The Creative Catholic: Fr. James V. Schall S.J. on the art and vocation of writing by K. V. Turley
"One does not read books about how to write. One writes books that hopefully someone will read. Well read books are not well read for nothing. Read them."
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Beginning to Pray: Louis Bouyer and the Gift of Good Teachers
I hope Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. will publish his talk or make it available online somewhere...
I hope Fr. Giles Dimock, O.P. will publish his talk or make it available online somewhere...
Monday, March 27, 2017
Sunday, March 26, 2017
Saturday, March 25, 2017
The Natural Law Jurisprudence of Russell Hittinger
The Imaginative Conservative: The Natural Law Jurisprudence of Russell Hittinger by Robert Kraynak
Friday, March 24, 2017
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Wednesday, March 22, 2017
Our Lady of the Rosary of San Nicolás?
Crux Now: Bishop stops publication of revelations at Argentine Medjugorje by Inés San Martin
NC Mischief in Guam
CNA: Guam bishop aims to resolve 'distress' regarding Neocatechumenal Way
Signs of a cult mentality?
Signs of a cult mentality?
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Deo Gratias!
Serves the bishop of San Antonio right...
Our Lady of Atonement Becoming One with the Ordinariate in the US
Our Lady of Atonement Becoming One with the Ordinariate in the US
Monday, March 20, 2017
A Welcome Piece from Fr. Schall
CWR Dispatch: On the First Day of Spring by James V. Schall, S.J.
Noticing is one of the most important things about us. Or to put it negatively, our lives are filled with myriads of things we never paid attention to. We couldn’t mark all of them.
Noticing is one of the most important things about us. Or to put it negatively, our lives are filled with myriads of things we never paid attention to. We couldn’t mark all of them.
Sunday, March 19, 2017
Saturday, March 18, 2017
Friday, March 17, 2017
Sacra Liturgia Conference 2017
CWR: Sacra Liturgia Conference in Milan to feature Cardinals Sarah, Burke; focus on Ambrosian liturgy
Interest in the international conferences, says organizer Dom Alcuin Reid, continues to grow, especially "amongst young people, men and women, and amongst young clergy and religious."
Interest in the international conferences, says organizer Dom Alcuin Reid, continues to grow, especially "amongst young people, men and women, and amongst young clergy and religious."
Roman Legalism
Fr. Hunwicke: Christine Mohrmann (4)
The ancient Romans were very legalistically minded. When they prayed to the Gods, they did their best to ensure that they covered everything; that they addressed the Gods by the right titles (and all of them) so that they could be assured that they were heard; that they asked for everything that they required so that an accidental omission would not frustrate their petitions. Christine Mohrmann showed that there is more than a little of this attitude in the prayers which comprise the Roman Rite of the ancient Latin Church.
Thursday, March 16, 2017
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Discerning the Historical Causes for the Fall of a Polity
I recall having read in certain Latin apologetic works on Church History that attributed the success of the Muslim invasions of the Christian world to the moral laxity and softness of Christians and their heresy (the Nestorians and Monophysites!). This may strike one as being an expression of Latin triumphalism, given the weakness of the Latin churches today
What if it is the case that the invasions were successful because the Christian polities were simply too weak? Must we find some moral blame for this? Or what if the polities failed because they were not Christianized enough -- not with respect to the "private" lives of individuals or expressions of orthodoxy, but because the polities lacked the excellence proper to it?
While those who lived with empire may have seen it as the only way to deal with external threats, what if they were wrong? Could it be said that the Byzantine theme system was close to being an expression of republicanism? Or were they effective purely for military reasons? What if despite the expression of public orthodoxy, the imperial government was not the form desired by God?
Would God save those who refuse to do what is necessary to save themselves? Lepanto, other victories have been interpreted as God intervening (especially through the intercession of the Mother of God). Still, Christians usually had to do their part in securing victory over the Muslims. While God's primary causality is not to be denied, and miracles are possible, what if God prefers Christian polities to participate in the Divine, in their own way, but attaining the excellence proper to them? Could God miraculously have intervened in preventing the Holy Land from being conquered by the Muslims? Did He withhold this help because of the private sins of the Christians living there, or as a consequence of other failures? Or did He have other reasons for allowing this to happen?
What if it is the case that the invasions were successful because the Christian polities were simply too weak? Must we find some moral blame for this? Or what if the polities failed because they were not Christianized enough -- not with respect to the "private" lives of individuals or expressions of orthodoxy, but because the polities lacked the excellence proper to it?
While those who lived with empire may have seen it as the only way to deal with external threats, what if they were wrong? Could it be said that the Byzantine theme system was close to being an expression of republicanism? Or were they effective purely for military reasons? What if despite the expression of public orthodoxy, the imperial government was not the form desired by God?
Would God save those who refuse to do what is necessary to save themselves? Lepanto, other victories have been interpreted as God intervening (especially through the intercession of the Mother of God). Still, Christians usually had to do their part in securing victory over the Muslims. While God's primary causality is not to be denied, and miracles are possible, what if God prefers Christian polities to participate in the Divine, in their own way, but attaining the excellence proper to them? Could God miraculously have intervened in preventing the Holy Land from being conquered by the Muslims? Did He withhold this help because of the private sins of the Christians living there, or as a consequence of other failures? Or did He have other reasons for allowing this to happen?
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Not a Surprise
Dr. Mike Augros going back to New England -- President McLean Names First Members to Team for New England Campus
One Against Changing the Discipline
CWR Dispatch: The Amazon Indult? by Rev. Peter M.J. Stravinskas
For the sake of argument, let’s say that an indult were granted to the beleaguered bishops of the Amazon, can one suppose that it will end there? History teaches otherwise.
For the sake of argument, let’s say that an indult were granted to the beleaguered bishops of the Amazon, can one suppose that it will end there? History teaches otherwise.
Monday, March 13, 2017
Sunday, March 12, 2017
Saturday, March 11, 2017
Friday, March 10, 2017
Thursday, March 09, 2017
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
Not In This Pontificate
Perhaps never.
First Things: Return to Form by Martin Mosebach
A Call for the Restoration of the Roman Rite
It is a moral outrage that those who gutted the Roman Rite because of their presumption and delusion were permitted to rob a future generation of their full Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
First Things: Return to Form by Martin Mosebach
A Call for the Restoration of the Roman Rite
It is a moral outrage that those who gutted the Roman Rite because of their presumption and delusion were permitted to rob a future generation of their full Catholic . . . . Continue Reading »
Tuesday, March 07, 2017
Monday, March 06, 2017
Sunday, March 05, 2017
Saturday, March 04, 2017
Friday, March 03, 2017
Thursday, March 02, 2017
Wednesday, March 01, 2017
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
CWR Dispatch: Catholic Composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart by Paul Senz
His Catholic faith was the guiding influence throughout the life of possibly the greatest composer in the history of music.
His Catholic faith was the guiding influence throughout the life of possibly the greatest composer in the history of music.
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Rorate Caeli: For the record: Local Bishop confirms Medjugorje is a hoax
'This really is not Our Lady from the Gospel'
'This really is not Our Lady from the Gospel'
Monday, February 27, 2017
The Anniversary Was Two days ago...
Fr. Hunwicke: Regnans in Excelsis
The power of the pope to depose a Catholic sovereign is based on his power to excommunicate? Is the secular authority directly under the authority of the pope? What is the warrant from Sacred Tradition for this? I have to do some research on the theological reasoning for this as it has been a while since I thought about the topic when reading Church history. The good of the Church is greater than the temporal good? Even if this is the case, on what basis does excommunication necessitate that someone is deprived of political office?
Related:
Does the pope have the authority to immediately excommunicate anyone in the Universal Church, i.e. Christians in the jurisdictions of the other patriarchates? Or is this power only mediate, that is the power to confirm an excommunication or to deny an appeal, and for reasons other than just "subsidiarity"?
The power of the pope to depose a Catholic sovereign is based on his power to excommunicate? Is the secular authority directly under the authority of the pope? What is the warrant from Sacred Tradition for this? I have to do some research on the theological reasoning for this as it has been a while since I thought about the topic when reading Church history. The good of the Church is greater than the temporal good? Even if this is the case, on what basis does excommunication necessitate that someone is deprived of political office?
Related:
Does the pope have the authority to immediately excommunicate anyone in the Universal Church, i.e. Christians in the jurisdictions of the other patriarchates? Or is this power only mediate, that is the power to confirm an excommunication or to deny an appeal, and for reasons other than just "subsidiarity"?
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Friday, February 24, 2017
Fr. Patrick Brannan, SJ Has Passed
Old school Jesuit, a memorable teacher at the seminary -- his presence helped cement my interest in Jesuit spirituality at the time. Eternal memory!
They don't make Jesuits like him any more.
MDSJ
A Conservative Blog for Peace
Merion Station
Scranton Times
Philly.com
They don't make Jesuits like him any more.
MDSJ
A Conservative Blog for Peace
Merion Station
Scranton Times
Philly.com
Thursday, February 23, 2017
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Rorate Caeli: De Mattei: When public correction of a pope is urgent and necessary by Roberto de Mattei
Tuesday, February 21, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
The Upside to the Elimination of Vatican Radio
A curbing of the pretensions of the patriarchate of Rome.
Magister: Viganò, the Failed Reformer. With All the Vatican Media Against Him
Magister: Viganò, the Failed Reformer. With All the Vatican Media Against Him
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