Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Bishop Nicholas Samra on the Ministries of the Parish
I think the "socialization" aspect is rather incomplete and needs to be developed at length so that there is a proper discussion of the friendship that should exist among parishioners of the same parish.
Getting Rid of the Lavender Mafia Might Help
Along with the network that purposely weeds out orthodox seminarians. But these steps don't address all of the problems.
Monday, April 10, 2017
Sunday, April 09, 2017
Saturday, April 08, 2017
Friday, April 07, 2017
Thursday, April 06, 2017
Wednesday, April 05, 2017
Tuesday, April 04, 2017
A Problem for Married Priests But for Some Celibate Priests as Well
An insufficient stipend.
Byz, TX: The modern priesthood
Also Eastern Rite Canadian bishop reflects on married priests after meeting Pope by Inés San Martín (via Byz, TX)
Byz, TX: The modern priesthood
Also Eastern Rite Canadian bishop reflects on married priests after meeting Pope by Inés San Martín (via Byz, TX)
Pravoslavie: The Week of the Veneration of the Cross by Patriarch Tikhon (Bellavin)
This is an article by St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia that has never been republished. It was written when he was still an archimandrite at the Kholm theological seminary, which is now located in the territory of Poland, and published in the periodical, Beseda (Discussion), printed in Warsaw.
This is an article by St. Tikhon, Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia that has never been republished. It was written when he was still an archimandrite at the Kholm theological seminary, which is now located in the territory of Poland, and published in the periodical, Beseda (Discussion), printed in Warsaw.
From 2013
Pemptousia: Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos: “Maximus the Confessor’s Eucharistic Ontology”
Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos, “A Eucharistic Ontology: Maximus the Confessor’s Eschatological Ontology of Being as Dialogical Reciprocity”, transl. by Elizabeth Theokritoff, 2010: Holy Cross Orthodox Press.
Fr. Nikolaos Loudovikos, “A Eucharistic Ontology: Maximus the Confessor’s Eschatological Ontology of Being as Dialogical Reciprocity”, transl. by Elizabeth Theokritoff, 2010: Holy Cross Orthodox Press.
Monday, April 03, 2017
Alas, the English Translation of His Book is Out of Print
Rorate Caeli: The Church and Asmodeus - Part 3 (and the fallacy of Theology of the Body) by Don Pietro Leone
But is his reading of John Paul II's Theology of the Body correct?
3. ‘THEOLOGY OF THE BODY’
Faithful attending Pope John Paul II’s Angelus discourses from September 1979 –November 1984 and hoping for catechism or pious disquisitions, would surely have been disappointed. Instead they were to hear him propound in all freedom his personal theories of sexual morality. We shall here briefly examine two tenets of the personalistic ‘Theology of the Body’, having already discussed the theory in detail in our book.
But is his reading of John Paul II's Theology of the Body correct?
Sunday, April 02, 2017
Saturday, April 01, 2017
Fr. Bertacchini's Letter
Sandro Magister: On the Pope’s Desk, a "Memorandum" Against the General of the Jesuits. For Near Heresy
Fr. Bertacchini is supposedly a Jesuit of high caliber, and yet he can assert this:
"Such a grave statement should be reasoned out at length and in depth, because it is indeed possible to admit error in a narrative detail; but to call into question the veracity of doctrinal teachings of Jesus is another matter."
Fr. Bertacchini is supposedly a Jesuit of high caliber, and yet he can assert this:
"Such a grave statement should be reasoned out at length and in depth, because it is indeed possible to admit error in a narrative detail; but to call into question the veracity of doctrinal teachings of Jesus is another matter."
Fr. Hunwicke on the Celebrity Cult of the Papacy
Fr. Hunwicke: Celebrity Pontiffs
Pope Francis doesn't like personality cults, especially as applied to himself, and yet he does not he see that his actions lend themselves to supporting a personality cult? Another inconsistency to be explained by his modest intellect?
Pope Francis doesn't like personality cults, especially as applied to himself, and yet he does not he see that his actions lend themselves to supporting a personality cult? Another inconsistency to be explained by his modest intellect?
Friday, March 31, 2017
Cardinal Sarah's Address to the Colloquium “The Source of the Future”
CWR: Cardinal Sarah's Address on 10th Anniversary of "Summorum Pontificum"
The exclusive English translation of the message sent by the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to the Colloquium “The Source of the Future”
The exclusive English translation of the message sent by the Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments to the Colloquium “The Source of the Future”
Thursday, March 30, 2017
Word on Fire
CWR: “Always forward”: Inside the work of the Word on Fire apostolate by Paul Senz
Word on Fire, says Fr. Steve Grunow, CEO of the apostolate, is "a concretization of Vatican II’s vision of a complementary and cooperative rapport between clergy and laity..."
Word on Fire, says Fr. Steve Grunow, CEO of the apostolate, is "a concretization of Vatican II’s vision of a complementary and cooperative rapport between clergy and laity..."
Wednesday, March 29, 2017
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
For the Aspiring Essayists
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."
"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."
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
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