tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45312483039549630982024-02-22T04:41:37.046-06:00The Badger CatholicTherefore, brethren, stand fast; and hold the traditions which you have learned, whether by word, or by our epistle. 2 Thes 2:15<br>Badger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger8130125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-44679000531023473702023-09-30T09:00:00.006-05:002023-09-30T09:00:00.141-05:00Adoremus Bulletin September 2023The content Inside This Issue in print is also available
<a href="https://adoremus.org/bulletins/september-2023/" title="">online</a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-55560660104196951662023-09-19T14:32:00.002-05:002023-09-19T14:33:21.107-05:00The Most Important Decision in Life<p>Adapted from the <a href="https://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/the-most-important-decision-in-life/" title="Imprimis, June 2023">address by Bishop Robert Barron</a> at Hillsdale College's 171st commencement on May 13, 2023.
<blockquote>"So there’s the question, young graduates. What kind of soul will you have? What kind of person will you be? Will you do whatever it takes to get what you want? Or will you accept even great suffering in order to do what is right? Everything else in your life will flow from your answer to that question."</blockquote></p>
Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-1645903232626482432023-04-15T08:00:00.001-05:002023-04-16T16:11:29.816-05:00Who Killed the Catholic University<p>James F. Keating at
<a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2023/04/who-killed-the-catholic-university"
title="April 2023"><i>First Things</i></a>.
<blockquote>"More than thirty years ago, John Paul II issued <i><a href="https://www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/apost_constitutions/documents/hf_jp-ii_apc_15081990_ex-corde-ecclesiae.html" title="APOSTOLIC CONSTITUTION
OF THE SUPREME PONTIFF JOHN PAUL II ON CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES 15 August 1990">Ex Corde Ecclesiae</a></i>, his apostolic constitution on Catholic universities. Although in some respects an updating of Vatican II’s Declaration on Christian Education, the all-but-forgotten <a href="https://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/documents/vat-ii_decl_19651028_gravissimum-educationis_en.html" title="DECLARATION ON CHRISTIAN EDUCATION PROCLAIMED BY HIS HOLINESS POPE PAUL VI ON OCTOBER 28, 1965"><i>Gravissimum Educationis</i></a>, John Paul’s document was meant to inspire a renewal of authentic Catholic education in troubled times. He adopted what the late John O’Malley called Vatican II’s “invitational” style. Rather than denouncing abuses, the pope sought to invite, perhaps re-invite, Catholic professors and administrators to the adventure of Catholic higher education."</blockquote>
</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-80815834966386119302023-01-21T08:00:00.063-06:002023-01-21T08:00:00.262-06:00Census Fidei? Methodological Missteps Are Undermining the Catholic Church’s Synod on SynodalityMark Regnerus with a methodological critique, including of the
<a href="https://www.synod.va/content/dam/synod/common/phases/continental-stage/dcs/Documento-Tappa-Continentale-EN.pdf"
title="October 2022">Document for the Continental Stage</a>,
at
<a href="https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2023/01/86704/"
title="JANUARY 8, 2023"><i>Public Discourse</i></a>.
<blockquote>"What the Frascati group heard, or wrote down, is a great deal of woundedness and suffering. Are these the norm within the Church? Emotive terms saturate the document. For example, the word 'feel' appears twenty-five times, including '[I]f the Church is not synodal, no one can really feel fully at home.' (What does this mean?) The term 'dialogue' shows up thirty-one times, 'discernment' twenty-eight times, 'listening' thirty-eight times, 'experience' forty-three times, 'journey' thirty-three times, and versions of 'welcoming' eighteen times. Exactly
<a href="https://catholicherald.co.uk/the-synodal-way-consulting-with-the-people-of-god-is-different-from-coming-under-pressure-from-activists/"
title="The Synodal Way: ‘Consulting with the people of God is different from coming under pressure from activists’, by Dr Michael Nazir-Ali, Cahtholic Herald, November 10, 2022 at 10:26 am">whose voices are these</a>?"</blockquote>
Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-85961362185267898482023-01-14T16:30:00.001-06:002023-01-14T16:30:00.262-06:00A Synoptic Look at the Failures and Successes of Post-Vatican II Liturgical Reforms<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/a-synoptic-look-at-the-failures-and-successes-of-post-vatican-ii-liturgical-reforms/"
title="December 01, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-42066792414276825392023-01-07T16:30:00.001-06:002023-01-07T16:30:00.314-06:00The Way Forward from the Theological Concerns with the TLM Movement<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-way-forward-from-the-theological-concerns-with-the-tlm-movement/"
title="November 23, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.</a>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-35710653252690541632022-12-31T16:30:00.001-06:002022-12-31T16:30:00.226-06:00Papal Responses to the Emergence of the TLM Movement<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/papal-responses-to-the-emergence-of-the-tlm-movement/"
title="November 01, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-81408577170299111822022-12-29T12:00:00.018-06:002022-12-29T14:14:03.630-06:00'a liberal Catholic voice who resigned amid scandal'<p>So says the key phrase in the lede to the entry for Archbishop Rembert Weakland in the entry for him in the article
<b><a href="https://religionnews.com/2022/12/28/remembering-faith-leaders-who-died-in-2022-preachers-writers-interpreters/" title="December 28, 2022">Remembering faith leaders who died in 2022: preachers, writers and interpreters of faith</a></b>, by Adelle M. Banks, at <i>Religion News Service</i>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-2864041332086252352022-12-25T12:00:00.001-06:002022-12-25T16:44:31.897-06:00Critic of Vatican orthodoxyAt <i>The New York Times</i>, Archbishop Rembert Weakland makes the list, if not the subhed, of the review by month of
<b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/obituaries/notable-deaths.html" title="">Notable Deaths of 2022</a></b>
and the review by category,
<b><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/obituaries/notable-deaths-politics-public-affairs.html" title="">Notable Deaths of 2022: Politics and Public Affairs</a></b>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-53595825572585580622022-12-23T16:30:00.001-06:002022-12-23T16:30:00.260-06:00The Implementation of Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href=""
title="October 17, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-22943944617613413172022-12-17T16:30:00.001-06:002022-12-17T16:30:00.305-06:00The Liturgy Prior to Vatican II and The Council’s Reforms<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/"
title="October 03, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-38987595973235848952022-12-10T16:30:00.001-06:002022-12-10T16:30:00.259-06:00The Renewal of the Liturgy: Successes, Failures, and Contemporary Concern<p>John Cavadini, Mary Healy, and Thomas Weinandy at
<a href="https://churchlifejournal.nd.edu/articles/the-renewal-of-the-liturgy-successes-failures-and-contemporary-concerns/"
title="September 19, 2022"><i>Church Life Journal</i></a>.Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-63026230167385014832022-11-22T23:30:00.012-06:002022-12-05T16:40:25.848-06:00'Religion and Resistance:' <p>'The Ukrainian Orthodox and Greek Catholic Churches in Resistance Efforts in the War Against Russia'</p>
<p>The 26th Annual Templeton Lecture on Religion & World Affairs, given by Dr. Heather S. Gregg on November 1, 2022, Foreign Policy Research Institute,
<a href="https://www.fpri.org/article/2022/11/religion-and-resistance-the-ukrainian-orthodox-and-greek-catholic-churches-in-resistance-efforts-in-the-war-against-russia/"
title="">video and transcript.</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-62319107303562212792022-10-15T09:00:00.017-05:002022-10-17T16:44:43.851-05:00Priests and Cars in Milwaukee:<p>
<blockquote>"The popularity of the car reshaped Catholicism in the city, forcing churches to adapt their worship practices to attract newly mobile parishioners."</blockquote>
Livia Gershon at
<i><a href="https://daily.jstor.org/priests-and-cars-in-milwaukee/"
title="September 12, 2022">JSTOR Daily</a></i> on "Riding with St. Paul in the Passenger Side": The Archdiocese of Milwaukee Enters the Automobile Age, 1920-1965" by
Peter S. Cajka, <i>American Catholic Studies</i>, Vol. 121, No. 2 (Summer 2010), pp. 65-93.</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-21085311364919675662022-10-01T08:00:00.002-05:002022-12-04T14:14:48.117-06:00The Complete Poems of San Juan de la Cruz<p>Review by Rex Bradshaw at
<i><a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2022/08/briefly-noted"
title="August[/September] 2022">First Things</i>,
<blockquote>"In a new translation of this and San Juan’s other poems, poets María Baranda and Paul Hoover have prioritized fidelity to the original language, with Spanish on the facing page. ...<!-- The physical book has a spacious black and red design, and the result is beautiful to eye, hand, and heart. -->
<br /><br />
"This translation fares well by comparison to previous efforts. Despite making no attempt to reproduce San Juan’s rhyme scheme, it falls pleasantly on the ear while taking fewer liberties than most."</blockquote>
</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-5707561130474748062022-09-14T08:00:00.010-05:002022-09-14T08:00:00.231-05:00The Moral Limits of Medical Research and Treatment<p>
<a href="https://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4385&context=lnq#page=2"
title="September 14, 1952; The Linacre Quarterly, November 1952">Address by Pope Pius XII</a> to the First International Congress on the Histopathology of the Nervous System, September 14, 1952, published in <i>The Linacre Quarterly</i>.
<blockquote>"...the Holy Father also described certain abuses in psychoanalysis and warned against the so-called 'pansexual' approach in this field."</blockquote></p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-53048197880509541812022-09-05T21:00:00.003-05:002022-09-13T14:30:41.598-05:00Rembert G. Weakland Services at Saint Vincent Archabbey<p><a href="https://saintvincentarchabbey.org/rembert-g-weakland-services-at-saint-vincent-archabbey/" title="">Last Thursday at the Archabbey</a>,
<blockquote>"... The body of Archbishop Weakland will be received at 3 p.m. Thursday, September 1 in the north transept of the Saint Vincent Archabbey Basilica. Visitation will occur between 3 and 5 p.m. in the north transept. The monastic community will pray evening prayer at 5 p.m. A concelebrated Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 7 p.m. in the Basilica with Archabbot Martin Bartel as principal celebrant and homilist. A private committal service will be held Friday at Saint Vincent Cemetery."</blockquote>
</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-54626076391812476862022-08-30T12:00:00.048-05:002022-09-13T14:29:19.194-05:00Rembert Weakland As-It-Happens updates<p>There've been a lot of these daily Google Alerts lately:
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<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqPzPFgQsVtWqnDQDlchSRxPDq" title="">
Tue, Aug 23, 5:12 PM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJfrgFCBVLQtxkVxSRGcJCxG" title="">
Thu, Aug 25, 1:12 AM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJhDQFMSgWtdtFBkPdJGGDGX" title="">
Sat, Aug 27, 1:12 AM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJkThhmrVQBZTRfscNvQjDWP" title="">
Sun, Aug 28, 1:39 PM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJkThhmrVQBZTRfscNvQjDWP" title="">
Mon. Aug. 29, 1:12 AM</a></li>
<li>Update <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJmmlvwQxhNkTCnKgDlZqqKg" title="">
Tue, Aug 30, 2:36 PM</a> and
Wed, Aug 31, 1:16 AM</li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJnwbDdnRSZnWxMqgzXXpqbZ" title="">
Thu, Sep 1, 1:42 AM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJqGJpcTcQflKdKMzzprmRhR" title="">
Thu, Sep 1, 7:29 PM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQJrPLXrwlFKJRJHmMslhdHxD" title="">
Fri, Sep 2, 8:17 PM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQSGvKfmGwTDBskBGnxQXtvKg" title="">
Sun, Sep 3, 7:37 AM</a></li>
<li><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGqQSMhrDjWKFdQhrtzPGrLpxGW" title="">
Fri, Sep 9, 5:37 AM</a></li>
</ul>
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Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-70872011106573272322022-08-23T21:00:00.016-05:002022-08-25T15:21:01.447-05:00Former Milwaukee Archbishop Rembert Weakland will be honored with a funeral Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist<p>Sophie Carson reported at the
<a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2022/08/23/funeral-former-archbishop-rembert-weakland-held-milwaukee-cathedral-st-john-evangelist/7878412001/"
title="5:21 pm CT August 23, 2022"><i>Milwaukee Journal Sentinel</i></a>.
<blockquote>"The current archbishop, Jerome Listecki, will celebrate a funeral Mass at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 30 at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N. Jackson Street, Milwaukee.
<br /><br/>
"Visitation will be held at the cathedral from 12 to 4 p.m. that day."</blockquote>
Presumably followed by interment in the <a href="https://onmilwaukee.com/articles/st-johns-crypt" title="">Cathedral crypt</a>.</p>
<p>Update: Sophie Carsons's report, above, has been updated <!-- 11:56 a.m. Aug. 24, 2022 -->.
<blockquote>"Weakland will be buried in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, at St. Vincent Archabbey, where he attended high school, college and seminary and eventually became archabbot."</blockquote>
Bishop Haines's surmise that Archbishop Weaklands remains would likely end up in the Cathedral crypt turned out to be wrong.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Bruce Murphy, at <a href="https://urbanmilwaukee.com/2022/08/24/murphys-law-the-legacy-of-rembert-weakland/" title="The Legacy of Rembert Weakland: A once revered giant of the Catholic Church dies with a tarnished reputation. Aug 24th, 2022 02:15 pm"><i>Urban Milwaukee</i></a>, reminds us,
<blockquote>"In 2014, he [Weakland] sought to move to the St. Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where he began his seminary studies as a boy in 1940 and later ran it as the archabbot, but the plan was opposed by the current archabbot, who feared this would cause negative publicity."</blockquote>
</p>
<!-- <p>P.S. I'll surmise next week's funeral homily will, only by their absence, recall any of Fr. Richard John Neuhaus's suggestions for Archbishop Weakland's then yet-to-be-written memoirs, see "Meanwhile in Milwaukee" in <a href="https://www.firstthings.com/article/2002/08/scandal-time-iii" title="">Scandal Time III</a>", <i>First Things</i> (August 2002).</p> -->
Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-6703550476133182282022-03-12T08:00:00.003-06:002022-03-12T08:00:00.248-06:00Old Religion in the New World<p>'Many Catholics are in a state of uncertainty about their relationship with the American regime.'</p>
<p>Gerard V. Bradley reviews <i>Our Dear-Bought Liberty: Catholics and Religious Toleration in Early America</i>, by Michael Breidenbach, at the
<a href="https://claremontreviewofbooks.com/old-religion-in-the-new-world/"
title="fall 2021"><i>Claremont Review of Books</i></a>.</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-49254550932776786902022-02-19T08:00:00.046-06:002022-05-23T17:12:15.862-05:00Modern Apologists Strengthen Our Understanding<p>Milwaukee Archbishop Jerome E. Listecki starts with some history in the <i>Herald of Hope</i> column of a recent issue of the Archdiocese's of Milwaukee's
<a href="https://catholicherald.org/columns/modern-apologists-strengthen-our-understanding/"
title="Jan 25, 2022"><i>Catholic Herald</i></a>.
<blockquote>"From the earliest beginnings of the Church, individuals came forward in the defense of the Church’s teachings. They were referred to as 'apologists.' They present the reasonableness of the Church’s position. We sometimes forget that we have a duty to defend the Church’s teaching. Many of the early Church Fathers presented the teachings of the Church, which were not only convincing but compelling. It encouraged the Christian faithful to live the teachings in the face of society’s opposition."</blockquote>
He eventually names names.
<blockquote>"<a href="https://www.matthewkelly.com/books"
title="">Matthew Kelly</a>,
whose multiple books are free and widely distributed, much like the pamphlets of the evangelicals, is one. But Kelly, an Australian, is unabashedly Roman Catholic, and his works not only give insight to the reasonableness of the professed Catholic faith but a basis for the promotion of the faith in the communities in which we live. He is proud to be a Catholic and resonates with Catholics who love their Church. Kelly has a popular following and has been a tireless promoter of the faith."</blockquote>
By "free" I assume he means available for purchase in bulk for free distribution. A generous member of
<a href="https://www.st-alphonsus.org/"
title="St. Alphonsus Church, Greendale, Wisconsin">my parish</a> has done this a number of times.
<blockquote>"<a href="https://relevantradio.com/listen/our-shows/the-patrick-madrid-show/"
title="The Patrick Madrid Show ">Patrick Madrid’s daily national program is heard on Relevant Radio</a>. He has authored a multitude of books, one which is actually entitled,
<a href="https://store.patrickmadrid.com/how-to-do-apologetics/"
title="Store"><i>How to do Apologetics</i></a>. I particularly enjoyed
<a href="https://store.patrickmadrid.com/pope-fiction/"
title="Store"><i>Pope Fiction</i></a>, a 1999 work that deals directly with answers to myths and misconceptions about the papacy. He tackles Church teachings on Purgatory, the importance of tradition and the saints, to mention a few. He is well worth reading and arms the faithful in thoughtful responses to today’s criticisms."</blockquote>
Not all apologists are lay.
<blockquote>"Bishop Robert Barron of
'Word on Fire' is a committed intellectual and advocate of the importance of the Church Teachings. Bishop Barron, who is a longtime friend, has been a consistent champion of interpreting the positions of the Church in a manner acceptable and understandable to our younger generations. He has been a great voice at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops for the importance of communications to the next generation of Catholic leaders. His philosophical training grounds his approach. I would encourage you to view his website,
<a href="https://www.wordonfire.org/"
title="Word on Fire Catholic Ministries">Word on Fire</a>' and listen to his Sunday homilies. He is a teacher who excites his listeners. He has a group of devoted followers who understand the importance of sharing the faith."</blockquote>
And finally,
<blockquote>"But before Kelly, Madrid and Barron, was Peter Kreeft. During the period of the 70s and 80s, there was a lack of attention to Catholic Teachings. Catholics, who at one time knew their catechism by rote, now were hard-pressed to answer simple questions about the faith. It was into this vast wasteland that Peter Kreeft was an almost lone voice directing individuals in their understanding of the importance and reasonableness of the Church’s teachings."</blockquote>
Dr. Kreeft's
<a href="https://www.peterkreeft.com/"
title="The Official Peter Kreeft Site">website</a> includes links to Featured Writings and Featured Audios and to his books available for purchase.<p> Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-73401496474296307412022-02-19T08:00:00.045-06:002022-02-19T08:00:00.262-06:00The Big Dubia<p>'<i>Adoremus</i> reprints the Vatican’s 2021 official responses to all the questions you may (or may not) have had about
<a href="https://adoremus.org/2022/01/responsa-ad-dubia-on-certain-provisions-of-the-apostolic-letter-traditionis-custodes/"
title="Responsa Ad Dubia on Certain Provisions of the Apostolic Letter, Traditionis custodes, by Archbishop Arthur Roche, Adoremus, January 2022"><i>Traditionis Custodes</i></a>.'</p>
<p>
<a href="https://adoremus.org/2021/12/traditionis-custodes-vatican-further-tightens-restrictions-on-traditional-latin-mass/"
title="News and Views, Dec 18, 2021"><i>Traditionis custodes</i>: Vatican further tightens restrictions on Traditional Latin Mass</a>, Catholic News Agency.</p>
Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-32773920603751707772022-01-16T16:00:00.004-06:002022-01-19T14:30:55.312-06:00The wedding jars at Cana<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC27skQzjGhuAkgMMBHcpPGmfJ8sZl6vVADtHIlqM70uqKpwmachnNw9Dl2hdvB870j502tq1NgWAeqf1aaPQnGn_b6Yr3uMsIlIsdn_-onuss7E2Yjo-eXTiqludruoCwqcTx4pmdwhoq1Lgs8bzK0toVczu5rLm1TbWgwaO5O585K851gS5ZDI9V=s3456" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; clear: right; float: right;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="2592" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhC27skQzjGhuAkgMMBHcpPGmfJ8sZl6vVADtHIlqM70uqKpwmachnNw9Dl2hdvB870j502tq1NgWAeqf1aaPQnGn_b6Yr3uMsIlIsdn_-onuss7E2Yjo-eXTiqludruoCwqcTx4pmdwhoq1Lgs8bzK0toVczu5rLm1TbWgwaO5O585K851gS5ZDI9V=s320"/></a></div>
<p>Back in 2010 we visited Israel, starting with a coupld days in Jerusalem, then driving up to Galilee to stay a few days, and back for a couple more in Jerusalem.</p>
<p>On the drive to Galilee, we stopped at Cana. A Catholic church there has what are described as jars which are believed similar to those that would have held the wine at the wedding feast in today's Gospel reading, Jn 2:1-11. (See my photo taken at the church.) These jars were at least a couple feet tall and across. It looked like moving such jars around would itself be a minor miracle. Maybe there was a venue used for weddings which was eqipped with jars, and the wine was brought there in skins.</p>
<p>One of the locals told us that the Orthodox church across that street claimed to have the actual jars from the actual wedding feast in the Gospel. That church wasn't open during our brief time in Cana so we couldn't verify that.</p>Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-79574884192575502922021-12-16T08:00:00.007-06:002021-12-16T08:00:00.204-06:00The Kasper-Ratzinger Debate & The State of the ChurchPope Francis turns 85 tomorrow. For the occasion, this from Philip Blosser at the
<b><i><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20031210091754/http://www.newoxfordreview.org:80/2002/apr02/philipblosser.html"
title="April 2002; Internet Archive DEC 10 2003">New Oxford Review</a></i></b> archive (April 2002). He began,
<blockquote>"My priest and I occasionally share articles with each other in an ongoing amicable discussion about the state of the Church. He recently gave me a copy of an article written by Walter Cardinal Kasper entitled <b>'<a href="https://www.americamagazine.org/magazine/2001/04/23/church" title="Walter Kasper April 23, 2001">On the Church</a>'</b> from the Jesuit magazine <i>America</i> (April 23-30, 2001), which was directed against Cardinal Ratzinger by name. My priest suggested that the comparatively young Kasper might make a good pope someday ('Kasper, the friendly pope?'), perhaps right after Cardinal Martini of Milan, who, he said, might make a good immediate successor to Pope John Paul II." ...</blockquote>
Terrence Berreshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867275234105879358noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-76175025206752270882021-11-30T00:00:00.000-06:002021-11-30T00:00:00.251-06:00The Pope’s Prayer Intention for December 2021<p> <blockquote>Intention for evangelization - Catechists</blockquote>
at the <a href="https://www.popesprayer.va/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/INTENZIONI-DEL-PAPA-2021-ENG-DEF.pdf">Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network</a> (Apostleship of Prayer)</p>
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