tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71290273224607696932024-02-19T11:19:37.993-05:00Gloria tibi, DomineA Catholic Convert Defending the One True FaithWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-49900701539591166712011-02-08T10:23:00.006-05:002011-02-08T10:41:20.528-05:00Arianna, put your money where your ideology is.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeIudydPgnZOIGnh9XLNpcTE1KUEHMHNyi4S9MPIUGoPcu9XMgXSbe44KkELC3dCEHUcG0TUe3WIueLUl8jd-ebXqzSwLkJRGxieAnq0Wa-M5G4NYQhFvLUJjaIvuQ2L0Pi7Rdtyn4mg/s1600/arianna.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVeIudydPgnZOIGnh9XLNpcTE1KUEHMHNyi4S9MPIUGoPcu9XMgXSbe44KkELC3dCEHUcG0TUe3WIueLUl8jd-ebXqzSwLkJRGxieAnq0Wa-M5G4NYQhFvLUJjaIvuQ2L0Pi7Rdtyn4mg/s320/arianna.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571340785836385602" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3h.htm">Arianna $18 million richer!</a><br /><br />As someone who is constantly squawking in favor of the federal government basically guaranteeing you a house, a college education, a 'good" job, and <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-tv/arianna-if-obama-supports_b_495951.html">paying your medical bills</a>, all paid for of course with the blood soaked money of the "greedy" rich and corporations, should not Arianna just give all of this to the IRS right now? She could even save the the government some money since voluntarily writing a check for Obama's "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ojd13kZlCA&feature=related">stash</a>" would mean no IRS workers need to be paid to extract it from her.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-48868651853937709522011-01-28T11:20:00.003-05:002011-01-28T11:37:44.522-05:00There'a Only One Place Where Christians Can Find the Unity Spoken of in Scripture“I urge you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,<br />that all of you agree in what you say,<br />and that there be no divisions among you,<br />but that you be united in the same mind and in the same purpose.” (<a href="http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/1corinthians/1corinthians1.htm#v10">1 Cor 1:10</a>)<br /><br /><br />Every Catholic who faithfully attended Mass this these words from St Paul’s First Letter to the Corinthians were part of last Sunday’s readings in Mass. What is it asking us? That we may be one. I think that is the question all non-Catholic Christians have to ask themselves. Why am I not following Christ’s directive? And there should be no doubt that these words are Christ’s because, while they may have been written by St. Paul, he is only echoing what Christ had already prayed for; that we <a href="http://www.drbo.org/x/d?b=drb&bk=50&ch=17&l=11#x">be as one</a> . How can any Christian disobey this and still call themselves truly a follower of Christ?<br /><br />Below is a audio presentation by Father Gray Bean, a former Baptist, who, unlike many of us, could not deny to his heart what his mind was telling him….that the Catholic Church is the Church founded by Christ and the Church and the only place where all Christians will find unity. I think it is quite compelling and worth a listen.<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/j4n0AjZ9UN0?fs=1" frameborder="0" allowFullScreen=""></iframe>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-33730963135320209552010-12-31T13:31:00.005-05:002011-01-01T01:32:56.746-05:00Feast of Mary, Mother of God...she's your Mom too!Brother Sama gives a great homily on Mary. It is impossible for the Christian to understand Mary and her place of honour without understanding the role of the mother in Eastern/Oriental kingdoms. Generally the king's mother, not his wife, is considered the queen. Being easterners, the Twelve Disciples, as they came to understand Jesus as King, would have understood Mary's place as their Queen and Mother. All of her actions and Christ's words about and toward her would have been understood in this sense.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.preachingfriars.org/christmas/god-sent-his-son-so-we-might-receive-adoption-sons">God sent his Son so that we might receive adoption as sons.</a><br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/8QbTEbYRtZg?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-63365439381245087442010-12-13T11:38:00.000-05:002010-12-13T12:36:57.806-05:00Its on!I recently watched a few Youtube videos that highlighted for me the fight we as followers of Christ are in. All across the globe, the evidence shows that Satan is making his final push. He is furious with anyone who attempts to hinder his drive to destroy civilization and, ultimately, our souls. And you can see his anger at in these faces of these "protesters". <br /><br />Mary, Help of Christians, Pray for us. <br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Ny10_M1nDEk?fs=1" frameborder="0"></iframe>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-5115524873922422202010-09-14T11:32:00.003-04:002010-09-14T11:40:23.444-04:00Love the sinner.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm9S9sxoyTuJeW49V-7FB-sDfWF68Sro-iJh_M12cC-UUuWGr3JDNmdth9vlxKX8MEgAWGDKJXdzJ30nuqEeIExdmKPkuEwWpCsUeWMavyc2RZheWOVNzT29EIhlEzx9AlHaA3aLPUNs/s1600/6a00d83451f9ca69e2010536d2804f970b-800wi.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXm9S9sxoyTuJeW49V-7FB-sDfWF68Sro-iJh_M12cC-UUuWGr3JDNmdth9vlxKX8MEgAWGDKJXdzJ30nuqEeIExdmKPkuEwWpCsUeWMavyc2RZheWOVNzT29EIhlEzx9AlHaA3aLPUNs/s320/6a00d83451f9ca69e2010536d2804f970b-800wi.gif" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5516794052485575170" /></a><br /><br /><br />Did Jesus love to pal around with porn stars? <a href="http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/09/07/my-take-jesus-loves-porn-stars/">According to this Protestant pastor </a>he did.<br /><br />"We are opponents on stage but off stage we are great friends. That's really what this is about. Jesus dined with tax collectors and befriended prostitutes. I don't want to be known as the guy who debates Ron[Jeremy], I'd rather be known as the guy who loves Ron."<br /><br />Did Christ really "befriend" prostitutes and tax collectors? I think that's a stretch. It's true that, unlike the religious leaders of the time, He went to them and called them to come out of their sin. Only then did anyone, fisherman or adulterer, become His friend. Indeed, none of us become His friend until we leave sin behind. This is the personal witness that Christ set as an example for us but that does not allow us to tolerate boastful sin. He expected a change and they went away changed. I wonder if Mr. Gross has explained fully the grave danger that Ron Jeremy has placed his soul? Seems to me he is more interested in debating and putting on a show with Jeremy than a real conversion. But those are just my thoughts. What are yours?Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-86038699708033939882010-08-26T11:06:00.005-04:002010-08-26T11:31:54.732-04:00The True Face of IslamThe Imam in this video claims to be a moderate Muslim and says that Islam is against terrorism. Judge for yourself:<br /><br /><object width="320" height="192"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/D37mB61mjxU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/D37mB61mjxU&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="320" height="192"></embed></object><br /><br />He can't even call Hamas a terrorist organization. So much for "moderate" Islam.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-67993544878739985232010-07-18T13:51:00.006-04:002010-07-18T14:32:16.292-04:00I'm Back!!I have been <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">embarrassingly</span> negligent of this blog and the thing I hoped to accomplish (the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">glorification</span> of Christ and His Church) with it when started it. Well, no more. I am pledging to myself, and any readers still left, that I will write at least one post a day. So while I finish up a post for today, here is the Introit for today's Holy Sacrifice of the Mass.<br /><p><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy6rfhbQs0J6jgdapI9IMXJR6ZbAS0u-A-jOoyP8-Jf4vOQDpjJsUmWJibL-SUHJadeECKoHO7Ix7F7vX3m' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><br /><p>Introit for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.</p>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-2263504920548744492009-12-07T00:07:00.005-05:002009-12-07T01:32:25.495-05:00Which one is better?Some say religion, especially Christianity, is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY8fjFKAC5k">bad for society</a>.<br /><br />Well, this is what Christianity has brought us:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/OvfjgSvq6KA&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/OvfjgSvq6KA&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />...and <a href="http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/2537995/Beelzebub-is-a-benefit-cheat.html">this</a> is what a secular, materialist and atheistic society has brought us:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00846/SUN071GM16_280_846650a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 176px; height: 185px;" src="http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00846/SUN071GM16_280_846650a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-57442958853964433262008-11-03T19:40:00.003-05:002008-11-03T19:47:29.212-05:00Defend Marriage. Defend Life. Protect the Future.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDMc3OpdetzBrq7GnJuUNIdOBDD-JBSZhHP4AmZe9qiedUwf5pGkEhKOvvQxc7EOYEO4c8bxed5IfOQnrB3HApZ2ELuB0jPFLhtQEqBFeXwnnX_eHY4rmUBUGSuxtR5d561HQ68yEWE8/s1600-h/Yes8_rgb_250px.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264595970152115394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeDMc3OpdetzBrq7GnJuUNIdOBDD-JBSZhHP4AmZe9qiedUwf5pGkEhKOvvQxc7EOYEO4c8bxed5IfOQnrB3HApZ2ELuB0jPFLhtQEqBFeXwnnX_eHY4rmUBUGSuxtR5d561HQ68yEWE8/s320/Yes8_rgb_250px.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Readers in California, please don’t forget that as you attempt to chose a <a href="http://stjohnsvaldosta.blogspot.com/2008/11/bishop-finns-cautionary-words.html">pro-Life candidate</a> for President of the US you are also being called to defend marriage by voting <a href="http://www.protectmarriage.com/about">Yes on Proposition 8</a>. Whether they are beloved friends, co-workers or relatives, we all probably all know gays and lesbians that we love and care deeply about; many of them may be in long-term loving relationships. But let’s not fool ourselves, a "marriage" between two people of the same sex is not a marriage in Christ. It is not love in the way Christ called us to love one another and the more we head down this path of destroying the institution of marriage, the further we move down the road to our own <a href="http://www.nationalreview.com/kurtz/kurtz200407210936.asp">destruction as a society</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br />For proof you need only look at the dying populations of many European nations that have allowed gay “marriage”.There is no doubt you will be persecuted and maligned for your views and actually following you faith, but remember, this is the Truth of Christ and he was persecuted for us.<br /><br />Here’s a link to a <a href="http://www.tfp.org/flyers/10_reasons_homosexual_marriage_flyer.pdf">fine flyer </a>by <a href="http://www.tfp.org/">The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP</a>). Their young people spent the summer <a href="http://www.tfp.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1071">getting out the word </a>on Proposition 8.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Originally <a href="http://the-american-catholic.com/2008/11/03/defend-marriage-defend-life-protect-the-future/#more-1397">posted </a>at <a href="http://the-american-catholic.com/">The American Catholic</a>)</span>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-5966648773681120192008-10-05T02:05:00.004-04:002008-10-05T02:08:47.519-04:00A New Blog ArisesAt the invitation of Tito at<a href="http://custosfidei.blogspot.com/"> Custos Fidei</a>, I will be a contributing to a new blog called <a href="http://the-american-catholic.com/">American Catholic</a>. We go live on Monday so go take a look and join the conversation.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-63857291896957066282008-09-06T04:35:00.004-04:002008-09-06T20:08:13.538-04:00My wife likes Gov. Sarah Palin...so much she made up some <a href="http://www.cafepress.com/womaninthehouse">cool t-shirts</a>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SHCvuY09piuNrWmkhEgRpeAVhi0rAF9I4ex-FGKd6Vwq157vnwmKkBMYXOk42cwKwfTKdnKEeAKNPwkwx_q2wAzYJ_GYKLth7L1hS9SB5Ceb92HiaWXUwn5OJ86D6p87J0P1YvYWHzg/s1600-h/jitcrunch.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SHCvuY09piuNrWmkhEgRpeAVhi0rAF9I4ex-FGKd6Vwq157vnwmKkBMYXOk42cwKwfTKdnKEeAKNPwkwx_q2wAzYJ_GYKLth7L1hS9SB5Ceb92HiaWXUwn5OJ86D6p87J0P1YvYWHzg/s320/jitcrunch.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5242824505542023586" /></a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-11159285050179462822008-08-15T00:15:00.004-04:002008-08-15T00:18:34.200-04:00"May we see heaven as our goal and come to share her glory"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KNy8IMqYgcs8mQt7gw8YQqPdP4Oy6Gc9K-0bOYUHlrjJI6YkflM4XSpOkTs-Bx2cLgEHGcLmZN8nz4PACZrgB-GCphB1p8wsCl4s1yPZ0jIgNNu6_b4buHZ8-nZ5x39QuY7q2z7Yb3w/s1600-h/AssumptionBVM.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3KNy8IMqYgcs8mQt7gw8YQqPdP4Oy6Gc9K-0bOYUHlrjJI6YkflM4XSpOkTs-Bx2cLgEHGcLmZN8nz4PACZrgB-GCphB1p8wsCl4s1yPZ0jIgNNu6_b4buHZ8-nZ5x39QuY7q2z7Yb3w/s320/AssumptionBVM.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234593867731050098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcNNEcals-aCja2874G5T27b7ws6mbOM8WoujeW25qSCHQchoqkw8YhyYJAfO38egVV47rkMzWt3Omyes1aawcJv1_akQGPIIsBNFVFL2b5BP2onabKxZcXqsHk-qzWJCLI_k-WDPRRQ/s1600-h/poussinassumption.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRcNNEcals-aCja2874G5T27b7ws6mbOM8WoujeW25qSCHQchoqkw8YhyYJAfO38egVV47rkMzWt3Omyes1aawcJv1_akQGPIIsBNFVFL2b5BP2onabKxZcXqsHk-qzWJCLI_k-WDPRRQ/s320/poussinassumption.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234593713071270498" /></a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-61194017722346730872008-08-12T21:14:00.003-04:002008-08-12T22:26:30.080-04:00Love those Nashville Sisters!<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHtTcPSYVhE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SHtTcPSYVhE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />H/T to <a href="http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2008/08/video-of-nashville-dominicans.html">Fr. Finigan</a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-92049662182428051012008-07-10T10:43:00.002-04:002008-07-10T10:46:48.225-04:00I pray that Christ forgives them. Imagine what you would do if someone <a href="http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=6252649">hit your mother</a>.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-24487008169030979042008-07-02T01:57:00.004-04:002008-07-02T02:39:57.641-04:00A Priestess in Every Parish?Kathleen Kennedy Townsend loves the Church so much <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/36478">she wants to destroy it</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>It needs to rethink its position on the ordination of women and married people, on abortion, on gay clergy and gay unions. "Clearly," she says, "if we can believe in the virgin birth and that the body and blood of Christ are in the eucharist, then we can certainly believe that a woman can be a priest." </blockquote><br /><br />These things have <a href="http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/nov/06112106.html">worked so well </a>in other churches, right Kathy?Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-55986234295900372452008-06-17T19:57:00.004-04:002008-06-18T12:18:14.285-04:00A crime against Nature<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRurU7mlAS3bS6TeTScsrP0L0QApXUqmaFZqvA_NntR9xVu5z0VySalhu_xTKSzESVpSeoovwa1_JDtb7fcX16F0-z1axqkuBrjzdPnVU6_o_bkXdoUGZs3ON26KTcuZ6bBAS4pZ7VNMA/s1600-h/t1home_1759_samesex_irpt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRurU7mlAS3bS6TeTScsrP0L0QApXUqmaFZqvA_NntR9xVu5z0VySalhu_xTKSzESVpSeoovwa1_JDtb7fcX16F0-z1axqkuBrjzdPnVU6_o_bkXdoUGZs3ON26KTcuZ6bBAS4pZ7VNMA/s320/t1home_1759_samesex_irpt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213007938606485890" /></a><br /><br />Great post over at Hallowed Ground. Here's an excerpt:<br /><br /><blockquote>Homosexuals want their sin to be exempt, they want us to say their sin is not sin. They want us to call evil good. They have organized themselves, and are forcing Society to go along with it. Why don’t all pick-pockets get organized, and campaign against “anti-Thieve” sentiments. Create something called “Theiveaphobia”, and lambast all who disagree as biogots, hate-mongers, etc. We’ll have an annual ”Thief Pride Parade” down 5th Avenue!</blockquote><br />Read the rest <a href="http://hallowedground.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/still-an-abomination/">here</a>.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-25944248718180954742008-06-15T20:57:00.007-04:002008-06-16T00:39:27.439-04:00More Reason to Pray for Conversions<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59kGLioCgp_UkzH4pckOwKMY7-lSu9VY9iMeuymBKsoj9YHznKbRe2H7Q3sBA77HCZFY76wTfrlCYkDHbqqZsXo9zGg4WqAQiJfGXOKUXA5_0_69k8eX-cJyfExmj46kWzlXF-42MDC4/s1600-h/gal_gangs-10.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh59kGLioCgp_UkzH4pckOwKMY7-lSu9VY9iMeuymBKsoj9YHznKbRe2H7Q3sBA77HCZFY76wTfrlCYkDHbqqZsXo9zGg4WqAQiJfGXOKUXA5_0_69k8eX-cJyfExmj46kWzlXF-42MDC4/s320/gal_gangs-10.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212334268548976882" /></a><br /><br />And you thought gay bishops and ordained women was as bad as it gets with the Episcopal church. Now they give you "<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2008/06/14/2008-06-14_new_blood_violent_gang_life_is_passed_do-1.html">gangsta baptisms</a>"<br /><blockquote>"One son was blessed at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Morningside Heights four years ago during a quasi-religious ceremony. "It's like a christening," he said. "The priest holds the baby and we say our prayer at the same time. We have to have the window open and the baby pointed toward the sun." </blockquote><br />The more I grow in understanding and embrace of my Catholic faith, the more clearly I see the return to paganism and the need for intense evangelizing. The culture of death has our society in...well... a death grip. With the collapse over the past 40 years of traditional morals, mores, and institutions, so much of our culture mirrors the pagans world that the Apostles and early Christians encountered in the Near East, North Africa, and especially Europe. Thus we must pray and evangelize stronger than ever before. Social scientists will see this child gangsta issue as one to be fixed with more government sponsored social programs and education. While those are in important, as with abortion, euthanasia and other sins and immorality, this won't be solved without the conversion of peoples hearts.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDTJy6pCqiqtw65KPjAljo2Qm5EYMa0vFnoYTsQDjpQ3UeElp20T49AHIZEgKYo44ReZfNxOl2tfNUAhEhhKIwwd5tKIwKSW9fDTuKCvYMQdgsVpadeNbZrY9yaYRZIo-IYYGxYiY_IY/s1600-h/amd_baby_weapons.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixDTJy6pCqiqtw65KPjAljo2Qm5EYMa0vFnoYTsQDjpQ3UeElp20T49AHIZEgKYo44ReZfNxOl2tfNUAhEhhKIwwd5tKIwKSW9fDTuKCvYMQdgsVpadeNbZrY9yaYRZIo-IYYGxYiY_IY/s320/amd_baby_weapons.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212332683369902626" /></a><br /><br />So grab your rosaries people and don't be afraid to talk about and <strong>live </strong>your Catholic faith!Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-53734411514435112712008-06-14T13:12:00.002-04:002008-06-14T13:37:55.456-04:00More Reasons Why Turkey Should Be Excluded From The EUThe <a href="http://gatesofvienna.blogspot.com/2008/06/hogtied-robbed-and-murdered-in-istanbul.html">murder of "non-muslims"</a> (i.e. Christians) for their property.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO-ujUD8ptv_J5mn8hERxgV-mQ-knmKAMw_5hIbNn_UKtgQww8H4wg1qsCZcoIJID8i4I7JcTlfYmle4sOghk9v5mOoMKUW2vy3L-Dc0LUlLakN_R2cS0PjlPj7LnCIULHJ8koxGzWQk/s1600-h/maryhelp2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaO-ujUD8ptv_J5mn8hERxgV-mQ-knmKAMw_5hIbNn_UKtgQww8H4wg1qsCZcoIJID8i4I7JcTlfYmle4sOghk9v5mOoMKUW2vy3L-Dc0LUlLakN_R2cS0PjlPj7LnCIULHJ8koxGzWQk/s320/maryhelp2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211787178751257266" /></a><br /><br />Mary, Help of Christians<br /><br />Oro pro nobisWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-75894843675980569282008-06-08T01:19:00.002-04:002008-06-08T01:23:13.617-04:00Recent Additions to the Blogroll<a href="http://custosfidei.blogspot.com/">Custos Fidei </a><br /><br /><a href="http://madtrad.blogspot.com/">Mad Trad</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bovinabloviator.blogspot.com/index.html">The Bovina Bloviator</a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-22962879436034457472008-06-06T11:37:00.006-04:002008-06-08T01:04:04.588-04:00Babel<em>“Let us then go down and there confuse their language, so that one will not understand what another says." Thus the LORD scattered them from there all over the earth, and they stopped building the city.” --<a href="http://www.nccbuscc.org/nab/bible/genesis/genesis11.htm">Genesis 11: 7-9</a></em><br /><br /><br />From Father Tim Finigan at the The Hermeneutic of Continuity <a href="http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2008/06/multicultural-youth-mass-at-lourdes.html">we get this wonderful video </a>from Lourdes of a Traditional Mass complete with adorable school children from France. As Fr. Finigan mentions, this is a true multi-cultural Mass. Men, women and children from all over the world speaking many languages and having many cultures, can come to together and worship as one in the Body of Christ.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/779UPy_SC88&hl=en&rel=0"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/779UPy_SC88&hl=en&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Unfortunately, this is so unlike what many of us see in our local parishes. At my own parish, where sometimes up to three languages are used during the liturgy (outside of the Greek of the Kyrie), I often feel like one of the inhabitants of Babel. During this years Stations of the Cross on Good Friday I was often lost trying to keep up with the Spanish and Creole used in the prayers and hymns. In my opinion this attempt to show how “multi-cultural” and “inclusive” we are does not bring unity but causes a rupture, not only with our Catholic and Christian heritage, but with one another as well. As I wait for the 11:00 AM Spanish Mass to end before our Noon English Mass starts, I look at those leaving the church and think to myself, “It’s almost as if we are in different churches.” How wonderful if we all, Spanish, English, Creole, Vietnamese, or Korean speakers, could sill worship together. How moving would it be to truly feel as one During the Stations, as well as beautiful, by praying and singing in Latin? Instead of three or four different Sunday Masses for each language spoken among the parishioners, we could have one (although I think we would need more Mass times as the pews, in my opinion, would fill up with the returning faithful of all cultures)and be truly unified. <br /><br />God scattered those building the <a href="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15005b.htm">Tower of Babel </a>because they were uplifting themselves instead of Him. They, much like Adam and Eve, strove to “be like gods. “ But God in his infinite wisdom and mercy brought us together again not to glorify ourselves but to build His city; to erect His <em>Civitate Dei</em> through the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church. Even though we all continued to speak a multitude of languages, one not understanding the other, He bestowed on His Church the Latin language so that those disunited after Babel may be unified again to worship Him.<br /><br />Sadly, the last forty years have seen us scattered and confused again. Unlike the story in Genesis, this time it is man scattering us, confusing our understanding and dividing those who should be one in Christ. And what have we gained? Can we not see that the glorious tower constructed over the last 2000 years has begun to crumble and fall apart much like the Tower of Babel?<br /><br /><br />It is time to return Latin the pride of place it deserves in the Mass and restore the unity that it brought to the Church.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-24845729284951656412008-06-03T22:32:00.003-04:002008-06-03T22:33:11.329-04:00First Friday Traditional Mass in ManhattanFirst Friday Traditional Solemn Mass<br />Votive Mass of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus<br />With Solemn Benediction after Mass<br /><br />June 6th, 2008 at 6:30PM<br />*<br />Presented by<br />The Oratory of the Sacred Heart<br />at<br />The Church of the Guardian Angel<br />193 Tenth Avenue at 21st Street,<br />New York City<br />†<br />Celebrant: The Very Reverend Gilles Wach,<br />Superior General of the Institute of Christ the King, Sovereign Priest<br />Deacon: Father Andreas Hellmann<br />Subdeacon: Father Cyprian La Pastina<br />†<br />Please join us at a convivium in the church hall immediately following Solemn Benediction<br /><br />1, V, F, C, E trains to 23rd Street Station<br />M23 Bus to 10th Avenue<br />*<br />For information: (917) 535-2054Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-15388660529192977652008-05-29T22:16:00.004-04:002008-06-03T11:13:12.228-04:00What's Old Is New Again<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCn-N2VOyZDr3_uBQquvu0OcKeLYVU-F6gSEQkAHRbXMLKIrENnSbo8A6wNMbXrRTU0cDw1wsSN0CTl-tS0ZfIgMIjwkr_D500ExSu2DkZl1OrvoAdoO8j78A7e9W8N89E41lEueGDnI/s1600-h/missale_romanum.bmp"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibCn-N2VOyZDr3_uBQquvu0OcKeLYVU-F6gSEQkAHRbXMLKIrENnSbo8A6wNMbXrRTU0cDw1wsSN0CTl-tS0ZfIgMIjwkr_D500ExSu2DkZl1OrvoAdoO8j78A7e9W8N89E41lEueGDnI/s320/missale_romanum.bmp" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206033028625799218" /></a><br />It is true what <a href="http://thenewliturgicalmovement.blogspot.com/2008/05/masion-of-past-reopened.html">Jeffrey Tucker says over at NLM</a>, there has been amazing progress in the liturgy since the Holy Fathers Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. The mansion is surely open and being slowly but surely restored to its former glory. It is not only, as Jeffrey states, in parishes across the nation we are seeing the fruits of Pope Benedict but in individual catholic lives. Jeffrey writes;<br /><br /><blockquote>"But the real implications here are more significant still. What Summorum has done is re-legitimate the whole of our Catholic heritage--in the broadest way with can think of that term--and free us from the deracination that had become common in the postconciliar years."</blockquote><br /><br />I could not agree more and for myself this has been very true. A year or so ago I had never heard of Tridentine Mass. Even if I had, coming from a Protestant tradition where things can, and have, changed based on not much more than the whims of the church’s pastor, I probably would have seen no problem in “changing the Mass” or throwing off old traditions. But also as a convert of only two years now so my exposure even with the Novus Ordo is limited, I never experienced many of the worst abuses of the 70 and 80’s and for the most part my parish priest is orthodox. I suppose in a way I was what some have called a <a href="http://athanasiuscm.blogspot.com/2008/04/glory-of-small-t-tradition.html">"small t" Catholic</a>.<br /><br />Not much more than a year ago I began to hear, mostly on Catholic blogs, of this thing call a <em>motu proprio</em> that was coming from Pope Benedict regarding the Latin Mass. Curious, I some research and my eyes were opened to a whole new world. I experienced, via the internet, <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1872714663680800365">my first mass using the 1962 missal</a> (a SSPX mass by the way), and I haven’t been able to go back to the old world since. I felt drawn to not only search out a local parish with the Extraordinary Form (amazingly I discovered one only a few blocks and less than a 10 minute walk away.) but it opened a flood gate of desire within me to learn more about the preconciliar Church and to discover its beauty and traditions. A beauty I knew was all <a href="http://anglocath.blogspot.com/2008/04/technical-term-is-wreckovation.html">too often lacking </a>and a respect for tradition to <a href="http://http://wdtprs.com/blog/2008/05/i-dont-even-know-how-to-label-this-tragic-abuse/">often lost</a> in our Catholic culture today. <br /><br />Of course, there was a flip side to finding this new world as many things about the old one don't sit so well anymore. Now when I see an older church that has had its High Altar ripped out I am angered. I feel something is wrong when I hear "Wade in the Water" or "Amazing Grace" every other week while Gregorian Chant is neglected. Pagan inspired liturgical dance before the alter sickens me. But those things just make me want to get more involved in my parish and that is always a good thing. Who would have guessed that a year ago I would be participating in our Corpus Christi procession or walking the Stations of the Cross during Holy Week? Or prayng the Liturgy of the Hours? Or working to begin a "stable group" at my parish to bring the Extraordinary Form back to our glorious High Alter (luckily, it was never touched). And how this has helped me to embrace fully the teachings of the Church and throw off <em>cafeteriaism </em> would take another post to fully explain. Again, none of that is directly related to Benedict’s motu proprio but its discovering the Extraordinary Form that drew me to them. <br /><br />Now don't get me wrong, I am not one of those who feels the Mass of Paul VI is "invalid". It is the form of the Mass that drew me into the Church and remnants of our 2000 year history are still there. I have used it to persuade others of the truth of the Catholic Church. But the Tridentine, or Extraordinary Form, is much like the Church and its moral teachings, there is something of the Beauty, Truth and right worship in it that grabs hold of those with open hearts. After experiencing it for the first time you are never the same. <br /><br />So I pledge my gratitude to the Pope Benedict for providing the pastoral leadership that has led me to these green pastures. I would never have guessed that when I saw him standing at the Loggia in three years ago that he would have such a profound effect on my life.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-47843011981607134932008-05-26T17:54:00.013-04:002008-05-27T01:36:04.746-04:00Oculi OmniumThis is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Its a graduale from the Feast of Corpus Christi chanted at São Paulo's <A href="http://www.mosteiro.org.br/">Saint Benedict Monastery</A>.
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<br />I didn't wish to merely put up the audio, so I included a few pictures I've grabbed over the months from different sites. Many, of course, came from the wonderful <A href="http://hallowedground.wordpress.com/">Hallowed Ground</A>.
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<br />The words and music can be found <A href="http://www.christusrex.org/www2/cantgreg/partituras/gr_oculi_omnium.gif">here</A>.
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<br />Consider it inoculation against <a href="http://gloria-tibi-domine.blogspot.com/2008/05/how-long-o-lord.html">this</a>.
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<br />Also, go read <a href="http://www.lesaintchapelet.com/2008/05/the-feast-of-co.html">my wonderful wife's thoughts </a>on our first Corpus Christi procession. I had planned on writing something but it would pale in comparison to her beautiful words.
<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-53202054091157108202008-05-26T17:50:00.000-04:002008-05-27T00:56:01.530-04:00A Precious GiftA birthday gift from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5632105">my beautiful wife</a> made with her own loving hands. I will treasure this for the rest of my life!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjzTbLBg69cyJpjJe7YS1t1_9nl8dHBNblohwvoDxFJT_DOZD5SDIcr91WL1XNImcall-4_-9L4pumiUl31YO2ieRyNkjxr6lZ5xtlY5QfRoxmoA4ScGklgwUCpLbUp8_25eZP_sQgJ0/s1600-h/walters_ros.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHjzTbLBg69cyJpjJe7YS1t1_9nl8dHBNblohwvoDxFJT_DOZD5SDIcr91WL1XNImcall-4_-9L4pumiUl31YO2ieRyNkjxr6lZ5xtlY5QfRoxmoA4ScGklgwUCpLbUp8_25eZP_sQgJ0/s320/walters_ros.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204896305401370610" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHe38VjlUDElal6HskhvYuaCbjWDn8MQgB1TBzDKMLdR9veELG84uoDncutbH4PyYVb4T81_zZrUNfPc4kWRd-vH8WTaPa-3wuGVxjHpTZ4GA41XqFh0__FnddfQUfwgT0YkO03KH_Fpw/s1600-h/walters_ros_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHe38VjlUDElal6HskhvYuaCbjWDn8MQgB1TBzDKMLdR9veELG84uoDncutbH4PyYVb4T81_zZrUNfPc4kWRd-vH8WTaPa-3wuGVxjHpTZ4GA41XqFh0__FnddfQUfwgT0YkO03KH_Fpw/s320/walters_ros_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5204896554509473794" /></a>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7129027322460769693.post-56839413937495644162008-05-23T15:31:00.008-04:002008-05-27T00:30:18.635-04:00Vive Le Revolution<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ6ImURIFgfdiw8uyb_fDk5bFaGBNgE_zkTwZyWjbN246Vz6SGZEEuJoGI0GK68nyIg8esSm0PRT_biGYNxBs2cDcWXmP0K4btkuS36jfgiSigwGc8k70mg5CcIAt7LcmygTqqFcU6uo/s1600-h/ChristusRex.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTZ6ImURIFgfdiw8uyb_fDk5bFaGBNgE_zkTwZyWjbN246Vz6SGZEEuJoGI0GK68nyIg8esSm0PRT_biGYNxBs2cDcWXmP0K4btkuS36jfgiSigwGc8k70mg5CcIAt7LcmygTqqFcU6uo/s320/ChristusRex.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5203683075924498386" /></a><br /><br />During <a href="http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=12729">the Holy Father's homily </a>on the Feast Day of Corpus Christi, after quoting from St. Paul's Letter to the Galatians, he stated the following:<br /><br /><blockquote>"In these words we feel the truth and the power of the Christian revolution, the <em><strong>most profound revolution in human history</strong></em>, which we may experience in the Eucharist where people of different ages, sexes, social conditions and political ideas come together in the presence of the Lord.”</blockquote> <br /><br />These words struck me because once I called and hoped for "revolution". The likes of mass murderers like Che Guevara, Black Panthers like Huey Newton and Fred Hampton, and African Nationalists like <a href="http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761554880">Kwame Nkrumah</a>, and various others who promised social utopias were my heroes. During college I devoured the books of Left-wing nationalist intellectuals like <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=franz+fanon">Franz Fanon </a>and collected the poetry an prose of Black Arts Movement founder <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri_Baraka">Amiri Baraka</a>. I just knew that I would be in the "vanguard" when, as The Last Poets put it, "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFf_vOktzxo&feature=related">When the Revolution Comes</a>" (warning graphic lyrics and images).<br /><br />But somewhere along the way I began to wonder why all of these utopias failed and fell into internecine warfare and bloodshed that, in most instances, left those that were to be freed worse off. At first, I fell for the excuses told by the likes of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Europe-Underdeveloped-Africa-Walter-Rodney/dp/0882580965/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211862459&sr=8-1">Walter Rodney</a> and others that it was white imperialist interference. But that too began to ring hollow. Yes, the West supported the likes of <a href="http://partners.nytimes.com/library/world/090897obit-mobutu.html">Mobuto </a> but so had millions of Africans.<br /><br />It wasn't' until I a few years after I came into the Church, and really began to understand the message and mission of Christ, that I truly understood that all of these utopias were poor imitations of Him. All were substitutes designed by men who cried <em>non servium</em> and began to impose their wills instead of God's. Their revolutions failed because, like us all, they were fallen.<br /><br />So now instead of Viva La Revolution, I cry Viva Christus Rex!Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11425188800231469894noreply@blogger.com1