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The more vigorously the primacy was displayed, the more the question came up about the extent and and limits of [papal] authority, which of course, as such, had never been considered. After the Second Vatican Council, the impression arose that the pope really could do anything in liturgical matters, especially if he were acting on the mandate of an ecumenical council. Eventually, the idea of the givenness of the liturgy, the fact that one cannot do with it what one will, faded from the public consciousness of the West. In fact, the First Vatican Council had in no way defined the pope as an absolute monarch. On the contrary, it presented him as the guarantor of obedience to the revealed Word. The pope's authority is bound to the Tradition of faith. … The authority of the pope is not unlimited; it is at the service of Sacred Tradition.
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"We as Catholics have not properly combated (the culture) because we have not been taught our Catholic Faith, especially in the depth needed to address these grave evils of our time. This is a failure of catechesis both of children and young people that has been going on for fifty years. It is being addressed, but it needs much more radical attention... What has also contributed greatly to the situation is an exaltation of the virtue of tolerance which is falsely seen as the virtue which governs all other virtues. In other words, we should tolerate other people in their immoral actions to the extent that we seem also to accept the moral wrong. Tolerance is a virtue, but it is certainly not the principal virtue; the principal virtue is charity... Charity means speaking the truth. I have encountered it (not speaking the truth) many times myself as a priest and bishop. It is something we simply need to address. There is far too much silence — people do not want to talk about it because the topic is not 'politically correct.' But we cannot be silent any longer."Raymond Card. Burke
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"One of the most dangerous errors is that civilization is automatically bound to increase and spread. The lesson of history is the opposite; civilization is a rarity, attained with difficulty and easily lost. The normal state of humanity is barbarism, just as the normal surface of the planet is salt water. Land looms large in our imagination and civilization in history books, only because sea and savagery are to us less interesting."- C.S. Lewis
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“I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.”
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Monthly Archives: March 2017
PODCAzT 153: Card. Sarah’s 2017 ‘Summorum Pontificum’ Address – URGENT
His Eminence Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the CDW, gave an fantastic talk in Germany on the occasion of a colloquium held for the 10th Anniversary of Summorum Pontificum, Benedict’s XVI’s “emancipation proclamation” for the older, traditional form of the Roman … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Dispensation or commutation of Mass obligation, penance
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a bishop give the priests under his authority the faculty to dispense or commute a Mass obligation in the confessional? If I was unable to contact my pastor or out of town would I be … Continue reading
Concerning Jesuit brains
UPDATE 1 April: I’ve been thinking about this story in light of some current trends in the MSM (mainstream media). What if…. What if zombies were to eat Jesuit brains? Would they, too, have significant positive changes? I can’t imagine that. Can … Continue reading
LENTCAzT 2017 31 – Friday of the 4th Week of Lent: Revolt against the dictatorship!
Today is Friday of the 4th Week of Lent. The Roman Station is Ss. Silvestro e Martino. GO TO CONFESSION!
LENTCAzT 2017 30 – Thursday of the 4th Week of Lent: Many little birds in my head
Today is Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent. The Roman Station is the Major Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls. GO TO CONFESSION!
BRICK BY BRICK in CINCY! ORATORY!
I received wonderful Brick By Brick news from Cincinnati. An Oratory of St. Philip Neri has been officially established at Old St. Mary’s Church. HERE and HERE Not bad, huh? Here’s their Mass and Confession schedule. Here’s the press release. … Continue reading
Before the ravages of liturgical chaos, before the degradation of our Catholic identity, there was…
I recently had a wonderful meal with two Good Friends close to the cusp of Midtown and Murray Hill. We enjoyed superb Chinese and had a very Catholic reading during meal. Rather than post a photo of the food, which I … Continue reading
Franciscan. “Dancing”. Fail.
This …. fellow… jumped around in a church like a testosterone impoverished squirrel to the words “credo negli essere umani… I believe in human beings”. Fail. I’d also like to point out that this is a Franciscan and not a … Continue reading
UPDATE: White Pontifical Vestments Project
UPDATE 29 March: Progress I received photos from Gammarelli. They are cutting the fabric. And so the process has started! UPDATE 14 Feb: The next phrase I just finished, with the help of the Vocations Director and his assistant, … Continue reading
LENTCAzT 2017 29 – Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent: To attempt is to do
Today is Wednesday of the 4th Week of Lent. The Roman Station is the Major Basilica of St. Paul outside the walls. GO TO CONFESSION!
UPDATE: Card. Sarah’s book – The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise
There’s goes my reading schedule! My copy in English of Robert Card. Sarah’s book, The Power of Silence: Against the Dictatorship of Noise, arrived today. US HERE – UK HERE This is the translation of Le Force du Silence, hitherto … Continue reading
Fr. Z’s prayers for before and after hearing confessions
As I was rooting around for something I posted in the past, I found this which, by coincidence, I posted 3 years ago to the day. Here are the prayers I usually say before and after hearing confessions. They are taken … Continue reading
BAD REASON #873 for not going to confession
From the 24 March 2017 print edition of The Catholic Herald, the UK’s best Catholic weekly… for which I, by the way, write a a rather unheralded short weekly column. The title: Omnium Gatherum BAD REASON #873 for not going to confession when you know … Continue reading
LENTCAzT 2017 28 – Tuesday of the 4th Week of Lent: The worst wound of all
Today is Tuesday of the 4th Week of Lent. The Roman Station is San Lorenzo in Damaso. GO TO CONFESSION!
ASK FATHER: Priest doesn’t purify vessels, leaves them overnight
From a reader… I am a university student who attends daily mass at the college parish. Every day, the priest does not purify the vessels, leaving them with the Sacred Species out for sometimes hours or all night after mass. … Continue reading