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The Happy Immoralist: Richy Rich
Forenote: Herod and Pilate became friends on the same day that Jesus was sent to Herod, as they had previously been enemies. This alliance was politically motivated, as both rulers sought to maintain their positions and avoid conflict during a tumultuous time. — Lk. 23: 12. From Judas to Richy Rich and beyond, do spiritual… Read More The Happy Immoralist: Richy Rich
Immoralist #2 Today. Maura.
Updated. Mar Mounier: The situation in Massachusetts is a raw demonstration of the moral abyss that characterizes the current spiritual degeneration that will bury the world. By eliminating the remaining restrictions on abortion after 24 weeks and replacing them with the subjective “professional judgment” of a doctor, the state—god of the liberals—has legalized the fact of… Read More Immoralist #2 Today. Maura.
He who created the Pleiades and Orion
….will not forsake us who, compared to so many previous generations, have so little to suffer. As the Apostle says, we have not yet been called to suffer unto death. Our laments and sufferings can appear to have more to do with our own comfort, nostalgia, preferences in beautiful liturgical style, all good but comparatively… Read More He who created the Pleiades and Orion
The Hard Saying: Matthew 10:36-39
Jesus warned, “And a man’s enemies shall be they of his own household.” Herod and Pilate became friends on the same day that Jesus was sent to Herod, as they had previously been enemies. This alliance was politically motivated, as both rulers sought to maintain their positions and avoid conflict during a tumultuous time. —… Read More The Hard Saying: Matthew 10:36-39
Signs and Lying Wonders. Only Man Bears His Image.
Scripture prophesies the coming one day of a great deception heralding the imminent arrival of “the Lawless One” (2 Thess 2) just prior to Parousia(1). Prof. Daniel O’Connor writes, “As modern man turns away from his own Christian patrimony, the myths he turns toward are no longer found within the pages of Hesiod. They are,… Read More Signs and Lying Wonders. Only Man Bears His Image.
When the Priest’s Personality Increases Christ’s Presence is obscured
The mere recitation of long Creeds at Holy Mass does not bring light and life if the people do not enter into the Mystery of the Cross in holy quiet prayer. This is the ancient Tradition. Instead, today, the priests (and chosen lay readers) too often stand in the way. And as the priest’s presence… Read More When the Priest’s Personality Increases Christ’s Presence is obscured
Heaven Must Love Stringed Instruments
“Angels are often depicted in art playing stringed instruments like lutes, which are part of a larger family of musical instruments known as chordophones. These instruments produce sound through the vibration of strings, and lutes specifically have a body and a neck that stretches the strings, allowing for a variety of musical expressions. instrushare.com.au / Encyclopedia… Read More Heaven Must Love Stringed Instruments
White Lies
A critique of Calvinist Apologist James White of Alpha and Omega Ministries.. “…that you may know how you ought to behave yourself self in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.” — 1 Timothy 3:15 By Stephen Hand The living Word of God… Read More White Lies
John Paul II on Faith, Reason and Nihilism
John E. Fagan “Faith and reason are like two wings on which the human spirit rises to the contemplation of truth; and God has placed in the human heart the desire to know the truth — in a word, to know himself — so that by knowing and loving God, men and women can come… Read More John Paul II on Faith, Reason and Nihilism
‘Remnant Editor Joins Forces with SSPX
Updated. It’s not exactly news. Some twenty six years ago when I wrote for his paper I saw up close and personal that Michael was in fact more SSPX than attached to the genuine Catholic tradition which was too complex for him. We were expected in those days to see and attack all conservative and… Read More ‘Remnant Editor Joins Forces with SSPX
The Natural Man Does Not Understand
“The natural man does not understand the gifts of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” — 1 Corinthians 2:14. Tim Staples, a Catholic writer, says, “…from a philosophical perspective, the soul is pure spirit and is the form of… Read More The Natural Man Does Not Understand
What Is An Oath?
John Fisher and Thomas More by Judge Robert J. Conrad “… It is worth pausing to recall the sequence of legal measures brought forth by Henry and his willing aides. The first Act of Succession in March 1534 prohibited any malicious slandering by writing, print, deed, or act of the king’s title. This act was… Read More What Is An Oath?
Johann Christian Bach: The Catholic Bach
+ Published: 21 June 2023 | The Catholic Herald “When he was 20, J.C. made a life-changing move to Milan, Italy. There he converted to Roman Catholicism, leaving behind his staunchly Lutheran upbringing.” Johann Sebastian Bach is undoubtedly one of the most famous composers in history. His contributions to Lutheran music have made the family… Read More Johann Christian Bach: The Catholic Bach
Catholicism, Tradition and Protestantism
One body, one Spirit, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one Father of us all” — Eph. 4: 4-6 Every ecclesial community brings its tradition(s) to bear in the exegesis and understanding of Scripture. Even independent Protestant Fundamentalist pastors and larger Protestant denominations(1) employ their traditions [i.e., their received community understanding of texts] as a… Read More Catholicism, Tradition and Protestantism
The Alarming Truth: Are Weight Loss Drugs Worth the Risk?
“Beyond common issues like nausea and vomiting, serious side effects can include severe and prolonged vomiting leading to dehydration and acute kidney injury. There’s also a risk of pancreatitis (inflammation of the pancreas), gallbladder problems (like gallstones), and a condition called gastroparesis where your stomach empties very slowly. In rare cases, there have been reports… Read More The Alarming Truth: Are Weight Loss Drugs Worth the Risk?
Beethoven’s Paradoxical Gift
“There are great musicians. And then there are great teachers. Few people could reveal the beauty and brilliance of music like Leonard Bernstein. In this unforgettable explanation, he explores what makes Beethoven’s genius so timeless… showing that behind every masterpiece lies an extraordinary idea.”
Nagasaki Was A Strike Against Japan And The Catholic Church
Victor Gaetan is senior international correspondent for the National Catholic Register 8/21. The closer we look at decisions to deploy a second atomic weapon against Japan on August 9, [1945…] the more morally audacious the tactic appears. Step outside the American explanatory cloud—we bombed military installations to force unconditional imperial surrender—defining public understanding to see:… Read More Nagasaki Was A Strike Against Japan And The Catholic Church
The Revolt Against Technological Excess.
The New “Luddites” on College Campuses. “In this video, I discuss the New Luddites we’re seeing on college campuses. I try to place this movement in conversation with philosophers throughout history who have been critical of technology. Topics include: the history of the Luddites, Plato on writing in the Phaedrus, Heidegger’s ‘The Question Concerning Technology’,… Read More The Revolt Against Technological Excess.
A Note on Hell
Updated. Dr. Larry Chapp seems to express a kind of anxiety or apprehension in this video discussion. The anxiety revolves around the obvious problem of the traditional magisterium as he comes “out of the closet” and reveals himself to be an eschatological “universalist” wherein, in the end, we can all hope that Scripture and Tradition… Read More A Note on Hell
The Far Left’s Political Attachment to Climate…
is similar to why the same Leftists and Communists love the hazy Future. They can read anything into what hasn’t happened! And, like Barack Obama, they can still buy prime real estate and pitch their tents in the Eye of the Always Future cataclysm. SH
The Spinmeisters
Even now! Even Now the MI6 Masonic Spinmeisters (Campbell and Stewart) spin facts like a whirling top in the interests of keeping hold of Europe and the UK. These two in particular have minus-Zero credibility. It is time for the UK and EU to repudiate their vicious ideological blinders for good and forever, and to… Read More The Spinmeisters
Real-World Food and Cooking
Uncover the suppressed truths of frontier history before the corporations began gaslighting homemakers, and master real-world food and cooking which science today has been rapidly acknowledging.
Possibly this generation’s greatest Catholic Writer* and his friendship with Solzhenitsyn
Joseph Pearce writes, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and I go back a long way. I first met him in the newspapers and on the TV news when I was a child, in the early seventies. Solzhenitsyn was so famous in those days that his face was instantly recognized; no caption was needed under his photograph. He had… Read More Possibly this generation’s greatest Catholic Writer* and his friendship with Solzhenitsyn
Why Fewer and Fewer People Visit Cape Cod Today
…and 25 forgotten diner sandwiches no longer wolfed down! “Cape Cod was never meant to be permanent. A glacial sandbar left behind by the Ice Age, it was rejected by the Pilgrims in 1620 as too barren to settle and stripped of its forests by the colonists who came after them. For two centuries, whaling,… Read More Why Fewer and Fewer People Visit Cape Cod Today
Socialism, Communism
“The democratic revolution is the necessary preparation for the socialist revolution, and the socialist revolution is the inevitable sequel to the democratic revolution. The ultimate aim for which all communists strive is to bring about a socialist and communist society.” “The Chinese Revolution and the Chinese Communist Party” (December 1939), Selected Works, Vol. II, pp.… Read More Socialism, Communism
Old Clerics, New Clerics
Too many of the older Clerics, resting on their truly beautiful liturgical laurels, acted like brutal disciplinarians outside of Mass, especially in early and secondary school classrooms. But too many of today’s clerics have done the truly unthinkable thing: they have turned the greatest and most magnificent liturgical love story into a barren bore, making… Read More Old Clerics, New Clerics
…if you could’ve seen her there! boys if you had just been there! …
All the roses in the garden, they bow and ask her pardon… The phrase “Queen of all Argyll” refers to a beautiful woman from the Argyll region of Scotland, celebrated in a song by the band Silly Wizard. The song highlights her charm and grace, suggesting that she surpasses all others in beauty. Wikipedia / Bucknell… Read More …if you could’ve seen her there! boys if you had just been there! …
Bishop Athanasius Schneider Says New Compendium Aims to ‘Expel the Darkness’ of Relativism
…and Ambiguity in Doctrine. The Kazakh auxiliary bishop launched the publication of Credo — Compendium of the Catholic Faith Oct. 26 in Rome. Edward Pentin, VATICAN CITY — A new compendium of the Catholic faith has been published that aims to provide clear answers to many of contemporary problems as well as counter the ambiguity… Read More Bishop Athanasius Schneider Says New Compendium Aims to ‘Expel the Darkness’ of Relativism
The Long Journey Into Day of John Michael Talbot
John Michael Talbot (born May 8, 1954) is an American Catholic musician, author, television presenter and founder of a monastic community known as the Brothers and Sisters of Charity Talbot was born into a Methodist family with a musical background in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and started learning to play the guitar at an early age. At age 15, he dropped out of… Read More The Long Journey Into Day of John Michael Talbot
Israel and the Antichrist
“Saint Paul teaches in Romans 9–11 that Israel remains beloved because of the patriarchs and that God’s promises are not forgotten. The mystery of Israel is not a story of abandonment, but a story awaiting fulfillment in Christ. The Antichrist, according to Christian tradition, is not merely a temptation for one people or nation. He… Read More Israel and the Antichrist
Elaine Pagels’s Paradise Lost
SOURCE: James Finn Cotter. “Pagels’s Paradise Lost,” in The Hudson Review, Vol. XLII, No. 1, Spring, 1989, pp. 165-70. In the epilogue of her … book [Adam, Eve, and the Serpent], Elaine Pagels tells us that, dissatisfied with contemporary Christianity, she turned to the earliest Christians for answers. She assumed that in that era, when the movement was… Read More Elaine Pagels’s Paradise Lost
Who’ll be King but Charlie?
Track #2 from from Silly Wizard’s sixth and final studio album, “A Glint of Silver” (1986), now sadly out of print. An original jig by Phil Cunningham, coupled with an old Jacobite rallying song. Wha’ll be King but Charlie?” is a traditional Scottish song about Bonnie Prince Charlie, the leader of the 1745 Jacobite Rising,… Read More Who’ll be King but Charlie?
On the Beautiful Banks O’ Loch Lomand
The Bonnie Banks o’ Loch Lomond” (or “Loch Lomond“) is a traditional Scottish folk song (Roud No. 9598).[1][2] Its origins are thought to date to the Jacobite rising of 1745. Born in Rome to the exiled Stuart court, he spent much of his early and later life in Italy. In 1744, he travelled to France to take part in a… Read More On the Beautiful Banks O’ Loch Lomand
The Well Below the Valley. Irish Storytelling. 🎸
Planxty. Planxty[1] were an Irish folk music band formed in January 1972,[1]: 99–100 consisting initially of Christy Moore (vocals, acoustic guitar, bodhrán), Andy Irvine (vocals, mandolin, mandola, bouzouki, hurdy-gurdy, harmonica), Dónal Lunny (bouzouki, guitars, bodhrán, keyboards), and Liam O’Flynn (uilleann pipes, tin whistle). They transformed and popularized Irish folk music, touring and recording to great acclaim. Planxty
The Opening of Anne Boelyn’s Coffin
The exhumation of Anne Boleyn and restoration of the Chapel of St. Peter Ad Vincula In 1848, a historian by the name of Lord Thomas Macaulay visited the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the grounds of The Tower of London. He recorded his thoughts on the place in the first edition of his… Read More The Opening of Anne Boelyn’s Coffin
Silly Wizard. The Fisherman’s Song (Tragedy).
” …but she has come down to condemn that wild ocean for the murderous loss of her man.” “The Fisherman’s Song” by Silly Wizard reflects themes of loss and longing, particularly the emotional struggles faced by a fisherman and his wife. The song conveys a sense of melancholy and the hardships of life at sea,… Read More Silly Wizard. The Fisherman’s Song (Tragedy).
Aridity and Spiritual Progress
By Father Gabriel of St Mary Magdalene, O.C.D. Even without the presence of other causes, it is possible to pass from a state of sensible spiritual fervor to one of absolute aridity. This happens by the direct work of God which makes it impossible for the soul to pray with the help of the mind… Read More Aridity and Spiritual Progress
Lenin, the Ape and the Skull
“The Russian intelligentsia produced a faith based upon a strange syllogism: ‘Man is descended from the apes, therefore we must love one another.’” — Vladimir Solovyev. On Lenin’s desk in the Kremlin there stood, for most of the years he worked there, a strange bronze statue of an ape gazing with an expression of profound… Read More Lenin, the Ape and the Skull
Contemplation in the Streets
By Carlo Carretto, 1910 – 1988 (*). Carlo Carretto PFE was an Italian Catholic and member of the Little Brothers of the Gospel. See other links at this website. His books can be purchased at Amazon.com. ~~~ “Charles de Foucauld said one day: “If the contemplative life were possible only behind monastic walls or in the silence… Read More Contemplation in the Streets
