How would your favorite movie fictional barbarian (recast as a staunch Traditional Catholic) react to all the hoopla regarding this forced celebration of Laudato Si, and the state of things in the post-Vatican II Church in general?
Work your minds, friends, and consider it…
Take a close look at this “O-Antiphon” tweet by the USCCB from Wednesday, 18 December. Do you see any symbology which looks a little…well…Masonic?
O Wisdom of our God Most High,
guiding creation with power and love:
come to teach us the path of knowledge! pic.twitter.com/VGfU3QW43W— U.S. Catholic Bishops (@USCCB) December 17, 2019
And, yes, I do know that the eye within the triangle, the “All-Seeing Eye of God” has a Catholic history. You can see it displayed in the artwork of old churches and manuscripts. But for the last several hundred years, it has been co-opted by the Lodge as a distinctly Masonic symbol. As such, it has gained a fair degree of toxicity. It’s no different than the rainbow. What was once thought of as the universal sign of God’s pledge never again to destroy the world with water, it has now become the universal sign of something rather different, hasn’t it? So it is with this symbol.
The question begs itself: was this simply a slip-up by the poor seminarian whose collateral duty it is to pretend he’s tweeting on behalf of all the bishops in the USCCB? Or was the symbology fully understood ahead of time.
Has the USCCB, in fact, gone “full Modernist?”
We’ve all heard variations of the age-old “Is the glass half-empty or half-full?” analogy. The Catholic Cyber Militiaman investigates this question from a uniquely Roman Catholic perspective!
Pope Francis has announced that Cardinal Cupich of Chicago will be his point-man for the planned February synod of bishops, which will be convened to addressed the rampant sexual abuse crisis in the Church.
Very odd choice, isn’t it? Kind of like appointing a fox to lead a synod on why so many chickens are disappearing from the barnyard. But the man whom many have dubbed “the Dictator Pope” (that would make a catchy book title) knows what he’s doing. He seems to like synods with reverse-engineered pre-determined conclusions and results. Cupich is sure to deliver on that point.
Chicago is a city infamous for “machine politics” and powerful Bosses who knew how to run “their” town. One imagines that Big Al Capone would be impressed with the techniques of one of Chi-Town’s current bosses…
This episode of CCM Reports investigates the sordid world of “Liturgical Dancing,” an entertainment feature used in some Novus Ordo Masses. WARNING: Once seen, this stuff can’t be un-seen. Proceed with caution.
Yeah, today’s Halloween. It’s a special time of the year (except for the raccoons who come to visit me throughout the year; they show up each night expecting treats, and they’re always wearing masks, so every night of the year is Halloween for them, I guess…)
And apparently, even the folks in the Vatican are into dress-up this October. During the Youth Synod, Pope Francis was seen walking around looking like he was preparing to play Quidditch. His staff (called a Papal ferula) looked nothing like a traditional bishop’s crozier, and certainly nothing like the trademark Crucifix which adorned the top of St. John Paul II’s ferula.
Observers can be forgiven if they sensed some sort of Wiccan flavor to the staff he was carrying. It looked far more like a stang of the type favored by those practiced in the dark arts than it resembled anything Christian. “Not so!” we were assured by Vatican staff (the administrative sort of staff as opposed to the ceremonial walking stick sort of staff). The new, avantgarde and oh-so-fashionable staff was a gift from “the youth.” If you look closely (really, really closely) you can almost–if you squint just right–see what might look like a Y-shaped Crucifix.
Taking a shot or two of the local chianti might aid the identification process.
Not only are we laity having trouble with the funny-looking staff, the Papal staff is having trouble with the staff as well…
Take an exclusive peek behind the scenes at the Holy See!
If a scandal gets bad enough, Rome will act…and act decisively! (Assuming the scandal relates to an issue Rome really cares about…)