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“After Pentecost, the apostles spread throughout the world. The bishops of the metropolises of Rome (the pope), Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem, and Constantinople each maintained their own forms of liturgy. “Though originally Greek, the language of the Roman church changed to Latin around the second century. For Roman Catholics, the Traditional Latin Mass descends from this period. “Bl. John Henry Cardinal Newman remarks, the Traditional Latin Mass is ‘virtually unchanged since the third century.’1 “References 1. Newman, J. H. Callista. 1901.” https://nwilatin.org/learn One can trace the Latin Mass from A.D. 199 through to the last century by means of art history. Below he faces ad orientem. He does not face the people. That switch occurred in 1969 for the first time. It is not my fault that scores of Catholics are so ignorant. I do my best.  Image: The Mass of Saint Gregory, Unknown master, Spain, c. 1490, 28 3/8 by 21 7/8 inches, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Hillary Clinton earned an estimated $38 million as an author from 2001 to 2015. https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2016/11/08/how-bill-house-hillary-clinton-made-240-million-how-much-earnings-rich-white/?sh=65fa98ef7a16  The beautiful, beautiful art reflects rightly ordered relationships. At 15 mins - a breathtaking double pledge of fealty and love is made at the altar. At 26 mins - an angel rests her head on Our Lord’s and gives him some comfort. At 47 mins - Our Lady in chains shares the bonds of captivity borne by her son. At 58 mins - a lady traces the shadow of her love to help her remember his face. Women gazing on the crucifix are sensual in some of the paintings, and the puritanical are scandalized. Hahaha. Unfortunately, American puritanism has rubbed off on us all. I am in the middle of writing something I hope will raise physicality. An admirer of the face but not the body, I like the actions of the loving and kisses. Even Judas did as much. Can we not do better? Below is the work of Hadi Karimi, an Iranian visual artist who creates 3D sculptures. “With no ‘true’ photographs to play with, Karimi worked from the composer’s death mask, which was made by sculptor Jean-Baptiste Clésinger a few hours after Chopin’s death, on 17 October 1849. “The artist also used a lock of the composer’s hair, which is kept in the Warsaw Museum. “All the sculpting and colour mapping was done using ZBrush, a digital sculpting tool that combines 3D and 2.5D modelling, texturing, and painting. For Chopin’s floppy locks, Karimi used XGen, an interactive tool used for creating realistic-looking hair.” https://www.classicfm.com/composers/chopin/artist-creates-realistic-portraits-face/  Chopin, an only son, died from TB, which he might have contracted from his younger sister who died when he was 20. Various groups try to claim him as their own for their own purposes. Cease that! His last words: “Now is my final agony. No more.”
The criticism all these years that Catholics were sheep and would follow a leader off a cliff is true. Vatican II and its aftermath, the switch from the Latin Mass to a wrong New Order, and Francis’ brutal and immoral crackdown on the Latin Mass—all of it has revealed that protestants were right. Catholics are brainless fawners, but not all of us. The events of the last 50-60 years, and especially COVID, are a blessing. The truth has emerged. Father Altman is 100% correct. He will come out of the USA, not Europe, not the Middle East.
Alexander (nine) and I (age withheld) are violent criminals because of this cartoon. The roadrunner is a fast-running ground cuckoo with long tail and crest and is found in the southwestern and south-central United States and in Mexico, usually the desert. Although capable of flight, they generally run away from predators. -Wikipedia
The Californian Earth-Cuckoo, its official name, is faster than humans at 18.6 mph and 20 steps per second. The bird swallows prey whole and can even kill a rattlesnake, all of which makes an appearance on the endangered species road list unlikely. Cartoon characters who kiss and burp are always hysterical. Grown humans who kiss and burp are always horrible.  Top Henri de La Rochejaquelein Artist Pierre-Narcisse Guerin Date 1817 Style Neoclassicism Genre portrait history painting Media oil on canvas Henri dies at 21. On September 25, 1993, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gave an address on Henri. Left
The Death of Henri de La Rochejaquelein Artist Alexandre Bloch Date 19th century Style Genre painting Genre history painting Media oil on canvas  Bearded Benedictine monk with cross, Bible, fire, and shotgun, the next pope, with my thanks for use of the image to lexica.art, a website that acts as a search engine and art gallery for artwork created with Stable Diffusion models giving you control over the style of your created image.
If unable to attend Mass daily, a good site is the Benedictine St. Madeleine Abbey, Le Barroux, France, youtube.com/abbayebarroux. Latin. Sung. Online Latin/English & Latin/Spanish Missals @ https://extraordinaryform.org/handmissals.html The way the Barroux monks do the “At the Communion” and arrange themselves in the sanctuary is extremely beautiful. This is one of those moments I grieve for Catholics who refuse to see a Latin Mass. Loss profound. I urge Eucharistic ministers to sit it out at Mass and all to refuse receiving in the hand. Following this advice will remake you. The Latin/English Missal is based on the Douay-Rheims translation. If you are a protestant using the King James translation, you are one step away from perfection, the best translation being the other reason for desiring a Latin/English Missal. If you don’t believe me, go online and read for yourself: https://www.drbo.org/ Dear unbeliever: There are 74 books in the Bible. I have never read it from cover to cover and have no intention so to do, nor do I memorize passages of this essential Catholic book, because it is integrated with the Mass.  Humana Fragilitas (Human Frailty), c. 1657, by Salvator Rosa; Photograph: DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/Getty Images/DeAgostini. The angel of death is manipulating the boy’s hand to write in Latin Conceptio Culpa, Nasci Pena, Labor Vita, Necesse Mori. Conception is guilt, Birth is pain, Life is toil, Death a necessity [Adam & Eve]. See the dramatic art of Catholics Titian and Caravaggio and others like Rembrandt on epidemicpestilenceplague. https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/mar/17/plague-visionaries-how-rembrandt-titian-and-caravaggio-tackled-pestilence
 El Greco paints Dominic in white and black because that is the habit and the color emphasizes his hands, which are centered in the portrait. How easy it is to count the fingers. Death is imminent, and respect and attention are due a priest because he places his hands on the dying. The longer you look at the painting, the more it appears as if there are two people there, one in white and one in black. Does Dominic contemplate his own death, or does he recall every person, not numbers, in his life? The ivory corpus, maybe elephant tusk, is quite distressed.  “El Greco’s style, highly charged and hypnotic, was well suited to the aims of the Counter-Reformation. In the face of Protestant revolt, the Catholic Church sought to reform its practices and reinforce belief in its doctrines.
“Spain put its vast resources—expanded by conquests in the New World—at the service of the church, and Toledo, because it was the seat of the archbishop, played an active role. “The Council of Trent … explicitly recognized the importance of religious art. “El Greco, whose patrons were primarily learned churchmen, responded with intelligent and expressive presentations of traditional and newly affirmed Catholic beliefs….” National Gallery of Art, Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues, Washington, D.C. America is a puritanical society lacking a respect and appreciation of the body. There is some Albatross blood on my soul, but I will remember those forgotten men when I could not ask to be remembered. This is the greatest poem ever written. Get a book with this poem and these pictures in it and read one chapter a night to your young children in bed. Once all done, they will understand the warning and want to hear it again. Every time I hear the poem, my eyes fill with guilt. Coleridge was an Anglican.
A novelist is a failed short story writer, and a short story writer is a failed poet. -William Faulkner Painted around 1495-1498, The Last Supper, L’Ultima Cena, (cena, supper) is in such delicate condition that only 1,300 people are allowed in the room to see the painting each day in small groups every 15 minutes. Digital restoration, not touching the painting itself, allows the viewer to see Jesus’ feet and salt from the spilled salt shaker. The painting is art, whereas Mass is more than art: we keep His company.  What I am seeing are 12 disputatious men. Pentecost brought 11 of 12 up to speed.
 Eric's website: https://www.ericarmusik.com
contemporary, classical, figurative artist Lots of young American men love this guy. Do you comprehend magnitude? If I am in Nome or Nuuk, the Latin Mass is the same, word-for-word. Ha!
Nor-over, if you are a lover of music, you will hear the complete verticality of the Latin Mass. Every phrase is like a column of basalt. The unusual view is interior painting in progress. There is a very fine countertenor in the tiny choir, which is a difficult level of singing, and they all sound like professionals. (The first Latin Mass is the Last Supper, whether in Greek or Latin. Get over it because I don't want to cover this ever again. Only the priest and altar boys speak and the choir, if there is one. Most of the time there isn't. You say absolutely nothing, and keep your hands behind the communion rail, not on it, if possible. Thank you.)  image created using SDXL 0.9 - https://creator.nightcafe.studio/creation/4Fxq57jOuEBr4M6BPbMq In 41 BC Cleopatra dressed herself as Venus and sailed to Turkey in a golden boat with purple sails to capture Roman General Mark Antony’s heart. They married, and conflict between two empires began forthwith.
1300s contemporary Surprise! Christianity arrived in China in the 7th century.
“Jesus once said to her in a vision, ‘I would create the universe again just to hear you say that you love me.’ “[name] suffered discouragement when rumors of her visions spread through the convent, and she was the subject of gossip and mockery. “When complaining to Jesus about this injustice, He simply said, ‘[name], that’s how I treat my friends.” She responded, ‘No wonder you have so few!’” giveninstitute.com Her nerve is why I like this woman.  “Hey, Avila.”
“Hey, Dunn.” Evelyn Waugh 1903-1966 Author of Brideshead Revisited On an occasion when Waugh was very rude, his hostess remonstrated, “How can you behave so badly – and you a Catholic!” Waugh replied: “You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.” I think he knew something about some of us all. I have a very good male friend who is a believing, traditional Catholic like me. He said recently, “I’m very screwed up.” Instantly, he entered my circle of intimates. Why? Because I’m very screwed up.  James Arthur O'Connor 1792-1841
self-portrait Address: Sainte-Marie de la Garde Abbey – 498 chemin de Lagarde – 47270 Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac, France (southwestern France) English translation is St. Mary of the Guard. I promote new groups like these traditional Benedictines, meaning Latin Mass only, 16 brothers. https://www.la-garde.org/Chronique_du_chantier.a.htm The USA has the largest number of Latin Mass goers, and France is second. Thus, our connection to France is strong. The Benedictines have allowed the Latin Mass to flourish and need support. They are joined by the FSSP, SSPX, and ICKSP. We are unstoppable. Notice where the flaming Immaculate Heart is positioned. It is not just screen center.
Rivalry was so intense that after Michelangelo gave the great artist a dressing-down in public, da Vinci, 23 years his senior, responded by objecting to the full-frontal nudity of David, the young biblical hero. The only artist to object, da Vinci had engaged in hyperbole, given that he had devoted pages in his notebook to the male mark. Fig leaf, AWOL, circa 1890.
The ex-Twitterites had to move only 31 miles south to be able to Meta-bolize lunch, but moving from the ghostly town formerly known as San Francisco was a decent move, an alternative to working solo from home, which is not for the technoclans.
Dante 1265-1312 Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso Representing the summit of human knowledge, Virgil guides Dante through the descending circles of the pit of Hell. Passing Satan at the pit’s bottom, at dead center, Dante and Virgil then emerge on the beach of the island mountain called Purgatory. Repentant sinners are being purged, and Virgil departs, having led Dante as far as human knowledge can.
Now, at the threshold of Paradise, Dante meets Beatrice. She embodies the knowledge of the divine mysteries bestowed by Grace, who leads him through the successive ascending levels of Heaven to the Empyrean, and there he is allowed to glimpse the glory of God, but only for a moment. I read one of three: Inferno. Reading grade level is about 12.8, 12th grade or college freshman. On April 30, 1921, Pope Benedict XV promulgated an encyclical, In praeclara summorum, naming Dante as one “of the many celebrated geniuses of whom the Catholic faith can boast” and the “pride and glory of humanity”. Praeclara means excellent. “Great white sharks may have helped drive megalodons to distinction. Analyzing shark teeth hints that the two ocean hunters may have competed for food.” https://www.sciencenews.org/article/great-white-sharks-megalodon-food-competition-extinction We need to elect more great white sharks to drive human megalodons farther and farther away. Below is a megalodon munching on intelligent mammals.  artist: Corey Ford (COREY FORD/STOCKTREK IMAGES/SCIENCE SOURCE)
Vernet (1714-1789) studied under his father first, then turned to a whale painter, and then to marine and seascape artists. Wikipedia presents many of his timely paintings.
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