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I'm upset.

2012-02-14T19:39:00.000-03:30

And you should be too.

Did you see today's Google doodle? The animation, the actual video is quite cute. But, did you notice at the end? Two men holding hands.

Wow, I wonder does Google have a secret agenda?

Good St Valentine

2012-02-14T17:13:00.001-03:30

People think today is a day that they can get away with being gooey and romanticy in public, showing indecent acts, only meant between married couples. Well, we know truly what St Valentines day is, what it's about, and who it's about! I wish you a jolly and good St Valentines Day, and in celebration, let us pray for and show love toour Holy Father the Pope, his Bishops, Cardinals and Priests, all Religious Sisters and Nuns, Monks and Religious Brothers, and Religious Priests and Deacons.

Santo Subito!

2012-02-12T22:33:00.002-03:30

EWTN Sues the US Government

2012-02-09T20:07:00.001-03:30

Over the HHS Contraception mandate!

Catholic media network EWTN sued the federal government Feb. 9, challenging the Obama administration's rule requiring many religious ministries to subsidize contraception and sterilization in their health plans.
“We had no other option but to take this to the courts,” EWTN President and CEO Michael Warsaw said in an announcement about the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. “There is no question that this mandate violates our First Amendment rights.”
“Under the HHS mandate, EWTN is being forced by the government to make a choice,” Warsaw explained. “Either we provide employees coverage for contraception, sterilization and abortion-inducing drugs and violate our conscience or offer our employees and their families no health insurance coverage at all. Neither of those choices is acceptable.”
Senior attorneys at the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty filed the suit on behalf of the media network, against the Department of Health and Human Services, department secretary Kathleen Sebelius, and other government agencies involved with the federal contraception mandate.
Finalized Jan. 20, 2012 as part of federal health care reform, the mandate forces all employers – except those that primarily hire and serve members of one religious faith and exist for the sake of promoting religious values – to buy insurance coverage that will offer sterilization and contraception without a co-pay.
Because EWTN serves not only Catholics but the public at large, the network would not qualify for the religious exemption offered by Secretary Sebelius.

Read to your fancy here. Dear Catholics in America, you NEED to defend the faith in your country. Obama is trying mercilessly to stomp it out, to trash it. It is no secret he does not like the one, true Church of God! I am praying for you, as you should pray for your country.

It seems to me that Obama has become quite the dictator lately. He is trying to censor the internet in the USA via SOPA, he is pushing for equal rights of so-called "gay couples", he is pushing homosexual "marriage", and now is trying to force faithful Catholics to pay for baby killers. Excuse me, but where is religious freedom?

Accession Day!

2012-02-06T17:47:00.000-03:30

Twas 60 years ago today that Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, and Australia and New Zealand, an all the other Commonwealth Realms, was crowned! God Bless her on her Diamond Jubilee!

2012-02-05T17:14:00.001-03:30

Well, the past week we've had 3 snow storms. Three snow storms, which closed all schools, shops, and places of work. The power never left, no, but the winds nearly took us with them. However, it's all okay now. I kept calm, I put the kettle on, and I sat and watched.

Not important. What is, is the recent persecution which the faith has come under. In the USA, Obama is trying to silence the Church. He's attempting to force Catholic pay for contraception mandates, he's violating their freedom. Dear brethren down the sea, fight. Pray, and take up your spiritual battle arms!

Enda Kenny, Taoiseach of Ireland, is re-thinking the closure of the Irish embassy to the Holy See. It's nice to see there was a slight bit of controversy made over it's closure.

I'm having a hard time finding time to blog, you know, it's been strangely busy! But, please, keep reading! I have a review of the Common English Bible on the way!

Liturgical ad-lib

2012-02-03T16:20:00.000-03:30

For 18 years, the Rev. William Rowe has done a little improvising while celebrating Mass on Sunday mornings at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Mount Carmel, Ill.Now those deviations have led to his resignation in an incident that may be tied to global changes to the Catholic liturgy.Last Sunday, instead of saying "Lord our God that we may honour you with all our mind and love everyone in truth of heart," during the opening prayer, he altered the phrasing to better reflect the day's Gospel message, in which Jesus heals a man with a troubled spirit."We thank you, God, for giving us Jesus who helped us to be healed in mind and heart and proclaim his love to others," the 72-year-old priest prayed instead.Three days later, Rowe received a letter from Bishop Edward Braxton accepting his resignation."The problem is that when I pray at Mass, I tend to change the words that are written in the book to match what I was talking about, or what a song is about," Rowe said in an interview.
You see where toying with the Holy Sacrifice gets you! Certain Priests, and certain laymen need to catch up on their catechesis, maybe read a document on the liturgy or two, and realise that the Mass is not a time for personal opinion, nor is it a time for leisurely conversation.

Read the full thing here.

The good news!

2012-02-02T18:32:00.001-03:30

The Susan G. Komen Foundation has decided to de-fund Planned Parenthood. Good on them, and please, say a prayer for the unborn!

Heresy in picture format!

2012-01-31T15:25:00.001-03:30

A picture says a thousand words. There is everything wrong with this.

Murder will not go unnoticed.

2012-01-27T20:10:00.002-03:30

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

2012-01-22T12:10:00.002-03:30

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

The Gentleman

2012-01-16T20:47:00.003-03:30

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!

2012-01-11T20:26:00.000-03:30

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

Official list of New Cardinals

2012-01-09T18:02:00.003-03:30

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

2012-01-06T23:19:00.001-03:30

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

2012-01-06T16:04:00.002-03:30

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!

2012-01-05T21:10:00.001-03:30

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!

2012-01-05T20:56:00.002-03:30

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.

2012-01-05T18:14:00.000-03:30

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!

2012-01-04T19:31:00.001-03:30

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?

2012-01-03T20:47:00.000-03:30

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?

2012-01-03T20:31:00.003-03:30

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

2012-01-02T16:25:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-30T16:29:00.000-03:30

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!

2011-12-29T10:37:00.002-03:30

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...

2011-12-28T09:49:00.000-03:30

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

the Christmas Broadcast

2011-12-26T10:43:00.001-03:30

Merry Christmas!

2011-12-24T14:04:00.001-03:30

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

Like a broken record!

2011-12-23T14:56:00.000-03:30

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

2011-12-22T19:17:00.002-03:30

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

Religieux de Sacre Coeurs!

2011-12-21T19:46:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-21T08:46:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-19T21:21:00.001-03:30

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!

2011-12-18T18:23:00.002-03:30

+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

2011-12-18T11:01:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-16T16:00:00.001-03:30

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...

2011-12-14T20:04:00.002-03:30

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

Happy Holidays!

2011-12-13T22:01:00.003-03:30

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!

2011-12-12T15:14:00.000-03:30

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

2011-12-11T21:34:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-05T20:01:00.001-03:30

Second Sunday of Advent!

2011-12-05T19:48:00.001-03:30

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

Spiritus Christi becoming too traditional

2011-12-04T13:36:00.001-03:30

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

2011-12-02T15:41:00.001-03:30

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!

2011-12-02T10:30:00.001-03:30

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

This has gone too far

2011-12-01T18:21:00.001-03:30

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

Beautiful Simplicity

2011-11-30T16:35:00.001-03:30

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

2011-11-29T21:51:00.001-03:30

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

2011-11-27T16:26:00.001-03:30

Light thy candle!

When I survey the Wondrous Cross

2011-11-25T07:49:00.001-03:30

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

2011-11-22T21:12:00.001-03:30

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....

2011-11-22T18:21:00.001-03:30

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

2011-11-21T17:35:00.001-03:30

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"

2011-11-18T22:06:00.001-03:30

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!

2011-11-18T16:23:00.001-03:30

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!!!!!!!

2011-11-16T16:33:00.001-03:30

Summorum Pontificum forbidden in the Holy Land

2011-11-15T16:21:00.001-03:30

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!

2011-11-15T16:20:00.001-03:30

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-

2011-11-11T16:29:00.001-03:30

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.

Long Live the Pope!

2011-11-11T07:27:00.001-03:30

Long live the Pope!
His praises sound
Again and yet again:
His rule is over space and time:
His throne the heart of men:
All hail! The Shepherd Pope of Rome,
The theme of loving song:
Let all the earth his glory sing
And heav’n the strain prolong.

Beleaguered by
By the foes of earth,
Beset by hosts of hell,
He guards the loyal flock of Christ,
A watchful sentinel:
And yet, amid the din and strife,
The clash of mace and sword,
He bears alone the Shepherd Staff,
The champion of the Lord.

Then raise the chant,
With heart and voice,
In Church & school & home:
"Long live the Shepherd of the Flock!
Long live the Pope of Rome!"
Almighty Father bless his work,
Protect him in his ways,
Receive his prayer, fulfill his hopes,
And grant him length of days!
+Most Holy Mary, Mother of God. Mother of the Church, turn thine eyes towards our good Pontiff. Grant him the grace to be strong, and pray for him+

Michael Voris and Michael Coren

2011-11-10T15:43:00.001-03:30

Horseradish crazy

2011-11-08T16:59:00.000-03:30

We are now, LESS THAN A MONTH away from the New Translation of the Roman Missal! I am so excited, though I prefer the TLM, I do attend the NO at times. This is a large improvement for the Ordinary Form.You have seen how th liberals and anti-Church lot has gone absolutely nuts, horseradish crazy over the new more accurate, orthodox, a more poetic and less-conversational translation.

Upset over the intoduction of "theological language" oohh, what a crime. I'm sorry, but the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass is supposed to sound like a casual "Good day" conversation? But, that argument can sometimes be useless, since most of the dancy prancy rainbow-vestment crowd see the Mass as more of a meal, the time that we "get together and eat bread that represents Jesus", which is heresy. They lack the substance of religion. The Mass is when we adore and praise God himself, it is when we receive the very Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We receive Him Himself, His actual Body. Not bread.

Before Mass, I love to prepare myself by praying to the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. I sing her praises due. When I receive Our Lord, I also as the Blessed Mother's intercession, then I worship and adore Him.

Progressives see no need for prayer, though they say that they do pray, dancing in a dress made of shower-curains, is not prayer.

In this new translation, where the cow, shall that lot fit the liturgical dance? Where will they fit the banners and streamers? Hopefull they won't. PRIESTS! Stand thy guard!

But, in the meanwhile, you know you have that safe haven in the Mass of the Ages, the TLM.

What Protestants are lacking

2011-11-06T07:44:00.002-03:30

I think you will notice that most Protestants like to brag that their faith is "based upon the Bible", "scriptural", "the one true interpretation". And, that is the problem. First of all, they're not based upon the Bible. Most Protestants reject "faith, without good works, is dead". They say only faith is required. Secondly, most protestants reject the very-biblical truths, such as Purgatory, the Immaculate Conception, the perpetual Virginity of our Blessed Virgin, and even some go so far as to reject the Divinity of Our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

It is truly a shame, since so many souls are being led away from the truth, but these mega-church Preachers on the television, by the local Jehovah's Witnesses, by the SDA church down the road. Why? To be led away, these people obviously must not have had a strong faith to begin with. Or, is that not the case?

Maybe, it's because their Parish Priest (or their "qualified lay homilist")had taught the poor soul that all religions and beliefs are equal, that they all lead to God. Therefore, the poor soul thinks "well, I feel better and like the ___________'s beliefs better, my Priest said they're all equal. I'll give 'em a try". We know that the idea of "all faiths being equal", is a blatant lie. I fail to see how there could be more than one way to God. Why would He require certain beliefs of one Church, then entire different teachings in another. Answer, there wouldn't and there isn't. In essence, it defeats the purpose of having Truth.

Protestants lack the fullness of Truth

The is truth, the only Truth, and always shall be, always has been. The Truth is most holy and divine, and it comes from God most high himself, and is slowly revealed to us by Holy Mother Church. This is the joy that comes from being Catholic. This is the great joy experienced by all the Saints. To imitate Christ, with the Church. To imitate the Blessed Virgin, Mother of God!

One of the most effective ways to bring souls back into the Church, is by prayer. Pray the Holy Rosary for all souls, and pray to the Saints, your patron Saint. Meditate upon the passion of Our Lord, and assist at Mass fervently.

Magnificat!

2011-11-04T17:08:00.001-02:30

Moving dates

2011-11-02T20:42:00.002-02:30

Finally, I have temporary but decent banner up!

A Happy All Souls Day to you.

In Canada, Newfoundland, Quebec, Nova Scotia, etc... unfortunately, the feast was moved to the Sunday following. Because, the Bishops think that most of us are too ignorant to realise it's a solemnity and that we will not attend Mass. Well, actually, if the Priest would actually let us know from the pulpit, I do believe that we wouldn't be ignorant, but anyhow, that's besides the point. Unfortunately for me, no TLM was offered today, so we shall celebrate All Souls NEXT Sunday.

If you're fortunate to attend a High Mass today, yesterday, or next Sunday, please fervently pray for the holy souls in Purgatory, which I pray often for.

It seems as if it is being spread that the SSPX is considering rejecting the preamble. A document WAS on the SSPX's UK site, but then quickly pulled. People posted on Fisheaters Forum AND Catholic Answers Forum about it, but they also removed half their posts. So, that causes confusion, naturally.

Read and opine!

2011-11-02T18:02:00.001-02:30

http://ncronline.org/blogs/ncr-today/16-year-old-latin-whiz-finds-new-liturgy-language-lacking

I am not posting the contents on these hallowed pages. It won't fit well with the wallpaper.

Though, it's quite excellent that a 16 year old is so interested in Latin.

Happy and Blessed Feast of All Saints!

2011-11-01T11:28:00.001-02:30

A thought

2011-10-30T16:24:00.003-02:30

I am very happy about the recent change in succession laws to the Throne, and am pleased that all of our PM's could agree! Catholics can noe be married to a sovereign!

In other news, in Ireland, Dana Scallon's campaign is really hitting off! She has faith, hope, and love. Just what Ireland needs!

A story to touch the Heart

2011-10-28T21:29:00.000-02:30

A vigil participant was noticing that nearly all the cars in the abortion center parking lot were parked in the staff area — very few were in the area reserved for those with appointments. And that was good.
The volunteer was soon deep in prayer when the abortionist drove up — with his wife and their teenager. He got out of the car and headed toward the building while the wife and teen drove away.
The abortionist’s wife pulled up next to the vigil participant, rolled down her window and asked, “How are you doing?” The surprised volunteer answered, “Good! How about you?”
She responded, “I just wanted to tell you that I so appreciate what you do and how you are always so nice and respectful.” That simple response turned out to be the opening line in a very lengthy conversation.
The wife expressed her gratitude for the way the 40 Days for Life vigil is conducted. In another city, there is a group outside the abortion center that yells at her husband.
Here, however, he’s been told that the vigil participants are praying for him. “He just can’t understand how you can be so against what he does and yet so nice to him.”
She explained that her husband grew up in a home that had no use for religion — the concept is totally foreign to him. The volunteer promised to pray that he would be able to grasp — and eventually embrace — faith. The teen blurted out, “Please do!”

Read the whole thing here!

How touching. You see, prayer can move the heaviest mountain.

St Scholastica

2011-10-28T16:46:00.001-02:30

+ST SCHOLASTICA, THROUGH THY PRAYERS, OBTAIN FOR ME THE REQUEST I ASK+

2011-10-27T17:20:00.001-02:30

Yeah, so my banner is gone.

Blogger is being a major pain in the backside today.

Please help a Servant of God

2011-10-27T15:39:00.001-02:30

You must have heard about Fr Byers from Holy Souls Hermitage. He is a Priest who prays for othe Priests. A Priest's Priest. I encourage you to head on over to his web page, email him a letter of support, offer a few prayers for him, and send him some donations. This is a great thing that he's doing, and I pray that you will support him.

A Sunday Homily

2011-10-23T19:39:00.000-02:30

Same-sex "marriage" may force churches to stop performing legal marriages

2011-10-20T16:42:00.003-02:30

The legalization of same-sex “marriage” in Australia could push Christian churches out of their historic role in solemnizing legal marriages altogether, according to one archbishop.
Archbishop Barry Hickey of the archdiocese of Perth said late last month that the archdiocese would cancel its registration that allows it to celebrate legal marriages if the government attempted to force them to participate in same-sex ceremonies.

“We might be back to the ghetto,” Hickey told parishioners at St. Ninian and St. Chad in Maylands. “We can’t do those marriages at all. And if the law forces us to, we cancel our registration as marriage celebrants. We just don’t do it.”
Hickey added, “We continue to perform Church marriages but we can’t perform the marriage where there is a basic objection.”

I applaud his decision! There is ABSOLUTELY NO reason a homosexual marriage can be performed in a Catholic Church. And, if it we legal I have no doubt in my mind that a poor Priest would be pressured to witness one.

Read more here.

Was my birthday....

2011-10-19T20:47:00.001-02:30

'Twas my birthday the other day, I had family and friends over for tea and cake.
I prayed a lot too, thankful for my birthday. What is more important though, is tham millions of unborn babies are dying because of abortion.

Pray for Life!

And....

2011-10-18T21:05:00.000-02:30

Do you know what bugs me?

When I hear someone complaining about what their MP or a certain politician has done, when they didn't even VOTE in the election.

You never voted, you never cast your opinion, you never participated in the democratic process as laid out in the Westminster system under Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.

Therefore, thou hast no right to complain.

(PERIOD)

2011-10-16T22:05:00.000-02:30

Pope Benedict XVI has declared a “Year of Faith” which will begin in October 2012, the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council.
“It will be a moment of grace and commitment to a more complete conversion to God, to strengthen our faith in Him and proclaim Him with joy to the people of our time,” said the Pope, making his announcement during Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica.
The Year of Faith will run from October 11, 2012, until November 24, 2013, which is the Solemnity of Christ the King.
The Pope said in his Oct. 16 remarks that it will give “new impetus to the mission of the whole Church to lead men out of the desert in which they often find themselves, to the place of life, of friendship with Christ.” He also said that “reasons, purposes and guidelines” for the year will be set out in an Apostolic Letter to be published “in the coming days.”

More here

2011-10-15T19:45:00.001-02:30

My new video

2011-10-14T15:18:00.002-02:30

Pray for the Pope!

2011-10-12T20:03:00.001-02:30

It's the Lord's Day

2011-10-09T18:45:00.002-02:30

+CHRISTUS VINCIT+CHRISTUS REGNAT+CHRISTUS IMPERAT+

Month of the Rosary

2011-10-08T17:35:00.000-02:30

So, pray pray pray!

Here's something to make your mind bleed

2011-10-06T20:03:00.000-02:30

Now they're showing porn to youngsters.
MY goodness, what is this!

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, October 6, 2011 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Videos showing naked men graphically sodomizing one another - included as “resource material” in an “anti-bullying” initiative for Vancouver’s schools - are “really inappropriate,” says a trustee.
Trustee Ken Denike’s criticism of the Out in Schools program (OIS) comes after parents complained that Burnaby schools were duped into supporting it as an “anti-bullying” initiative when in fact the program is nothing other than a “scam” by “sex activists” to “sexualize students” and “lure” them into “homosexualist culture.”
“I thought it was really inappropriate, especially for a 13-year-old,” Denike told QMI Agency, referring to material from the Health Initiative for Men (HIM) website that was listed as a “youth resource” in the Out In Schools booklet.
“This is material that’s on Xtube, which is really adult material.”

Full story at that link.

On the page, there is a link to the "material", I will not click it, I don't advise you to either.

Of things past

2011-10-03T22:48:00.001-02:30

I miss the times when the BBC had those wonderful theme songs, now they just used stupid computer-generated crap.

Does anyone get that nostalgic feelings when you watch old RTE programmes too?

Some new mass settings

2011-10-02T11:49:00.002-02:30

I just found a site with an excellent setting of the Mass, called Alium Music. Simply beautiful!
www.aliummusic.com

Celebrate in Song, a look-again

2011-09-30T18:51:00.000-02:30

A comment on my post about the Celebrate in Song from the CCB, from joflynn says....

With all do respect, Fr Angeles has a VERY small parish in Manitoba, organist, guitarist and 6 voices and they were able to learn it; modifications can be made, be a little more open minded. Remember, in order for the church to have a future, the youth have to become interested and I believe this will work to draw more people to mass!

I didn't know the Fr Angeles had a small Parish, and I appreciated this comment, as when I re-read the post I realised I sounded like a snotty little brat. No seriously! Although I dislike the new settings of the Mass which are published in CiS, I do think I was too harsh and snotty. I think they are mostly unsuitable for the Mass, but as I have now learnt from my own diocese, Parishes have no other choice but to use Celebrate in Song, well in my diocese anyways.

Truth is, I was expecting something different and more "sway around the fire-like" from the CCCB. Instead, we received one with electric guitars, which is most CERTAINLY not suitably for the Holy Sacrifice. And, we got two good ones.

The one by Michael Guimont, admittedly is my favourite, but re-listening, next in line is the one by Fr Angeles. I do not dislike the setting by Fr Angeles, it's just I fail to see how a parish with an organ and not a piano would be able to play it?

The Mass is the unbloody re-enactment of Calvary, and I think, as do most, that electric guitars, drums and synthesizers are unacceptable.

WHY can't we just use the ICEL chants? They're easy to sing in a parish setting, and they are Mass - appropriate!

Abolish heterosexism!

2011-09-29T15:32:00.001-02:30

Next I am changing my header. But, don't you think the blog is more readable now? I am completely Amish when it comes to computers, so please forgive any spits and scats it will make the next few days.

Ah, well on a more sad note, I have this depressing and quite sickening news from Ontario....

LifeSiteNews.com has obtained a copy of a letter signed by Chris D’Souza, director of Harmony Movement, which was apparently sent to all of Ontario’s Catholic school trustees at the beginning of September. The letter promotes Harmony Movement’s brand of “diversity education” that aims to equip students and teachers in the “fight” against “heterosexism.”
The Harmony Movement program, he said, is a tool for promoting “equity and inclusive education,” “student leadership,” and “youth empowerment.”
“Your support in passing on this program information to your schools, principals, and other interested parties would be greatly appreciated,” wrote D’Souza in the letter.
D’Souza shocked Catholics and pro-family activists earlier this year when he openly proclaimed his support for same-sex “marriage” as an invited speaker for a consultation meeting with parents of the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), on the topic of the board’s Equity & Inclusive Education policy.
At the meeting, D’Souza told parents and ratepayers that if one of his children turned out to be “gay,” he would “proudly walk them down the aisle and put their hand in the hand of whoever they fall in love with.”
It was also at this meeting that he interpreted gay ‘marriage’ as a “law” enforced by the human rights commission to protect sexual orientation against discrimination, saying that those who objected to this should “move to another country.”

Rest of the article is here on LifeSite
How ridiculous. This is pure stupidity!

A new look

2011-09-29T07:22:00.002-02:30

How do you like the new look?

Abortion debate REOPENED!

2011-09-28T21:00:00.002-02:30

Laddies and lassies! The House of Commons has decided to reopen the abortion debate!
This, from the CBC....

The Conservative government has been apathetic about abortion and should be more moderate, Conservative MP Brad Trost {Remember him? He was the one who spearheaded the movement to defund PP} says.
On Wednesday, he said the government's decision to provide funding to the International Planned Parenthood Federation for sex education and contraception programs has reopened the abortion debate. The Saskatchewan MP is opposed to abortion and opposes funding for Planned Parenthood because the group provides abortions where the service is legal.
Speaking to CBC's Evan Solomon, host of Power & Politics, Trost said the government should "take a position that's at least moderate, rather than the extreme left position that we're taking."
"I don't think the government takes an actively left-wing position, but the government has taken an apathetic position toward it, and I don't feel that's appropriate. I feel that it's a civil rights issue that needs to be addressed," Trost said.
......{skipped a bit}

"Prime Minister Harper is always very fair. While he probably won't be exactly thrilled with what I'm saying, they do understand there's differences of opinion in the caucus on this issue," he said. {The Conservative Party, in itself, is pro-family and pro-life. It's leader and certain MP's though, well.....you get the point}

NDP International Co-operation critic Hélène Laverdière said there isn't a huge debate in Canada over abortion, but the debate seems to be raging inside the Conservative Party.
"The Tories have to tell us if they're ready to respect ... a woman's right to choose," she said. {A womans right to choose to kill a human being?}
"In Canada right now, women have the right to choose and we still don't understand why we would say that women in less developed countries wouldn't have the same right to choose as Canadian women," Laverdière added. {The NDP is official opposition. They are staunchly socialist, and staunchly pro-choice. They're the equivalent to the Labour Party}
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has consistently said he doesn't want to re-open the debate over abortion in Canada. {Well TOO BAD about it. He's going to have to listen and debate and he can fuss all he wants}
The issue arose last year when Harper announced maternal and child health would be a focus of the Canadian-hosted G8 meeting in Muskoka, and again last April when Trost said Planned Parenthood had been "de-funded" as a result of petitions by anti-abortion groups.
Last week, CBC News reported the Conservative government would give Planned Parenthood $6 million for sex education and contraception projects in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mali, Sudan and Tanzania.
The group's funding ran out in 2009, and the Canadian International Development Agency didn't respond to its 2009 or 2010 requests for financial support.

In a statement posted on his website Wednesday afternoon, Trost says Canada's anti-abortion movement must be more aggressive.
"Many, many Conservative MPs pressed the [prime minister's office] to stop the funds from flowing," Trost wrote on his website. "Federal funding did stop for a time. Funds allocated to IPPF were considerably reduced. Furthermore, federal grants for IPPF also had more strings attached. {The Conservative Party has more pro-life MP's than any other party in the House of Commons.}
"This only happened because of the pressure applied. This was a real victory.
"Pro-life politicians have been taught a lesson. The government only responds to pro-life issues and concerns when we take an aggressive stance. We will apply this lesson."
MPs started asking quietly in 2006 for the funding to be pulled, Trost writes, but they were ignored because they asked politely behind closed doors. Trost says the campaign went public in 2009 and that's when they saw results.
In April, International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda said Planned Parenthood was eligible for funding as long as they fit the criteria her agency had set out. The government said the money allotted for maternal and child health projects was not to be used for abortion funding.

Full story here...
It's about bloody time! This legal slaughter has been going on for too long, one day is too long. But all these years?

Canada traditionally has been a conservative country, focussed on the family. Well, ever since the 60's and 70's, even the conservatives (small-c) have liberalised.

PRAY! St Joseph is Canada's Patron Saint.

On Sinead O'Connor

2011-09-26T22:33:00.000-02:30

So, Sinead O'Connor wants the Pope to be shot should he go to the lovely land of Ireland?

Excuse, but despite what's going on does she realise she's living in a Catholic country?

Need I also mention she thinks that she is "ordained" in the Irish Orthodox Catholic and Apostolic Church, which is an utterly heretical group, but which does not advocate murder?

She calls herself a pacifist, so why would she want ANYONE shot, regardless of who they are?

She has also stated that she believes everyone goes to Heaven, which we know is false, but if she believes this then why does she call the Pope and the Cardinals and Bishops and the Hierarchy in the Vatican a "nest of devils"?

She just contradicted herself.

Thanks to Fr Z

2011-09-25T14:55:00.001-02:30

And his interesting observation!

His Holiness wore a stole with the Papal Tiara atop his coat of arms into the Lutheran cathedral in Germany. Luther despised the authority of Peter.

He also wore a stole belonging to Pope Leo XIII, who condemned and proclaimed that Anglican orders were null and absolutely invalid, when he visited Westminster Abbey.

I love the Holy Father's silent way of telling them they're wrong and that we are right!

So much for Conservative

2011-09-24T16:04:00.002-02:30

Here we see a fine example of how Harper has abandoned his own party. He, is a member of the Conservative party, whose actual platform is pro-family, and truly conservative (High Tory). Well, Harper is not pro-family, nor are the better half of the party's Members of Parliament. Today I have this little jewel for you.

LifeSiteNews.com - After a leaked report Thursday morning indicated that Canada was about to refund the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Canadian government has confirmed that they awarded a grant late Thursday to the abortion organization, the world’s largest abortion provider.

[...]
“Late yesterday, International Planned Parenthood Federation was informed that its application for funding has been approved under the Maternal, Newborns and Child Health commitment,”[imagine, under the Maternal, Newborns and Child Health commitment. Isn't this was IPPG is against?] Justin Broekema, press secretary for the Minister of International Cooperation Bev Oda, told LifeSiteNews Friday.

The statement confirms a CBC report from Thursday morning, which revealed that IPPF will receive $6 million over the next three years towards work related to sex education and contraception in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Mali, Sudan, and Tanzania. [what a malicious intent!]
IPPF had not received funding from Canada since the end of 2009 after a petition campaign by Saskatchewan MP Brad Trost.

Trost told LifeSiteNews Friday that he stands by his previous statements on the issue and will be releasing a more detailed statement sometime next week. “My views, my position, my stance has not wavered one inch,” he said.
During the election season in April, Trost publicly announced that Planned Parenthood was “defunded,” and said it was an “absolute disgrace” that Planned Parenthood would get even “one penny of Canadian taxpayers dollars.” [how very true!]
International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda responded by saying that IPPF would receive funding if the application met their criteria under the government’s G8 maternal and child health initiative.

“If Planned Parenthood submits an application that falls within the government’s parameters for the G8 Muskoka Initiative, there will be funding,” she said in a statement.

The Pope in Germany

2011-09-24T11:32:00.003-02:30

The importance of Priests

2011-09-22T21:29:00.000-02:30

It is a Priests duty, and it should be his honour to preach the gospel of Christ, unto all people. It is a Priests privilege, duty, and honour to transform ordinary bread and wine into the very Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity of our dear Saviour. It is a Priests duty to let the teachings of God's only church known unto the world. Every Priest knows this, for it's what is taught in seminaries. Not only is this a privilege, honour and duty, but a great JOY!

It is not a Priests job to intentionally misinterpret a passage in the Sacred Scriptures, so to not offend his Parishioners, and if his parishioners are angry at him for saying homosexual acts gravely sinful, well then I think the parish better get a new catechesis director, or go join the United Church of Canada's praise group down the road.

Priests have to put up with a lot. Most every day, some anti-Catholic [tries to] reigns terror over the holy Agents of God. For an orthodox, good Priest to go to a new, liberal parish and try to explain and preach the Truths revealed to us by God without Miss Bra-burner at the back pew giving him a hypothetical slap across the face for saying abortion is a sin and can result in excommunication. It is a grace for the Priest to correct this.

My point is, PRAY FOR PRIESTS! Our Blessed Mother rejoices when one of her children decides to enter the Holy Priesthood. Her Immaculate Heart triumphs over the evils of Satan, as another fine lad leaves the world. Mary, Mother of the Church weeps when one of her Priests leaves the Church teaching at the parish footstep, and preaches the "there is no truth" sermon a lot of us have to bear through every Sunday.

Pray to Our Lady, and pray a alot.

Pray to your patron Saint, and pray to St John Vianney patron of Priests, as he also weeps to hear one of his spiritual children preach a straw homily.

Pray, for God's Priests!

A thought for today!

2011-09-21T16:54:00.001-02:30

We have often heard the term "what they don't know, won't hurt them". I hate it! It's not true. Doing something behind someones back, is will hurt them. First of all, it hurts you, because more than likely, what you've done is sinful, and you have offended God most High. Second of all it's gossip, so there's another sin to add to your list. Thirdly, the person of which you've went behind will eventually find out.

Just a though for today....

How to make a mistake...

2011-09-20T22:05:00.000-02:30

I don't understand how some "Christians" can misinterpret passages in the Sacred Scriptures, so twisted just to suit their own beliefs. How could you misinterpret the civil law against stealing, to just mean stealing candy?

Feast of Our Lady of LaSalette

2011-09-19T21:28:00.002-02:30

2011-09-19T21:12:00.001-02:30

Dana Scallon for Ireland

2011-09-19T17:20:00.001-02:30

Big news! Dana Scallon, the singer, is returning to politics to run for the President of St Patrick's dear land. I have this for you, from RTE:

Dana Rosemary Scallon has announced her intention to seek a nomination for the Presidential election.
Speaking in Dublin she said she was asking the members of the Oireachtas to run as an independent candidate.
She would not divulge who was backing her but said she had some backers.
Speaking on RTÉ's Six One News, the former MEP said it would be very, very important to get the support of Fianna Fáil TDs and Senators in order for her to secure a nomination for the Presidency.
She said she has the support of more than one independent Oireachtas member at this stage, but did not reveal how many supporters she had.
She said she has until 28 September to get the support and that while it was always difficult for an independent, the Oireachtas should open up the process for the Presidential election.

Dana is a good Catholic, more than willing to defend her faith. Bring back more Catholicity.

Read more here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0919/president.html

Common courtesy!

2011-09-18T22:40:00.001-02:30

As you may know, I am on CAF (Catholic Answers Forum). It's a great place, the moderators are excellent. It's a nice place to have discussions and debates, or just a little fun here and there.

Though, since we have the "great advantage" of annonymity, that "great advantage" is often misused and abused. You can sign up, pick your username, and then post. Ah, every now and again, you get that one person who likes to go about parading as if they were the perfect sinless human!

I often see, so-called Catholics being rude to other members because they have done such-and-such a thing (innocently), and didn't know it was wrong or a sin, and then they're spit and screamed at for not knowing what they did was wrong.
Also, how much criticism of the Church do I see on it, by non-Catholic members. Usually, member as such as that get banned, and good for that. But, sometimes, repeat offenders go unnoticed.

My main point, is that if you wouldn't say something to someones face, DO NOT SAY IT ONLINE.