Category Archives: The Drill

Reminder: Moral injury of the clergy and laity

A couple years ago I posted about the psychological abuse of priests and the resulting Moral Injury.  It is good to review this concept occasionally, and consider it in light of what is going on in the Church today. Moral … Continue reading

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It seems that, after Vatican II, nothing really changed. But now? Now’s our chance!

For the last couple months I was too happy to have had the desire for self-harming.  However, now that I am not in Rome anymore I ventured over to the Fishwrap and revisited the darkness of self-inflicted irritation. Sr. Joan … Continue reading

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WDTPRS: Mass Prayers “Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself” (1962MR)

This time of year many new priests are being ordained and, consequently, many priests observe their own anniversaries. In the traditional, Vetus Ordo of the Roman Rite a priest can add orations for himself, Pro seipso sacerdote, on the anniversary … Continue reading

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Two things: Part 3 of Bp. Huonder’s VIDEO and what Francis said to Jesuits in Hungary.

Two things. First, Swiss Bishop Vitus Huonder has released the third in a series of videos about the undeniable crisis in the Church. It is in German with subtitles. Put down or put aside other things. Click. Fold your hands and watch this … Continue reading

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New, grand SSPX church, Bishops, and Proof of Concept

At Crisis there is a piece by Eric Sammons entitled “Our Incurious Bishops“. The idea is this.  The SSPX just consecrated a huge and beautiful church in Kansas.  It was packed with precisely the sort of people bishops might like … Continue reading

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VIDEO: Die Grosse Wunde – The Great Wound: The Church is in one of the greatest crises in history.

This is interesting… Website: HERE

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MUST READ! Why do heretics remain in the Church instead of just being honest and getting out?

At Crisis there is a MUST READ piece by Jennifer Bryson Why Do Heretics Remain in the Church? The counterfactual optimism of heretics keeps them in the Church while working to destroy it. A perennial question. She breaks it down … Continue reading

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Pig hearts over altars in Austria, pagan Mayan Mass rite in Mexico, but people who want the Traditional Latin Mass must be ghettoized and railroaded to oblivion.

I’m not making this up. Bishop Hermann Glettler of the Diocese of Innsbruck installed the so-called ‘lenten cloth’ in the 18th century Innsbrucker Spitalskirche. The giant cloth bears a photo of a a pig’s heart. Over the altar. HERE I’m … Continue reading

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What Card. Müller said about changes to teaching on the death penalty wasn’t really about the death penalty, but something else

This morning found me in a conversation between highly educated friends (among whom are former theologians of the CDF) about a LifeSite story saying that Cardinal Müller, the former Prefect of the CDF, “defended Pope Francis’ ability to change the … Continue reading

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Highly recommended: Archbp. Aquila’s response to Card. McElroy’s errors.

A short time ago, Card. McElroy of that super-important see of San Diego, issued a seriously dreadful opinion piece at Jesuit-run (who else?) Amerika. HERE Responses to his confusing and erroneous notions streamed forth, for example HERE. They can be … Continue reading

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