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04/16/2011
Catholics must keep watch if they are not to fall asleep as did all too many Catholics in the run-up to Vatican II.
Catholics must keep watch if they are not to fall asleep as did all too many Catholics in the run-up to Vatican II.
The imminent “beatification” of John-Paul II will make him not a Blessed but a Newblessed. In the Newchurch nothing remains Catholic.
Assuming that Rome’s and the SSPX’s doctrinal positions are irreconcilable, then the SSPX must simply continue along Archbishop Lefebvre’s lines.
It can be argued that the tectonic instability contributing to Japan’s recent disaster resulted from the sins of men causing the Flood.
Japan’s terrible earth- and sea-quake remind us that suffering can be a punishment or warning or an occasion to practise virtue.
Galatians I, 8–9 demonstrates the ultimate primacy of Truth over Authority. Cassocks may need to be weighed if they risk being found wanting.
Let nobody be disappointed if the Rome-SSPX discussions are going nowhere. What matters is faithfulness to the Truth coming from God.
Two Americans advise their fellow citizens, amongst other practical steps, to wake up, go local and get real.
A high-up USA government official says that respect for reality is out-of-date. Henceforth the government creates its own reality.
A recent French film portrays a surprising sense of religion amongst some Conciliar monks, but also their inescapable problem in politics.
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.