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07/19/2014
If Catholic churchmen gravely err, we may
Declare, if we are right, how far they stray.
If Catholic churchmen gravely err, we may
Declare, if we are right, how far they stray.
With Rome, Society contacts quietly flow.
All enmity will soon be long ago.
The Cardinal lost no hope from an evil world.
With faith he saw the triumph of Heaven unfurled.
A Cardinal saw how far the Church must shrink
In these end times, yet never will it sink.
For Dickens, Broadstairs was a great delight.
To find out why, come listen to Dr White.
When liberals destroy, how much we need
Priests clear in mind, and brave in word and deed!
The Church does parts from God and man combine.
The human can be rotted, not the divine.
The loss of objective truth in depth explains
The Church’s sedevac and liberal pains.
Tradition is of Popes the measuring-rod
Because it came at first only from God.
If four conditions are not all in play.
The Popes can err in what they teach or say.
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.