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Category Archives: The Coming Storm
Tradition … “safeguard the faith and combat error”
Msgr. Gherardini was one of our profs at the Pontifical Lateran University. Check out this piece at One Peter Five, in which Gherardini’s thought about Tradition and the 1988 consecrations by Archbp. Lefevbre is briefly exposed. […] I will not … Continue reading
Posted in SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Brunero Gherardini, SSPX, tradition
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“And that, to be restored, our sickness must grow worse…”
From The Four Quartets East Coker […] IV. The wounded surgeon plies the steel That questions the distempered part; Beneath the bleeding hands we feel The sharp compassion of the healer’s art Resolving the enigma of the fever chart. Our … Continue reading
Posted in Semper Paratus, Si vis pacem para bellum!, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged T.S. Eliot
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A ‘Cri de Coeur’ from the heartland
From a reader on this 2nd Sunday of Lent. (Note: because of the blog migration Early Tuesday 2 March, comments posted after 0600 EST 11 UTC) will not migrate. That’ll give you time to “think before posting”.) Wanted to pass … Continue reading
Two items worthy of your precious time
I bring to your attention two pieces worthy of your precious time. First, at Crisis there is an essay by Fr. John Perricone “Why Every Catholic Is a Traditional Catholic (Or Should Be)” Perricone argues that the contemporary Catholic Church … Continue reading
Posted in SSPX, The Coming Storm, The Drill
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Fr. McTeigue: Lots of listening. Who is teaching?
Fr. McTeigue is concerned that listening is replacing preaching. Listening has its place in the life of the Church, but when listening becomes the ultimate principle, one must ask: who, then, is teaching? A friend recently his attention to a … Continue reading
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Fr. Robert McTeigue SJ
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DANG! ACTION ITEM! Fr. McTeigue swings the axe! Make this go viral.
Make this go viral. Use my social links. Do it. Let’s use our collective power. We still have it, don’t doubt. Transcript: Maybe this has happened to you. I know people that this has actually happened to. You may know … Continue reading
“The Unspoken Trial of the Orphaning of Our Priests”
There is a good/bad article at Crisis about the situation priests are in the USA. It is almost 6000 words… hard words. Here is a summary. In short, the piece opens with Crisis Magazine editor Eric Sammons’ call for calm … Continue reading
Study sheds light on generational divide among US priests – interesting stats, some not surprising but remain revelatory
The Pillar occasionally posts good things of interest, depending on the writer. In this case, Luke Coppen, my former (excellent) editor at the UK’s Catholic Herald posts about priests. Some excerpts with some emphases and comments. Study sheds light on … Continue reading
DULLES: Reversal of doctrine about capital punishment would raise serious problems regarding the credibility of the magisterium.
A reminder of what is really at stake in the debate over Catholicism and the death penalty, from an essay by the late, great Cardinal Avery Dulles. As he saw, a reversal on capital punishment would cast doubt on the … Continue reading
Posted in Hard-Identity Catholicism, SESSIUNCULA, The Coming Storm, The Drill
Tagged Avery Dulles, capital punishment, Edward Feser, Leo XIV
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