute or so of squeezing my brain cells I remembered where I saw her, and who she was (I never forgot a face, [...]
God Makes Wonderful Things
Posted in Video, tagged Atheism, Atheist, Beauty, Glory of God, God of Wonders, Nature, Reason on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Non Ego
Posted in Pictures, tagged Carmelites, Catholic, Catholic Pictures, Christianity, Cloister, Convent, Jesus Christ, Nuns, Religion, Scripture Quote, Son of God, St. Paul, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And I live, now not I; but Christ liveth in me. And that I live now in the flesh: I live in the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and delivered himself for me. Gal 2:20
To Adhere To Christ
Posted in Pictures, tagged Beatification, Beatification of Pius XII, Catholic Pictures, Papa Pacelli, Papa Pio, Papal Mass, Papal Pictures, Pius XII, Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Pius XII, St. Peters Basilica, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »
“He who heareth my word, and believeth …hath life everlasting.” (John, 5, 24) This affirmation by Jesus, which we heard in the Gospel, makes us think of the hardest moments of the pontificate of Pius XII, when, perceiving the collapse of every human certainty, he strongly felt the need, even through a constant ascetic effort, [...]
The Last Roman
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged 50th Anniversary, Beatification, Beatification of Pius XII, Catholic Pictures, Church of Rome, Death of Pius XII, Eugenio Pacelli, Papa Pacelli, Papa Pio, Papal Death, Papal Pictures, Pius XII, Pope of Rome, Pope Pius XII, Roman Church, Sedia Gestatoria, St. Peters Basilica, Traditional Catholic Pictures on October 7, 2008 | 16 Comments »
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Throughout his papacy Pope Pius XII was almost universally, regarded as a saintly man, a scholar, a man of peace, a tower of strength, and a compassionate defender and protector of all victims of the war and genocide that had drenched Europe in blood. At the end of the war Western nations paid [...]
Terrible As An Army Set In Array
Posted in Paintings, Pictures, tagged Battle of Lepanto, Catholic, Catholics at War, Christendom, Christianity, Interreligious Dialog, Islam, Just War, Lepanto, Mother of God, Muslim Aggression, Muslims, Our Lady, Our Lady of the Rosary, Our Lady of Victory, Pope Pius V, Religion, Rosary, Scripture Quote, St. Pius V, Virgin Mary on October 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »
One is my dove, my perfect one is but one, she is the only one of her mother, the chosen of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and declared her most blessed: the queens and concubines, and they praised her. Who is she that cometh forth as the morning rising, fair as the [...]
