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11/05/2016
When men destroy God’s work, are they aware?
They must have seen, at first. Churchmen, take care!
When men destroy God’s work, are they aware?
They must have seen, at first. Churchmen, take care!
It’s true, we men today are broken down,
But that can brighten many a heavenly crown.
When Catholic institutions fall to bits,
The priests must help the home to take the hits.
What does the Lord God want of me and you?
To do what we can, not what we cannot do.
The Church which sedevax attempt to save
In fact to human limits they enslave.
The Catholic Church can never wholly fail,
But, partially, it can severely ail.
The tastier the bait put on the hook,
The more poor fish their foes for friends mistook.
Conciliar Popes I have to “disobey,”
But that they are not Popes, I need not say.
Who profits by promoting Our Lord’s foes?
Those who serve God by scourging us with woes.
Kyrie eleison.All glory Mary seeks is for her Son.
For her own self she seeks no glory, none.
To a doubting French journalist the author of “Eleison Comments” expresses confidence that the imminent Motu Proprio will do much good.
Indeed, it both declares that the Tridentine Mass was never banned, and permits Latin rite priests to use it, whenever and wherever.
By overloading our eyes and ears, said Kafka, the cinema overwhelms our minds. Minds being overwhelmed means that lies triumph.
In his outstanding Encyclical of 100 years ago, Pius X nailed the deadly error of modern times: minds’ independence from their object.
Despite many Catholics’ reservations as to the content and motivation of the Motu Proprio, one may still believe it will do good.