[NYer]

The pieces of the puzzle are coming together.

[AliVeritas]

Satan is busy, his time is short.

Pray.

[Jedidah]

This is what happens when politics and institutionalism become more important than the Word of God

[Invincibly Ignorant]

Wow. Chris on earth lied?

[OpusatFR]

Michel O’Brien was pretty prescient.

This is following the plot of “Father Elijah.”

The old pope is demonized, marginalized and persecuted.

So are the faithful.

[steve86]

"Orthodox divine services are a priceless treasure that we must carefully guard," Hilarion has written. "I have had the opportunity to be present at both Protestant and Catholic services, which were, with rare exceptions, quite disappointing… Since the liturgical reforms of the Second Vatican Council, services in some Catholic churches have become little different from Protestant ones."

[narses]

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Obama Says A Baby Is A Punishment

Obama: “If they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

[Desdemona]

This article brings up something a good friend who is a music director in a local Russian Orthodox parish and I talked about this morning - the need for majesty in liturgy. Yes, there are some differences in theology (in the larger scheme of things, not all that much - some pretty thorny sticking points, though), but majestic liturgy and the sense that we do this in honor of a being that is not of this world is something pretty major we do have in common.

It seems that the entire objection to the SSPX excommunication lifting smacks of some of the same tactics the left uses ALL THE TIME against conservatives politcally everywhere. This is a battle against the MAJESTY that is our worship. Make God just one of us, and the propect of eternal damnation doesn't strike fear in anyone. But, with the majesty, and the solemnness, liturgy becomes other-worldly and inspiring. We want to live up to God's image. Why would anyone fight against that? Smoke of Satan...?

[Antoninus]

He who eats of the Pope will die of it.

Remember that, Silvio.

[melsec]

“As strange as it may seem, this battle is in part about that — about the survival of the Church’s old liturgy — about her way of worshipping God.”

I am sorry but this is BS. If a group of, seemingly evergrowing, Catholics wish to worship in this manner because they feel closer to God and the Church this way then who is to deny them this. This is more about the progressives getting rid of any vestiges of the “Old” Catholic Church.

And BTW I do not attend the Latin Mass but I fully support those who wish to.

Blessings

Mel

[DaGman]

Considering it was the then Cardinal Ratzinger that negotiated with Bishop Lefevre the agreement that he could ordain one bishop to be Lefevre’s successor, and considering that Lefevre defied that agreement and ordained 3 bishops of which Williamson was one, I find it very hard to believe that the now Pope Benedict did not know about Williamson’s radical beliefs. I think he knew all of these SSPX players very well. This is the stuff that kept me away from the Catholic Church for 30 years.