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I'm the new kid on the block in terms of discovering the Old Mass. I probably discovered it more recently than the other gentlemen here. I began to attend the Old Mass in 1992 so that was only six years ago -- a relatively short time, compared to some of you. Though I have thought about this, I've never really given a talk on why we love going to the Old Mass. So I'm going to speak extemporaneously. I have a couple of thoughts that came to me, and I hope to speak from the heart for a few minutes....

Back Karl Keating and the Gospel of Sola Ecclesia Liberali Someone forwarded me a copy of “Karl Keating’s E-Letter” of January 13, 2004, entitled “Fr. Feeney and the Jews.” (Keating is the founder of "Catholic Answers," an apologetics organization Keating has made the sounding board for his pronouncements against "extreme traditionalists.") An “e-letter,” for those who may not know, is a kind of electronic epistle written by people who evidently consider their thoughts of the day so important as to warrant immediate promulgation over the Internet to a list of people who actually sign up to receive this sort of...

Ding, Dong, The Witch is Dead: The Radio Debate of Gerry Matatics Against James White and Eric Svendsen on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary On November 18, 2003, Gerry Matatics debated James White and Eric Svendsen on the Perpetual Virginity of Mary, hosted by Alpha and Omega Ministries. Let me say first of all that besides his excellent arguments, Gerry Matatics conducted himself as a true Christian gentleman. James White and Eric Svendsen, on the other hand, spent much of the time screaming at Matatics, and accusing him of all kinds of motives and statements that simply were not true....