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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Shocking Memorandum of Diocese of St. Augustine (FL – USA) on the Motu Proprio
A reader of the blog sent me scans of Memorandum dated 1 August about the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum by the Diocese of St. Augustine, Florida (USA) issued by Fr. Thomas Willis, Director of Liturgy, on the authority of the … Read More
Help Italian writer Andrea Tornielli make a catalogue of liturgical abuses
Italian journalist for Il Giornale and blogger, the worthy Andrea Tornielli needs some help. Here is my translation of his Sacri Palazzi blog entry. "Vaudeville Masses" , shall we make a list? Reading some of your comments on the posts … Read More
A new “personal” extraordinary use parish in Omaha
I want to share an e-mail I received. Edite and with my emphases and comments. Dear Fr. Zuhlsdorf, I wanted to share my family’s good news today! We were happy to hear at this morning’s Mass at Omaha’s St. Patrick … Read More
Archbp. Myers of Newark on the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum
His Excellency Most Reverend John J. Myers, Archbishop of Newark has made a statement in The Catholic Advocate about the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum as well as the recent CDF document. My emphases and comments. Seizing and Celebrating Teachable Moments … Read More
His Eminence Card. Egan, Archbp. of New York on the Motu Proprio
His Eminence Edward Card. Egan, Archbishop of New York made a statement last month on the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. It is a surprisingly chatty. His Eminence is a canonist of note and his Latin credentials are very fine indeed. … Read More
Statement of Bishop of Brooklyn on the Motu Proprio
Here is the statement on the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum from the Bishop of Brooklyn, His Excellency Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio. My emphases and comments. Put Out Into the DeepBishop DiMarzio’s weekly column THE TABLET August 11, 2007The Mass in … Read More
“…all liturgies in the Diocese of Gaylord are to be celebrated entirely in English…”
A biretta tip o{]:¬) though a sad one, goes to Thrown Back for news of a liturgical decree from the Bishop of Gaylord, Michigan, His Excellency Most Reverend Patrick Cooney. This is what we read from Fr. Johansen At a … Read More
Bishop of Colorado Springs on the Motu Proprio
In the Colorado Catholic Herald, His Excellency Most Reverend Michael J Sheridan, Bishop of Colorado Springs, speaks his piece about the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. My emphases and comments. The Bishop’s Voice Aug. 10, 2007 Summorum Pontificum Bishop Michael J. … Read More
Augustine on waiting for web pages to download
Have you ever felt like a webpage takes forever to download?? Did you know that St. Augustine reflected on waiting for web pages to download? Well… sort of. Well… not really. He does, however, reflect on the concept of time … Read More
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Diocese of Lake Charles (LA) on the Motu Proprio – excellent!
The Diocese of Lake Charles in Louisiana, where His Excellency Most Reverend Glen J. Provost is bishop, has an article in the local newpaper, the American Press, about the Holy Father’s Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. If you open that PDF, … Read More






















