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Murder will not go unnoticed.

Since I was unable to attend the ever-wonderful March for Life, I have been doing nothing but looking at videos and pictures of all those wonderful protesters refusing to accept that a human can be slaughtered and killed, without being held accountable. I am going to tell you, the crowd only gets bigger every single year!! Despite the lack of media coverage (which I don't know how they could be so ignorant), the message was heard: abortion is evil.

Fast

I'm going on a fast this week. Do you have any intentions? I'd be happy to offer them.

The Gentleman

So what is the point of boxer-shorts with designs on them, if no one is supposed to see your underpants? I think they're senseless. I don't know what's wrong with a plain pair of nickers.

Actually, I don't give a button what colour underpants you've got on, as long as I don't see them. It's hard to believe the lack of care put into ones dress, especially on the part of young men. It is very immodest to go about with your trousers down below your ankles. It is dispicable that mother's should have to be reminding their sons to put a pair of trousers on that fit. No, they have to be cool and fashionable of course. Shirts with holes and ribs, not from working or usage, rather from design! Jeans with skid marks and cuts -- not from falling off a train, no, rather by design! Boys and young men can and ARE dressing just as grossly and immodestly as some young ladies do. Boys have to be more concerned with their appearence more than ever during the teenage years, which is a rather delicate time of ones life. Your bodies are temples of the Holy Ghost, you have to take care of your appearance, you have to. Not to the point of becoming vain, no, goodness no. Rather, just to put a bit of effort in. Comb your hair, keep your trousers up. Wear sensible pants, no need for holes in your jeans and up your seems. Decent shoes, laces tied. A good shirt, a polo shirt, a sweater or jumper. Just look good, not like a slob from one of those horror movies.

Ladies, by dressing modestly, honour God. Men by dressing modestly, honour God, and honour women. A true gentleman does not go around with an XX Large t-shirt over a baggy hoodies, and golden chains hanging from places of which not even a tissue should be allowed. Nor is that the "cool" look. Ladies do not find that attractive, from what I've been told, they think it's disgusting.

And for heavens sake, walk properly. There is not need to be bobbing your head and swaying side-to-side in the manner of a swingset, while walking. It's disrespectful to those around you. It makes oneself seem egocentric and misanthropic, however not you might be. We do know it's not right and downright sinful and evil to judge someone's soul, since that is reserved for GOD alone, but if you saw someone walking around a store dressed like Dr Jeckyll, would you seriously think they were highly intelligent, honour students studying to be a Canon lawyer? Maybe if you were highly intoxicated.

To jump to my point, I just wanted to prove that it is not hard to dress modestly. It is very simple for a man or boy to dress modestly, and simply. A pair of pants, a nice shirt, a vest or jumper, whatever. A kilt, if you so prefer!

A Catholic follows not the fashions. God does not change, nor does the Church.

Keep your tambourines off my Missal!

...just because it's in the shape of a fish doesn't make it liturgical.

Official list of New Cardinals

VATICAN CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - (Corrects to show that
Monteiro de Castro is Portuguese, not Spanish) 
    Pope Benedict on Friday named 22 new cardinals. Here are
their names in the order in which the pope announced them. 
     
    Under 80 years old and eligible to enter a conclave to elect
the next pope:     
1. Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Italian, prefect of the Vatican's
Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. 
2. Archbishop Manuel Monteiro de Castro, Portuguese, head of
Vatican office that deals with the sacrament of penance. 
3. Archbishop Santos Abril y Castello, Spanish, archpriest of
the Rome basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore. 
4. Archbishop Antonio Maria Veglio, Italian, head of the
Vatican's Council for Pastoral Care of Migrants. 
5. Archbishop Giuseppe Bertello, Italian, governor of Vatican
City 
6. Archbishop Francesco Coccopalmerio, Italian, president of the
Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts. 
7. Archbishop Joao Braz de Aviz, Brazilian, prefect of the
Vatican's Congregation for Consecrated Life. 
8. Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, American, Grandmaster of the
Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. 
9. Archbishop Domenico Calcango, Italian, President of the
Administration of the Patrimony of the Holy See. 
10. Archbishop Giuseppe Versaldi, Italian, president of the
Vatican's Prefecture for the Economic Affairs of the Holy See. 
11. His Beatitude George Alencherry, Indian, major archbishop of
the Siro-Malabar rite in India 
12. Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins, Canadian, archbishop
of Toronto. 
13. Archbishop Dominik Duka, Czech, archbishop of Prague 
14. Archbishop Willem Jacobus Eijk, Dutch, archbishop of
Utrecht, Netherlands 
15. Archbishop Giuseppe Betori, Italian, archbishop of Florence 
16. Archbishop Timothy Michael Dolan, American, archbishop of
New York 
17. Archbishop Rainer Maria Woelki, German, archbishop of
Berlin. 
18. Archbishop John Tong Hon, Chinese, archbishop of Hong Kong. 
 
    Over 80 and therefore not eligible to enter a conclave: 
1. His Beatitude Lucian Muresan, Romanian, major archbishop of
Fgra and Alba Iulia in Romania. 
2. Father Julien Ries, Belgian, professor emeritus of religious
history at the Catholic University of Louvain 
3. Father Prosper Grech, Maltese, professor emeritus of various
Italian universities 
4. Father Karl Becker, German, of the Gregorian University in
Rome 
 
 (Reporting By Philip Pullella)

Canada's new Cardinal

The Pope has named Toronto Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins as one of 22 new cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican announced Friday morning.
Collins, 64, ordained as a priest in 1973 and appointed archbishop of Toronto in 2007, told CBC's Heather Hiscox he learned about his appointment after receiving word on his BlackBerry to call the Pope's representative.

'It's just an awesome experience to receive that call from the Lord.'—Toronto Archbishop Thomas Christopher Collins
"This is indeed a great honour and I’m indeed overwhelmed," Collins said early Friday, adding that he will continue as archbishop of the Toronto archdiocese.
Cardinals are the Pope's closest aides, but only those under age 80 can take part in the election of a new pope following the death of the current pontiff, Benedict.
Other cardinals named Friday include prelates from New York, Hong Kong, Berlin, Prague, Florence, Italy and some key Vatican offices.

From what I know, His Grace is quite orthodox. Well I haven't heard otherwise. Please say a prayer for him!

This story came from CBC, yeah I know, but I couldn't find better

The Christmas Angelus

I feel like one of those shows where the words the actors are saying are out-of-sync with the actual lips of the actor. I should've posted this earlier.

Hail, Thou Star of the Ocean!

Hail, Queen of Heaven! Hail Queen of Ireland, Hail Queen of England, Wales and Scotland! Hail Queen of the Universe! Hail Queen of Canada! Pray for us o Holy Mother of God, pray and recommend us to Thy Divine Son, Jesus Christ!

A new blog!

Dear readers, here is a new blog for you to read! The blogger notified me of it's launching, and no doubt it'll make an interesting read!
http://longbowsandrosarybeads.blogspot.com/

Feminism has ruined the World.

Tosay I was watching a show about ladies, young women, who are mean and angry. Women who are overly-sensitive and over-reactive. A (woman) Psuchologist was interviewed, and she said that "women have a lot more pressure than what they did50 or so years ago, they have to get jobs, support the family, and work even harder", or something to that affect. Yes, this is partly true, but also to blame is feminism.

Feminism has the world ruined. You know and see the results. Now, you know that I am a man, and cannot speak for women. But, I can truthfully say that feminism is the cause of all ill-dressed, ill-mannered, horrible, sex-driven minds that a lot of young girls and ladies have today. You walk into any clothing store. The clothes must be terribly inexpensive to produce, since they only have at most 2 to 4 pieces of fabric on them. Look at those horrible ripped skin-tight jeans, and underwear dressed which are advertised as looking "cool and attractive". They're hardly so. Disgusting.

Girls are taught in schools today that you must "stand up and speak out". They're taught to act as animals, and boys are taught to expect them to act like animals. Your average 13 year old boy is not thinking about how pretty a girl in his class is, he's lusting over her. Feminism, "womens lib", is all horrible. Ladies, females are not objects. They are not play toys, they are not tools of pleasure. They are human, beautifully created by God most high. If a woman wants to be respected, I'm sorry, but she can't be respected while wearing a baggy hoodie and tights. It's not hard to look modest.

Yet schools inforce "dress codes", but they still give the blessing to act like a wild animal. Due to this, not many children know about morals and the Church. Their parents stop bringing them at this age because they'be done their confirmation, and graduated from attendance at Mass (which is damningly false).

My Grandmother, if she had her own talk-show, would be quite popular with the feminist crowd. You see, because my Grandmother hates nothing except one thing: the womens liberation movement. She lived through it, witnessed it, suffered it. She says "no wonder youngsters are acting like they do, I don't blame them, their parents are idiots. Girls arent ladies, nor a men gentlemen anymore." They're ( I'll let the Crescat explain it better), she says.

Of course, I am NOT talking to the good parents, who bring their children up in the Church, with the Sacraments divine, with proper rearing. Mothers who bring their yound ladies up as ladies, true women, mirrors of the Blessed Mother. Rather, I'm praising them for their glorious work! I pray for them.

But, I am speaking of the lazy parent who refuses to teach their child right from wrong.

And the boys and men shan't be left unkown. They can act just as bad. Tomorrow, I'll write on men's modesty!

Watch out for lightning!

Well, Slabbinck is starting to make......good vestments! No, not quality, their quality is superb. Their designs are absolutely horrid, and just looking at them give me headaches. However, now they have a bit of aesthetical taste. Perhaps they hath a new designing crew?

Now don't read me wrongly, some of the vestments they do make are quite nice, a whole 2% of them. Well, lets raise that to 5% now, so the occupiers don't have their go.

However as the wonderful Fr Z has pointed out, these are not true Roman vestments, however again, they are quite nice!

Bl Takeri Tekakwitha: whose saint is she?

From the Toronto Star, we have this

Are those damned Yankees trying to claim a Canadian saint for their own?

With the impending canonization of Kateri Tekakwitha, the 17-century Mohawk woman will be among the 12 Americans who have ascended to sainthood.

At least if you ask some south of the border.

Here, we know Tekakwitha as the soon-to-be first Canadian aboriginal saint, who tended to the sick and elderly at Jesuit missions outside Montreal.

Middle-aged Quebeckers may remember reading about her in their Catholic school books. One priest described her as “the protectress of Canada.”

The tiff over which country she belongs to has gone on for more than 100 years.

Known as “Lily of the Mohawks,” Tekakwitha was born in New York.

Her elevation to sainthood is already stirring talk of tourism to the villages of Fonda and Auriesville, where there are shrines dedicated to her. One of the properties houses the archeological site of where she was baptized in 1676.

The California-based website Catholic Online praised Tekakwitha as an “American religious” figure renowned for her “life’s work in rural New York.”

Yet for the deacon of St. Francis Xavier Church in Kahnawake, Que., where Tekakwitha is entombed in a marble shrine, she belongs to neither country. She is a North American native, a healer who walked the Earth before either nation had formed.

“All kinds of people can say, ‘She’s our saint’ and mean it sincerely. The actual historical facts give them all some plausibility,” said Allan Greer, a McGill University history professor who authored the book, Mohawk Saint: Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuit.

“There’s no way of adjudicating today who is right, because, in a certain sense, they all are.”

Emphasis be mine. As far as I am concerned, I think she should remain God's, and such battles over which country she belongs to, are silly. She is a Saint of the Church.

To be fair, she was born in what is now New York, USA. She died in Quebec, Canada. Both have a claim! That is a compromise. But, she was a native. She is known as the Lily of the Mohawks, not the Lily of Canada or the Lily of the United States, or the Lily of Quebec. That is my opinion.

But what can I say?

From the bottom of my heart, I wish all my dear

readers a happy and glorious New Years!

But, please, do not forget that

it is still Christmas!

The Canadian Ordinariate

From Whispers in the Loggia...

While the Vatican's announcement of the launch of the US' Anglican Ordinariate of the Chair of St Peter takes top line today, a key sidebar of the news has freshly presented itself.

Over recent weeks, reports from Canada have hinted that the country's number of Anglican entrants "do not warrant" the establishment of a separate national jurisdiction.

Accordingly, while a letter from Bishop Douglas Crosby of Hamilton obtained by Whispers heralds the Ontario diocese's reception today of a "small group" of former Anglicans into full Catholic communion, the text goes on to indicate that, "in due time," the received group will "become part of the Personal Ordinariate that is being erected in the United States."

In other words, it seems the community of the Chair won't end at the 49th Parallel. To be sure, though, any extension of the Ordinariate's boundaries beyond the canonical territory of the US bishops (as stated in the CDF's founding decree) would require the provision of the Holy See.\

Considering this is in CANADA, I think it would be more appropriate to have it under the UK Ordinariate, but hey, I'm happy!

New rings for the Princes of the Church

I know you think that the picture is totally unrelated, but they're Cardinals, and those Cardinals had rings. Therefore, it is relevant.

In February - in all likelihood the 18th and 19th of February - the fourth consistory for the creation of new cardinals in Benedict XVI's pontificate will take place. Vatican Insider has written many times of the lists of possible new cardinals: the now-imminent decision is confirmed by the purchasing of the new cardinal's rings. It is tradition, in fact, for the reigning Pontiff to give a ring to the new “senators of the Church”. Up until now, Pope Ratzinger has given newly-created cardinals rings forged on the model used during John Paul II's pontificate (a rectangle of worked gold, upon which stands a cross). But now a design has been approved for a new cardinal's ring, made in the form of a cross, which will be used for the first time next February. It was created by ecclesiastical goldsmiths the Savi Brothers, who work in Borgo Pio, at a cost of around €1,500. The Savis have already worked for some time with the Office of Papal Liturgical Celebrations: they are the ones who created the papal “ferula,” the cross the Pope uses as a pastoral staff during Mass.

With the new consistory, says Sandro Magister on his website, the cardinals created by Ratzinger (who have the right to vote in the conclave) surpass, for the first time, the number of those appointed by Wojtyla. Benedict XVI does not want to exceed the limit of 120 voting cardinals, established by Paul VI. In February, the available posts will be 13, and could become 15, counting the other two cardinals who will reach the age of eighty in the following months.

You can read the rest of the short article at the Vatican Insider on, La Stampa

Let's say that again for fun: La Stampa, it's so rythmical!

Our great and wonderful Holy Father!

God sent his son into the world to save it from evil, pride and violence, Pope Benedict XVI said in his Urbi et Orbi message on Christmas Day.
“The child whom we contemplate is our salvation! He has brought to the world a universal message of reconciliation and peace,” the Pope said as he stood on the central balcony of St Peter’s Basilica and gave his solemn Christmas blessing.

Tens of thousands of people were gathered in St Peter’s Square for the noon address and blessing. Under bright skies they listened to the music of military bands, admired the Vatican’s Nativity scene and took pictures of the Swiss Guards, who were wearing armour over their colourful medieval uniforms.

In his Christmas message, as in his homily at Mass the night before, Pope Benedict spoke about God’s desire to save humanity and his decision to do that by being born in Bethlehem, living among people, dying for them and rising from the dead.
“Come to save us! This is the cry raised by men and women in every age, who sense that by themselves they cannot prevail over difficulties and dangers,” the Pope said. Jesus “is the hand God extends to humanity to draw us out of the mire of sin and to set us firmly on rock, the secure rock of his truth and love”.

Pope Benedict said that most of the world’s problems were caused by human sin, “the evil of separation from God, the prideful presumption of being self-sufficient, of trying to compete with God and to take his place, to decide what is good and evil, to be the master of life and death”.
Jesus came to earth to bring people back to God, to turn them from their sin and to promote reconciliation, dialogue and co-operation, he said.

As is customary, Pope Benedict used his message to ask Christians to pray and offer concrete help to people who are suffering this Christmas, from famine in the Horn of Africa, flooding in Thailand and the Philippines, tensions between Israelis and Palestinians, violence in Syria, a lack of peace and security in Iraq and Afghanistan, the struggle for democracy and human rights in across North Africa and the Middle East, and for the people of Burma, South Sudan and Africa’s Great Lakes region.

From the greatest of publications, the Catholic Herald

FALL ON YOUR KNEES! O HEAR, the SACRED VOICES!

God King Wenceslas went out...

on the feast of Stephen, and I'm sure this is what the homily that day was

the Christmas Broadcast

Merry Christmas!

May you have a blessed, jolly, merry, glorious, and happy Christmas!

Like a broken record!

What a day it is today. The eve of Christmas Eve. Today, traditionally, many people start to make a simple bread pudding, their rice puddings, started preparing the turkey and ham, potatoes, chicken, bacon, chestnuts....ohh my. That's what most people look forward to on Christmas, whereas Catholics, we're not (well, statistically we are, but) most people. We know that Christmas is not merely a jolly season, and happy holiday. It's the birth of the Christchild.

I have my shopping done. I was to the Mall the other day, I saw a big lineup of children, bless', to sit on Father Christmas's lap and get their picture taken. I saw 70% and 30% off sales in every store. "Happy Holidays" was plastered on every wall and crack and crevice, "Seasons Greetings" was displayed on banners and along the the rails of the stairs. I saw little red, big green, super-size green bulbs hanging from the ceilings. Quite the display. What was missing? Christmas. There wasn't a Nativity Scene like there usually was; there was one last year. There was no "Merry Christmas", just "Happy Holidays" and "Celebrate the holidays with ___", the people were rampant and bloodthirsty it seemed, looking for gifts and Santa treats.

But, I feel I've posted enough (like a broken record) about how much I hate people trying to remove the Christ from Christmas. I'll let this good video explain....better than I EVER could.

Today's treat

Something else for the progressive crowd to lose their minds over :)

Religieux de Sacre Coeurs!

I recommend you this blog in French, from the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The images are beautiful, and represent the true spirit of cloistered life. http://soeurs-de-cloture.blogspot.com/

Falalalala lalalala

Have a holly jolly Christmas! Tis the best time of the year!

Indeed it is other than Easter, as we celebrate the birth of our blessed Lord and Saviour, born of the sinless Virgin, as His foster father watched and kept care.

It is that classic image, of the Blessed Virgin on he knees, with her hand folded in prayers, as she gazes upon the face of the divine Messiah in the mange. Good St Joseph has a staff, and is holding up a light to reveal what is there. He too is adoring. He who would die for our sins, Our sovereign King, lay in the manger because there was no room at neither inn to keep him.

So often is this forgot at Christmas time. It has become secularised, it has become a time of focussing on the "good of Humanity" which is jolly well, but is not God's goodness infinitely better? We can't let Christmas become about us, it is not about us. It is about Christ's birth. Giving and receiving gifts is a wonderful way to celebrate this.

Santa Claus is a Catholic anyways, so we don't have to worry about that!

The death of a leader

So, Kim Jong Il has died. He is now awaiting or has received his eternal judgement. He killed many, left many to die. The people of North Korea are now ~~being forced to~~ mourning over his untimely death. You can see the impact in some of the videos, over the sadness of this godless communist dictator's death.

Also in some of the videos, you can see that some of the people crying are actually smiling! I don't suppose it's because now, maybe they'll have an election? A bit of democracy? This is history!

The Fourth Sunday of Advent!

+COLLECT+

Excita, quaesumus Domine, potentiam tuam, et veni, et magna nobis virtute succurre; ut per auxilium gratiae tuae, quod nostra peccata praepediunt, indulgentia tuae propitiationibus acceleret: qui vivis et regnas cum Deo Patre in unitate Spiritus Sancti Deus, per omnia saecula saeculorum.

This is just a test

Hello! I am just testing this new thing I found…”Windows Live Writer” to publish to my blog. It’s pretty fun, but I just need to get used to it.

Requiscat in Pace

The good Cardinal John Patrick Foley, is being prayed for during his funeral today, which is being broadcast on EWTN and Salt & Light, and I presume other Catholic channels. Cardinal Foley had a good battle to fight whilst upon earth, and now, please God he is in eternal happiness for this man was saintly.

Please say a prayer for the repose of His soul.

A moment of beauty...

Sorry, it's the best I could find :)

Happy Holidays!

You know, I don't know what it is lately, but I've had scarce time to post! Goodness! We're in the third week of Advent now, and we are as closer to Christmas as ever! No doubt, it's the time of (un)liturgical blue in some parishes, and maybe your local Church has invited the Rev'd Lou Laderhosen (no offence to my dear German readers) to speak at the Carols service, with blue rainbow vestments no doubt!

So, what about Christmas! I am positive you've received in your mail "seasons greetings" from your local MHA or MP, and that most local businesses are having "holiday sales" for the "happy holidays". Also, I suppose you've read the article on how to have the perfect "godless" Christmas?

And that is our problem exactly! The so popular notion of a godless Christmas! I am asking, how is this possible? And now I shall rant.

These days, in this age, when our dear little ones look forward to Christmas, they think of Santa or Father Christmas and await his visit on Christmas night. They leave cake and syrup, or cookies and milk for him, and maybe a carrot for Rudolph. Children are told by their parents to behave, because Santa is watching! I don't think that jolly ol' Fater Christmas is harmful or bad at all, for children it's a wee bit of fun! And, we do know that Father Christmas is a Catholic after all! Though, that is not what Christmas is about.

It's not allowed to be taught in schools, it's not allowed on the radio. Christmas, the word itself, is avoided and replaced with the "holiday" or "season", as if the moment the word rolled off your tongue, one would catch fire! People fear it, and do you know why? Because they don't fear, let alone believe in God, our Saviour, Jesus Christ whose blessed and holy Birth we celebrate at Christmas, hence the name!

If it were not for the birth of the Son of God, we wouldn't have Christmas, and as much as people like to replace it with another completely different "feel good and giddy" "holiday", they themselves DO know this.

It is our duty as Christians, to take BACK Christmas. I urge you whenever someone says to you "Happy Holidays" turn right back around, smile as big you can, and say with heart "Merry Christmas!" and walk away. The true meaning of Christmas, IS to celebrate the birth of Christ! It is not about gifts, though that is a wonderful tradition and way we celebrate Christ's birth, but as Catholics, the best gift would be to go to Mass. We must adore and worship the King of all, Our sweetest Saviour. And that is Christmas!

But we are only yet in Advent, and the perfect time to honour and praise the Blessed Virgin, who bore the Saviour. Take up your Rosary, I'm sure you have one, pray it with fervency! With her, gaze upon the face of Christ.

Awake!

I just had a visit from the Jehovah's (false) Witnesses.

They handed me their Watchtower, which ironically included an article called "Lies about God" and they handed me their Awake as well.

Really they should start to put hardcovers on them, because they accidentally ripped into a hundred pieces when I moved my fingers!

.....the worst part is I forgot to say "Merry Christmas" when they were leaving! :(

And it is now the Third Sunday

I'm still alive, I'm still kicking. But, I haven't been computer-ing. I will blog more this week.

Second Sunday of Advent!

I apologise for my lateness, it's been hectic!

Spiritus Christi becoming too traditional

Read and opine.

Ten years after her historic ordination, Mary Ramerman rarely makes it into the papers anymore. Watching her {not}minister as a {non}priest today, it may be hard{less} to believe that she was at the center of a highly publicized, painful battle between the diocese of Rochester, N.Y., and the parish then known as Corpus Christi in the late 1990s.
Back then, Corpus Christi was a Roman Catholic parish on the fringe. {though an understatement, at least they admit it somewhat} Led by Fr. Jim Callan, a charismatic{re:charismatic} priest with a radical commitment to the poor{that's commendable, but good works are dead without good faith} and marginalized,{the marginalised he says} the church was known for taking risks.
They invited everyone to Communion, they blessed the unions of gay and lesbian couples (though never on diocesan property) {yes, of course, never on diocesan property.}and they allowed Mary Ramerman, the parish's lay associate pastor,{there is not one document or law, rule, regulation, or any place for a "lay associate pastor". Priests are priests, the laity are the laity} to preach and to stand with Callan at the altar during the Eucharistic prayer. {special treatment. Isn't that marginalising the rest of the congregation?}Eventually, she was also invited to raise the chalice during the consecration.{probably invalid}In time, all of this radical inclusiveness caught up with them. Diocesan officials moved Callan to another parish. They replaced him with a group of pastoral administrators,{replaced a Priest with laymen?} including two women, who fired Ramerman in October 1998{sensible, they wre at least}. Most of the rest of the staff were let go just before Christmas of that year.
A large part of the community regrouped and, with Ramerman's leadership, renamed themselves Spiritus Christi.{re:latin} Callan joined them for a service and, as a result, was automatically barred from serving the Rochester diocese. After that, he joined the community, too. {skipped a bit......}

They cherish their identity as {non-}Catholics, love the sacramental tradition {apparently not, if they reject them. You can't love something but yet detest them at once}and are grounded in the theology of the preferential option for the poor. {"grounded"}They don't think much about Rome or the hierarchy of the diocese of Rochester anymore.{hence, they're not Catholic!}
"I have found it so immensely freeing to not have to hang on to that mode of thinking that says, 'We are Catholic, you are not Catholic,'" {oh the poor dear, having to hang on to "that mode of thinking" must really wear one out}Ramerman told me in an interview earlier this week. "When I became free of that system, it opened up such a greater understanding of God and the people around me."{a proper understanding?}
Ramerman admits that, initially, Spiritus Christi did hope to be welcomed back into the institutional church. "A lot of people don't realize that after our split with the diocese, we continued as a parish led by a celibate, male priest. {...}We thought that maybe in a year or two they would miss us and welcome us back."{"miss us, and welcome us back. A church is not a dog}

Here is the punch line:

Ramerman admits that Spiritus is sometimes criticized for being too traditional.
"They ask me, 'Why do you wear an alb?' or 'Why do you allow people to call you reverend?'" she said. "Given our size, we can grow quickly in terms of preaching or social action, but other areas, like changing these traditions, have to move a lot more slowly."

Emphasis and comments mine.
Read the full thing here

Vespers at the Oratory

He is a treat for you! Vespers from the London Oratory!
Here is the programme:

Organ Prelude: Intonazione octavo tono (Giovanni Gabrieli)
Invitatory: Deus in adjutorium meum (Victoria)
Antiphons & Psalms: 110, 113, 116, 126, 117 (Victoria)
Hymn: Exsultet orbis gaudiis (Victoria)
Antiphon: Cum pervenisset (Plainsong)
Canticle: Magnificat primi toni (Victoria)
Antiphon of Our Lady: Alma Redemptoris mater (Victoria)
Organ Voluntary: Tiento de quinto tono (Francisco Correa de Arauxo)

A fine critique!

http://catholicinsight.com/online/features/article_1193.shtml

This has gone too far

I am sighing right now, as the "Occupy" crowd has gone far enough.
just see here.

Beautiful Simplicity

If you ever have the opportunity to visit Birmingham's St Chad's Basilica, seize it and enjoy it. It is gorgeous.It is one of only three minor basilica's in England!

It's Advent

Pray. Start this novena tomorrow, end on Christmas Ever. Say 15 times a day.

Hail, and blessed be the hour and moment at which the Son of God was born of a most pure Virgin at a stable at midnight in Bethlehem in the piercing cold. At that hour vouchsafe, I beseech Thee, to hear my prayers and grant my desires. (Mention your intentions here) Through Jesus Christ and His most Blessed Mother.

First Sunday of Advent

Light thy candle!

When I survey the Wondrous Cross

I don't know what it is about this one hymn, but I just love it, and this is my favourite rendition.
It IS a traditional Catholic hymn, and one which I have found is NOT ruined by most progressives, for the
simple fact that it contains (1) Reference to Christ our most Sweetest Saviour and (2) to His glorious Cross

A Godsend

This, from the wonderful Vatican Insider

A team has been set up, to put a stop to garage style churches, boldly shaped structures that risk denaturing modern places for Catholic worship. Its task is also to promote singing that really helps the celebration of mass. The “Liturgical art and sacred music commission” will be established by the Congregation for Divine Worship over the coming weeks. This will not be just any office, but a true and proper team, whose task will be to collaborate with the commissions in charge of evaluating construction projects for churches of various dioceses. The team will also be responsible for the further study of music and singing that accompany the celebration of mass.

This is excellent. Maybe every new church plan should be sent for approval before being built. Could this possible be a response to all the tree-house, McDonald's style churches? Could this be a response to the decline of a sense of the sacred, a reverent Mass? Hmmm, I wonder.......

And for good measure, feast your eyes on this jewel.

No, it's not alive.

No, it will not take off in flight.

...for now

You know your computer is Catholic when....

it sees e-mail from "Catholics for Equality" as untrusted material and spam. Haha.

The sun is setting on the old translation! Last Sunday, Christ the King Sunday, was the last day the missal was used (besides for daily mass), and now we prepare for a better translation.

I wasn't here to say it, so I'll say it now. Yesterday was the feast of Christ the King of all Creation, King of the Universe! Christ is victor, Christ is reigning, Christ shall always reign for eternity! Christ the King, our sovereign priest and Head of the Church. Christus Vincit, Christus Regnat, Christus Imperat! Our sovereign Lord and King.

And today, is the fest of the Presentation of the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the Universe. The Mother of God, who brought forth Our Lord through her womb. She, who points to Him, and through Whom, we come to Christ. Our Lady, the Virgin Immaculate, the purest of creatures! Sinless, immaculate.

The next example of 21st Century "Fine art"

Why on earth would the Diocese of Orange, California, USA, want this thing as a Cathedral? It's a Calvinist Church, built for Calvinists. It would fit better as a Mall than a Catholic Cathedral. *bigh huge sigh*

A new year!

Ah, we are approaching that time of year again. No, not the annual Call to Action conference, that's over. No, not the Geen Party's general convention either, I don't know whether it's over or not or if there was such a waste-of-time, but I can wait to hear about it.

I am speaking of the new Liturgical year, and also, of Advent. Now, the new liturgical year will affect many of us, in nothing BUT good ways. Even for us who assist at the TLM, the new liturgical year shall bring good and fresh fruits.

Sometimes, I'm am not able to make it to the TLM, and so I attend the Vernacular ("ordinary form"). Thanks be to God, we are getting rid of that horrid, bland, and poorly translated translation, and are welcoming, without (from true Catholics) complaint, a fresh, new translation. A more accurate, a better worded, more poetic translation. The Catholic press is abuzz with news, like criticism of it, to praise of it.

But, we need to also not get our hopes too high. If you attend a known "liturgically challenged" church, and if you are now expecting a Mass without abuse, horrid hymns, etc..., I think you know better. Better translation, yes indeed! But, I doubt whether you have a new "liturgy committee" or that the "liturgical dance troupe" has been thrown to the rubbish bin. Marty Haugen has set the new translation to music, which I must admit though I don't like it, it's not as bad as some others.

These parish committees or Alleluia Posse or whatever they call themselves, might find a way to fit in the old banners and dance scarves, puppets and strings. As of late, though this fad HAS been decreasing, slowly but surely. If you're active in your parish, you CAN prevent abuses. Now, I'm hardly suggesting that EVER SINGLE CHURCH will find a way to insert abuse, no. I am ONLY speaking about those select churches which we know, or you know, have a tendancy to offend Our Lord during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.

Just know and remember that things, most likely in this regard, WILL get better. Younger, more orthodox Priests. A better formed and catechised Parish. Etcetera.

Also, now with the start of Advent, when we prepare most graciously for the blessed birth of Our Lord and Saviour. We adore, praise and glorify Him. We pray and fast, and we seek His most Blessed Mother, our Mother too's, prayers as we praise and honour her.

Advent is the season of prayer, fasting, and preparation. Maybe, you pick a new patron saint for the new liturgical year. Advent, pray to your favourite or patron Saint, such as St John Bosco or St Benedict, for their intercession is most powerful as you honour those holy and glorious men and women.

Get out your Advent wreath! What other way to prepare for the birth of our Saviour than to count down the Sundays!

And, you can cook! Never, EVER, forget to make your Plum Pudding!

Franciscan Friars in England!!!!!!!

Summorum Pontificum forbidden in the Holy Land

This is quite upsetting!

In the parishes and chaplaincies of the diocese of the Latin Patriarchate, the Eucharist is always celebrated according to the ordinary form of the Roman Missal approved by the servant of God Pope Paul VI (1970) and promulgated in its third edition by the Blessed Pope John Paul II (2000).

Considering the consistent number of basilicas and sanctuaries built on the holy places and open to the reception of pilgrims coming from the entire world, the celebration of the Eucharist according to the extraordinary form remains always exceptional. It is only allowed to the groups of pilgrims already used to its usage in their country. It is subjected to the norms contained in the Instruction of the application of the Apostolic Letter Summorum Pontificum (April 30, 2011), published by the Pontifical Commision Ecclesia Dei.

Here's a list of rules from the Patriarch, from the ever-so-wonderful Rorate Caeli, whose translation of the original FRENCH, I have copied from.

Please pray!

I would like to thank my Three (3!) new followers! I know have eleven, which is very good. I am praying for you all.

-Happy Remembrance Day-

For those who gave their lives in the two WW's, and who continue to fight for our very freedom today, so that we may live, learn, and practise. I really hate, and it makes my blood boil, to hear someone say that they don't care for our dear brave fighters. That they should be pulled out, well I say to them: YOU go and fight then. It takes courage. God Bless them, and today as the whole Commonwealth remembers, God Save the Queen.

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