Semper Fi Catholic

I have Salt of the Earth, in my bookcase, PapaB's deep meditation on the state of the Church and the West, also presented in the form of an interview with Peter Seeweld and published in 1997. I'm sure Final Conversation will be equally relevant and penetrating.

The SSPX was on the verge of reuniting with the Catholic Church under B16. It would do so as a personal prelature of the Holy See, with guarantees for its constitution, ordinations, heirerarchy, liturgical practices. That's all been washed away now.. likely for a generation.

The crisis of the priesthood in the Western world, in recent decades, is also the result of a radical disorientation of Christian identity in the face of a philosophy that transfers to inside the world the deepest meaning and ultimate end of history and of every human existence, thus depriving it o...

:roll: Cardinal Ratzinger's very measured and compassionate analysis of the complex phenomenon of homosexuality, and the Church's response and obligations with respect to it, consistent with canon, catechism, scripture is my point of reference in dealing with homosexuality (a much more precise term ...

an ounce of contemplation will bring of a pound of cure.

a gift to the dying.. from a great saint.

It's one of the most prominent devotions developed in the 20th Century.

I knew about the piano.. and his love of Mozart. He used to spend up ot 4 hours a day playing.. recuperating from the rigours of the CDF. I knew about the cats as well. Apparently he used to keep some treats in his cassock for the strays that congregated around his door every morning.. but the Swiss...

They have time for everything, but they have no time to come to Me for graces.

sage advice.. we forget the essence of life in the clutter of modern distractions.

I'll have to read them in stages. Frankly Benedict's writing have to be taken in modest portions and left to germinate over some time.

.. all that.. AND.. the campaign of prayer warriors as well.

I didn't know Aspergillum or Vaticum.

was vague on Dalmatic

but i knew the rest, 11.5, okay i guess.