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Preparing my Children for Martyrdom
From National Catholic Register: I was looking at my children in Mass yesterday and a horrifying thought occurred to me. If I do my job well as a parent, my children may end up persecuted and/or in jail. That may be the best I can hope for at this point in 21st century America. I [...]
CHURCH MILITANT: FORWARD MARCH!
FROM CATHOLIC STAND: “The Church must be militant in order to thrive and flourish.” So said Rod Pead (editor of Christian Order magazine) in a speech he gave thirteen years ago, but which could have been given yesterday. His words ring loud and true. The time has obviously come when Catholics need to be true Catholics. Persecution is practically upon [...]
Are you part of the Great Catholic Migration of the 21st Century?
Is the Great Migration an over-reaction? What are your thoughts? From Dr. Taylor Marshall: Are you part of the Great Catholic Migration of the 21st Century? Ever since my post “My Initial Doubts about the Latin Mass” also known affectionately as the “Grover Mass Post,” I have been receiving numerous Facebook messages, emails, and comments from Catholics who read this [...]
St. Mary of Pine Bluff has Officially Made the Move. East.
It’s official. St. Mary of Pine Bluff became a parish that celebrates the Novus Ordo ad orientem at all of their Masses. After a year of celebrating daily Masses ad orientem, we wondered when and if we would take the next step to celebrate all of our Masses this way – including weekend Masses. Then [...]
Praying the Mass Ad Orientem
From Sancta Missa: Why does the priest not face the people for most of the Traditional Latin Mass? The priest offers Mass facing the same direction as the people, because he and the people together are offering worship and sacrifice to God. He is not turning his back on the people to exclude them. Rather, [...]
Pope Benedict XVI celebrates mass ad orientem
THE CATHOLIC KNIGHT: With all of the negative news going on in the world today, it is a refreshing pleasure to report something positive for a change, and for a change, good things are happening in the Catholic Church. Nearly four years ago the Holy Father reintroduced the Catholic Church to her sacred liturgical tradition [...]
A US Bishop pushes “ad orientem” worship
From Father Zuhlsdorf: First… and this is pertinent… a young man in the Diocese of Madison is helping to collect the spiritual bouquet for the fearsome yet affable Bishop Robert Morlino. Yep. You can write about him every other day. The Young Madisonian reports that, as of this writing: 68 contributors have prayed 198 rosaries, 129 [...]
What Young Catholics Truly Want
From Catholic with a Vengeance: Attention Pastors, Youth Pastors, Music Directors, Deacons and Catechists: I have oft heard the complaint from you that “The young people aren’t interested in Catholic faith, they don’t come to Mass and they don’t volunteer to sing, lector or help with ministries…it seems there is little hope these days!” I’ve [...]
Urgent 2013 Prayer Campaign for USA: Bishops Urge Catholics To Pray For Life, Marriage, Religious Liberty
From USCCB: Not another program but part of a movement for life, marriage and religious liberty Invitation to ‘prayer and penance,’ Archbishop Cordileone says Second Fortnight for Freedom June/July being planned WASHINGTON—The U.S. Catholic bishops have launched a pastoral strategy addressing critical life, marriage and religious liberty concerns. The five-part strategy or call to prayer was approved [...]
Collecting a Spiritual Bouquet for Bp. Morlino
From Fr. Z: The Devil hates bishops. We need to support them in prayer and mortifications. I have written many times about Madison’s bishop, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino. Just click HERE to see his tag and find out what he has been up to and been through. The Traditional Mass Society of Madison (founded to foster reverence [...]
