I Don’t Like Cute Liturgies

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I Don’t Like Cute Liturgies

A cute liturgy projects its cuteness onto God Himself; a cute God is easily trivialized, ignored, forgotten; and a forgotten God—since human beings by nature long to worship something—will soon have some sort of idol to take His place.
Lately we’ve been exploring topics related directly or indirectly to public religious worship: the
true nature of a feast, the history of Christian feast days, feasting in medieval liturgy, and bells as liturgical instruments in the Old Covenant and the New. All these discussions point in one way or another to a fundamental quality of liturgy as it was understood and practiced for centuries in the western and eastern Church. This quality draws upon such concepts as beauty, solemnity, formality, transcendentality, sublimity—but it is not equivalent to any one of these things. Is there a single word by which we might express the quality I have in mind? I believe there is, though we must accept that it is imperfect unto its task, and we must also …

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PUTIN DROPS A NUKE ON EUROPE’S ENERGY NIGHTMARE!
Putin To Armenia’s PM: “We sell gas to you for just $177.5 per 1,000 m³… while Europe is getting ROBBED at OVER $600 for LNG right now!” Friends get the sweetheart deal. The West gets the sanctions backfire!

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jili22

Summa Theologica: First Section...Thomas Aquinas - TREATISE ON THE PASSION - OF THE EFFECTS OF PLEASURE...Download, print, and above all share !

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en.news

Bishop Strickland Comments on Papal Welcoming of Female "Archbishop"

On April 27, Bishop Emeritus Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas, commented on PillarsOfFaith.net regarding the scandalous reception of Mrs. Sarah Mullally at the Vatican. The woman bears the title and attire of the Anglican “Archbishop” of Canterbury.
Monsignor Strickland managed not to mention Pope Leo XIV, even though he had received the lady as an equal “bishop.”
Rather, Bishop Strickland merely reaffirmed the Catholic teaching that the priesthood is divinely instituted and that the Church has no authority to ordain women. He argued that public gestures that give the appearance of honoring someone without valid ordination in an office could confuse the faithful about the nature of the Catholic priesthood and ordination.
In conclusion, he called on Catholics to respond with prayer, Eucharistic adoration, penance, and reparation for the Church.
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Seabass

God's grace in action...it couldn't be clearer where the false shepherds are.

Katja Metzger

Those gifts for Leo were "nicely chosen"

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Scientist warns newest WHO agreement will lead to repeated lockdowns: Australia to sign in May - cairnsnews.org

Australia hands over $20m a year to WHO and Penny Wong will sign the new agreement in May, 2026
By
Niamh Harris April 27, 2026
A former lead scientist at the World Health Organization has warned that a new WHO agreement on how countries respond to pandemics will lead to repeated lock down-style restrictions.
His warning comes as the WHO prepares for talks in Geneva on Monday to finalize a sweeping pandemic treaty that aims to cover surveillance systems, pathogen sharing and rapid vaccine rollout targets.
Dr David Bell
Dr David Bell, a former WHO scientific officer and lead author of a new report, said the system could steer the UK and other countries back toward Covid-era measures. These include school and business closures, mask mandates, quarantines and large-scale vaccination campaigns—steps that were not part of standard pandemic planning before 2020.
MSN reports: He said: “It is inevitable that we will end up in repeated lockdowns because of how the system is set up.”
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Father Karl A Claver

These are all signs of the one world government that is quickly increasing in power.

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Vatican Reviews Bishop Martin’s Decisions on Liturgy in Charlotte

The Vatican’s Dicastery for Divine Worship has acknowledged receipt of a “hierarchical recourse” filed against the apparent refusal of Bishop Michael Martin of Charlotte, North Carolina, to respond to requests concerning liturgical matters.
The Vatican letter, dated February 16 and signed by Fr. Pierre Paul, confirms that the case has been assigned protocol number 369/25 and will be examined according to the applicable procedures.
However, in the Vatican, such procedural formalities often lead nowhere; even the acceptance of an appeal does not guarantee any intervention or substantive action.
Bishop Martin has aggressively curtailed Catholic liturgical practices in the Diocese of Charlotte.
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Father Karl A Claver

This fool should have stayed in a monastery where he belongs and not attempt to play bishop.

Tom Morelli

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SSPX Bishop Fellay says that there is a high probability that he and other SSPX clergy will be excommunicated.

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Josefa Menendez

Die Exkommunikation wird nicht gültig sein! Prevost ist selber exkommuniziert. Er wurde installiert durch Bergoglio und Parolin, nicht gültig, rechtmäßig gewählt. Er gibt sich als "Papst" aus, um das Amt für den Synkretismus, die linke UN-Politik, die Synodalität und die Agenda 2030 zu missbrauchen. Prevost, der Mutter Erde-Islamist, zeigt ständig welches Geistes er ist!

Klaus Elmar Müller

Exzellenz Bischof Fellay: "Es besteht eine hohe Wahrscheinlichkeit der Exkommunikation (...), weil sie das öffentlich sagten. Aber wie auch immer: Gott kann Wunder tun. Das (die Exkommunikation) ist nicht das Ende. Unsere Historie zeigt: Gott will von uns, dass wir ein Zeichen des Widerspruchs sind (...) 'Zeichen des Widerspruchs' meint: das Kreuz".

HerzMariae

A judge yesterday dismissed charges against 75-year-old Scottish grandmother Rose Docherty, who was arrested for offering consensual conversation in a “buffer zone”. Watch Rose’s reaction to the free speech victory, outside court yesterday

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Father Karl A Claver

And some here in the USA are claiming that we are becoming a police state.

Tom Morelli

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JEZUSMOIMPANEM

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Irapuato shares from Irapuato

Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint John 10,11-18.
Jesus said: "I am the good shepherd. A good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
A hired man, who is not a shepherd and whose sheep are not his own, sees a wolf coming and leaves the sheep and runs away, and the wolf catches and scatters them.
This is because he works for pay and has no concern for the sheep.
I am the good shepherd, and I know mine and mine know me,
just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I will lay down my life for the sheep.
I have other sheep that do not belong to this fold. These also I must lead, and they will hear my voice, and there will be one flock, one shepherd.
This is why the Father loves me, because I lay down my life in order to take it up again.
No one takes it from me, but I lay it down on my own. I have power to lay it down, and power to take it up again. This command I have received from my Father."

Aus dem Heiligen Evangelium nach Johannes - Joh 10,11-18.
In jener Zeit sprach Jesus: Ich bin der gute Hirt. Der gute Hirt gibt sein Leben hin für die Schafe.
Der bezahlte Knecht aber, der nicht Hirt ist und dem die Schafe nicht gehören, sieht den Wolf kommen, lässt die Schafe im Stich und flieht; und der Wolf reißt sie und zerstreut sie. Er flieht,
weil er nur ein bezahlter Knecht ist und ihm an den Schafen nichts liegt.
Ich bin der gute Hirt; ich kenne die Meinen und die Meinen kennen mich,
wie mich der Vater kennt und ich den Vater kenne; und ich gebe mein Leben hin für die Schafe.
Ich habe noch andere Schafe, die nicht aus diesem Stall sind; auch sie muss ich führen und sie werden auf meine Stimme hören; dann wird es nur eine Herde geben und einen Hirten.
Deshalb liebt mich der Vater, weil ich mein Leben hingebe, um es wieder zu nehmen.
Niemand entreißt es mir, sondern ich gebe es von mir aus hin. Ich habe Macht, es hinzugeben, und ich habe Macht, es wieder zu nehmen. Diesen …
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THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN MUST BE ASKED TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II HONESTLY.

27.04.2026
THE ARCHBISHOP OF MILAN MUST BE ASKED TO INTERPRET VATICAN COUNCIL II HONESTLY.
When they referred to Islam at the Milan meeting 1 last week, none of the speakers said that Vatican Council II (AG 7) indicates Islam is not a path to salvation. In general Muslims are going to Hell without Catholic faith and the baptism of water (AG 7, CCC 845,846 etc).This is the Concliar teaching of the Church, before and after Vatican Council II. This is the teaching when the Council is interpreted rationally and so traditionally.

Jesus is the only Savior of the world, and no other religion saves from Hell.
People of other religions may have their hands raised to God, but there is salvation in only the Catholic Church, said Pope Paul VI, in the original text of Evangelii Nuntiandi. Other religions have error, superstition and deficiencies said Pope John Paul II, in the original text of Dominus Iesus. Salvation is open for all in potential but to receive this salvation all need to accept …More

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58th anniversary of Abortion Act coming into effect, 11,105,671 lives lost since 1968

righttolife.org.uk

Press release - 58th anniversary of Abortion Act coming into effect, 11,105,671 lives lost since 1968

PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
58 years of abortion: 11,105,671 lives lost since 1968
27 April 2026 – Today marks the 58th anniversary of the Abortion Act coming into effect in 1968 – six months after it received Royal Assent.
Since then, a staggering 11,105,671* unborn babies have lost their lives to abortion across the UK. At the current rate of abortion, according to the most recent figures, one baby is lost to abortion every two minutes, 34 lives are ended every hour.
The number of abortions in England and Wales has reached a
record high with 278,740 taking place in 2023, and a total of almost 300,000 across the whole of the UK. There were a record 18,710 terminations performed in Scotland in 2024. In Northern Ireland, there were 2,899 abortions in the year ending 31 March 2025, compared with 2,795 in the previous year.
This significant rise in abortions in England and Wales has accompanied the introduction of ‘DIY’ home abortion services that have been operating in England …

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lifesitenews.com

Canadian university excludes straight white men from applying for professor openings - LifeSite

Thu Apr 23, 2026 - 6:58 pm EDT
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LifeSiteNews) — Memorial University — the only university in Newfoundland and Labrador — is advertising a number of academic job postings for tenured professor positions. There is a stipulation, however: No straight white men need apply.
Independent journalist Chris Brunet noted the advertised postings on X on April 20:
This week the only university in Newfoundland, @MemorialU, posted 5 tenured professor openings:
– AI-driven Navigation
– Computational Biochemistry
– Genomic Mapping
– Indigenous Knowledge
– Community Health and Substance Use
Each job stipulates that no white men may apply. pic.twitter.com/RgywrF95qp
— Chris Brunet (@chrisbrunet) April 20, 2026
The five postings include “AI-Driven Navigation,” “Computational Biochemistry,” Genomic Mapping,” “Indigenous Knowledge,” and “Community Health and Substance Use” — and all five postings are limited to applications from “women; 2SLGBTQIA+ people; Indigenous peoples; racialized persons …

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Malki Tzedek

It is perversely absurd to resolve purported 'inequities' by instituting actual ones.