Semper Fi Catholic

I like the white baseball cap.. he looks relaxed, at peace.

It's hard for me to believe B16 (emeritus) won't write in this period. He's done it his whole life.. even with the immense burdens of the Pontificate. I'm sure that won't appear but until after his death.. to allow the new Pontiff to be the supreme and solitary voice as head of the Church. But it'll...

could be the mantra for the new Pope.

I thought Benedict's remarkable address to the Diocesan Priests of Rome, delivered completely extemporaneously over 40 minutes on February 14.. was as close as he came to a 'State of Church Address'.. and focussed very much on the State of Vatican 2, 50 years on. He left no agenda, but you can glean...

Welcome aboard Julie.. i've found this site a very focussed, reliable, edifying and illuminating witness. Hope you stay with us.. enjoy.

That's a great parting gift.

This is one of Benedict's most important legacies.. imho.. not only in the Motu Proprio.. but in the restored focus on the Mass as the central instrument of the Church.. for all of its ministries.

right... somehow the modern world has forgotten that the Church's lifeblood has always been contemplative prayers.. specifically of its ascetic monastic communities, nourishing its organs. It kept the Church and the candle burning in the Dark Ages.. and it is needed now more than ever.

I noticed that too.. made a note of all.. will pray..

Yes, i prayed the dmc for her. Still very rare that a woman in executed... although in a way that is a good thing.. it also points to the inequity inherent in the Death Penalty.

Human beings have universally come to some intuited experience of the divine. They have reached into their store of knowledge, reasoned over its subtle data and, in nanoseconds, concluded that something invisible, immaterial, powerful, intelligent, and mysterious explains mysteries of beauty, love,...

My etymological dictionary defines the origin of the word Good.. as Old English.. for God.

I haven't seen her diary entries parsed as poetry before.. but a lot have poetic attributes.

Karl I think she will be made a Dr. of the church. can you imagine a person with very limited education bcoming a Dr. I've come to think of that as inevitable, Joe... no other cleric in the 20th Century has developed such a widespread devotional following. Doctors of the Church are not always intel...

primary colours.. of life. This image is prominent even in the FSSP parish in Vancouver.. as well as my local parish. I note this only in that the (Latin Sacrament) FSSP is amongst the most orthodox and traditional of all Catholic Orders.. and given the initial reluctance by conservatives to accept ...