Magdalene’s Complaint at Christ’s Death Thirty-four-year-old Robert was beheaded and quartered at Tyburn on Feb. 21, 1595, for the crime of being a Catholic priest. He came from the Douay-Rheims group (NT - 1582, OT - 1609-1610).
Southwell and Shakespeare “Apart from their mutual acquaintance with the Earl of Southampton, and the strong circumstantial evidence that they must have known each other within the confines of London’s close-knit Catholic recusant community, the strongest evidence for Southwell’s and Shakespeare’s friendship is to be found in their respective works. … “Shortly before his capture in July 1592, Southwell had been working on a manuscript of his poems and had penned a Preface addressed to the author’s ‘Loving Cousin’. Since Southwell and Shakespeare were distant cousins, it has been conjectured that the Preface was addressed to Shakespeare, though others have suggested that the ‘Cousin’ in question was perhaps Southampton, since Southwell’s brother and sister had each married Southampton’s first cousins. “Either way, the Preface itself is an appeal to poets in general, or perhaps to Shakespeare in particular, to use their God-given talents in the service of the Giver of them: ‘Poets, by abusing their talents, and making the follies and feignings of love the customary subject of their base endeavours, have so discredited this faculty, that a poet, a lover, and a liar, are by many reckoned but three words of one signification….’” theimaginativeconservative.org/2023/07/romeo-jesuits-robert-southwell-joseph-pearce.html#:~:text=Since%20Southwell%20and%20Shakespeare%20were,each%20married%20Southampton's%20first%20cousins. Shakespeare wrote a poem to honor Anne Line and her husband, but you will find no mention of her name in it. The Phoenix and the Turtle Catholics were subject to a COE tax and fines and had two choices: pay the tax and lay low or be jailed and executed. Shakespeare chose the former; the Line's and Southwell chose the latter. Two other women were executed for hiding priests: Clitherow and Ward.
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Title: Allegory of the Catholic Faith
Artist: Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, b. 1632, d. 1675 Delft) Date: c. 1670–72 Medium: Oil on canvas Dimensions: 45 x 35 in. (114.3 x 88.9 cm) Classification: Paintings Credit Line: The Friedsam Collection, Bequest of Michael Friedsam, 1931 Accession Number: 32.100.18 Vermeer had 10 children. From the curator This picture, made at a moment when public celebrations of the Mass were forbidden in the Dutch Republic, draws on the complex language of allegory to depict the triumph of the Catholic Church. A woman, representing the church itself, places one foot atop a globe, while in the foreground the cornerstone of the church crushes the serpent of evil. Vermeer converted to Catholicism before his marriage, and this painting, which includes a table laden with chalice, missal, and crucifix, may also refer to the celebration of the Mass in "hidden churches" within private homes. The Crucifixion scene in the background is based on a painting in Vermeer’s collection by the Flemish artist Jacob Jordaens. I am posting this short story for a second time for a reason. It first appeared on 6/08/2023. Ever made to feel like an outsider? The boy/young man climbs a black tower and finds an image that is shunned and cast out. I made a decision affirmed today by another. As I said when the story was first posted, one of my students feels shunned on account of his genius. His math tutor and I survived a slew of tutors and therapists because we are nonconformists. My shunning is for a different reason, for no reason at all. Cruelty whispers, "I'm a better Catholic than you." The echo rebounds, "I am a better man." Others have left. I am not alone, now gone elsewhere. I am not sad, rather content. Those of us who know, know we go for the Latin Mass. Some go for the merriment in... The Tower. A patch of purple, pink, and yellow flowers stretch across a normally barren desert. Death Valley National Park, photo by Alice Li, filed April 13, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT, The Washington Post. I don't savor fish, but there is such a variety. I don't handle insects, but there is such a variety. I don't approach snakes, but there is such a variety. But I admire birds from little to big, and there is such a variety. Snow, trees, lakes, and the sound of ocean waves. How much more could He do? Knock on your front door? Maybe He has, and you weren't home, and because you weren't there, He couldn't point you to the beauty of His Death Valley. I am not a trailblazer. Over 40 established trails have led the way. All Californians, pay attention!
“Originating as three forks in the high Sierra Nevada, the river flows generally southwest through the agricultural San Joaquin Valley to join the San Joaquin River south of Manteca, draining parts of five California counties. The Stanislaus is known for its swift rapids and scenic canyons in the upper reaches, and is heavily used for irrigation, hydroelectricity, and domestic water supply.” -Wikipedia Stanislaus County and Stanislaus River (Rio de Estanislao) are named after a man educated at Mission San José, Estanislao, leader of the Lakisamni tribe of the Yokuts people of northern California, after Saint Stanislaus the Martyr. My family rafted the rapids several times. Saint Stanislaus “Saint Stanislaus was a humble man. He desired to live in poverty and to this end gave away all his wealth when he became a priest. Contrary to his desires, however, he was elected bishop of Krakow. He took up the see only after the pope explicitly ordered him to do so. “His holy office brought him into the sphere of the Polish king—Boleslaus, a corrupt and cruel man. King and bishop frequently fell into conflict as Stanislaus sought to convert the king or intercede on behalf of his subjects. “One day, Stanislaus purchased land for the church from a man named Piotr. When this man died soon afterward, his family tried to reclaim the land, and Boleslaus sided with them. “When Stanislaus learned of this, he strode into the court and asked for three days to produce the witness of the purchase—none other than Piotr himself. The king, laughing at such an obviously impossible request, granted the three days to the bishop. “The bishop spent that time fasting and praying. On the third day, he dressed in full episcopal regalia, went to the cemetery, and begged God to raise Piotr from his grave. Immediately, Piotr rose out of the earth. “Bishop and resurrected man went to the court, where Piotr gave his evidence and rebuked his greedy family. The king quickly declared that Stanislaus did indeed own the land. Bishop and resurrected man returned to the cemetery, where Stanislaus asked Piotr if he would like to continue living. Piotr, however, declined, preferring to return to his eternal rest. “Despite this demonstration of the bishop’s holiness and communion with God—or perhaps because of it—Boleslaus continued to clash with him. Finally, in 1079, the king murdered Stanislaus with his own hands as the saint stood at the altar. Like the Poland of St. Stanislaus’s day, the current political scene is perilous for the devout Catholic. Evangelization and Ideology provides inspiration as it breaks down the four prominent secular ideologies of our day and shows how our broken society is a chance to evangelize and uphold Truth with Stanislaus-like courage and hope. The Catholic Company My Church shall not be silenced. What explains the presence of an eagle sculpture or painted iconography in a Catholic church? 31 But they that hope in the Lord shall renew their strength, they shall take wings as eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.
Visuals are important for children from those beginning to read to more advanced readers like Alexander, whose fascination with graphic novels and cartoons is real. The photo is of a group of three traditional Kazakh eagle hunters galloping through the water with their golden eagles in Ulgii Mongolia, by Kertu/Shutterstock. elements of fiction writing - plot, character, point of view, and place My good friend Bill sent me this lecture given by a Baptist preacher and teacher on purity, the most mysterious virtue, as found in Flannery O'Connor's "Temple of the Holy Ghost." Temple of the Holy Ghost This is the second commentary on literature I have allowed, and that is because it is most excellent. Generally, I want readers to reach their own conclusions. However, serious Catholics would do well to listen and learn. Ralph C. Wood at Thomas International Center Her happiest year was 12, pre-puberty, and mine was 14, post-puberty. Happiness doesn't mean blissful: it means having been found, an actuality caused not by me and manifested by the fact that not once have others seen me at Mass for having been told to go.
Also listen to her speakOr a southerner speak Manners are as important as the faith itself. I have never heard a priest give a homily on manners. That is woeful. Did Judas kiss Christ? If you still think that was the first, your imagination is driving dangerously close to a cliff. Summarized.
Big American companies are failing. Customer service is broken. This is not the America I knew. Small is better now, but small does not offer insurance, for example. I sense why young tradition-minded Catholics want to form small rural communities. They are way ahead of me and another reason I listen to them over my peers. I recommend my peers find new friends and stop listening to the half-dead. Average age American priest 63; American bishop 67; American nun 80; FSSP 38 SSPX had the largest intake of seminarians ever - 28 at the American seminary, 21 at the French seminary, 21 at the German seminary, and nine at the Argentinian seminary. The pendulum is moving in their direction. Anyone who has a problem with the SSPX is already standing over his grave. bergoglio 87 (numerals matter) Adobe stock photo
Blessed Anna Taigi confirmed to General Michaud, Catholic aide-de-camp of the Tsar, that Tsar Alexander I became a Catholic on his deathbed. “...The Emperor died a Catholic, and is in Purgatory. He is saved for his charity to his neighbor, and for protecting the Pope and the Church.” This is disputed by encyclopedia.com, but if a Catholic blessed says it happened, it happened. https://catholicism.org/russias-catholic-tsar.html A second source repeats the claim https://kolbecenter.org/kolbe-report-3-11-23/ The name of Claude Ignace François Michaud (Oct. 28, 1751- Oct. 19, 1835) is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe.
Sickening Day, 6/30/2023
Putting himself on display for the click of a camera, he kisses that man but would not kiss me on any day either in private or in public. "Where is your LOYALTY?" Douay-Rheims Bible, Challoner Revision c. A.D. 1750 The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew Chapter 6 [1] Take heed that you do not your justice before men, to be seen by them: otherwise you shall not have a reward of your Father who is in heaven. [2] Therefore when thou dost an almsdeed, sound not a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. [3] But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doth. [4] That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. [5] And when ye pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites, that love to stand and pray in the synagogues and corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men: Amen I say to you, they have received their reward. [6] But thou when thou shalt pray, enter into thy chamber, and having shut the door, pray to thy Father in secret: and thy Father who seeth in secret will repay thee. [7] And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens. For they think that in their much speaking they may be heard. [8] Be not you therefore like to them, for your Father knoweth what is needful for you, before you ask him. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/r/rheims/rheims-idx?type=DIV1&byte=2026#:~:text=%5B9%5D%20Thus%20therefore%20shall%20you,this%20day%20our%20supersubstantial%20bread. I am a nonconformist, which renders me among conservative/traditional types, and now I speak to Latin Mass Catholics of a process of discovery. I derive as much inspiration from literature, music, and art as my Roman Missal. It is saying so that causes conformists to attack with eyes and sometimes with words. Most people think that to be a Catholic, one must be a conformist, because most Catholics are, whether modernist or 'traditionalist' and one reason the Church has lost so many. One of Emerson's poems is in the Reading List. Also, you might be interested in how unitarian Emerson and Catholic Chesterton compare.
www.laphamsquarterly.org/conversations/ralph-waldo-emerson-gk-chesterton#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAddress%20to%20the%20Harvard%20Divinity%20School%2C%E2%80%9D&text=Jesus%20Christ%20belonged%20to%20the,estimated%20the%20greatness%20of%20man. Here's my short list of living, conformist politicians: Biden, Obama, Clinton, Bergoglio. Here's my shorter list of living, nonconformist clergy: Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò and Father James Mawdsley. At age 18 Jesus permitted Joseph to die. Some say Joseph couldn't bear what was to come.
The painting is thought to be by F. S. Shuman, an artist from Alexandria, VA, and hangs in the Basilica of St. Mary, founded in 1795 and located in Alexandria. It was the first Catholic parish in the Commonwealth of Virginia and West Virginia, one state territory until 1863. President George Washington, father of the country, made the first contribution, equivalent to $1,200 today, for the creation of a Catholic parish.
This painting is magnificent for the way Jesus looks at Joseph. I had a dream in my teens.
It was a pleasant day. My family was aboard a Spanish galleon manned by sailors. Suddenly, a storm approached. The sky grew dark, and a whirlpool lay ahead. The ship was sucked into the melee. Death was certain. We were thrown out of the whirlpool at the other end. All the sailors were missing. Land was a short distance away. It was black, and the edge of the mountain running the length of the picture was backlit by bright light. The current took us to the land, and we disembarked. A steep, straight stone staircase guided us through a black forest on either side, not so dark that I could not see tree branches that would poke out an eye if it were not for the light over the mountain. The stones led us to the wooden staircase of a mansion, lit up inside and easily viewable with one side of the house removed. We ascended the stairs to the top and looked left, down a long, balustraded hallway with three closed doors on the right. I knew my mission was to reach the end of the hallway and the closed door that was there. I opened it. Inside was an endless chasm filled with fire, and on the opposite endless wall was Christ in fresco. I knew instantly that I had to jump across the chasm through the fire and cling to Him with my fingernails. I turned, and my family was gone. I walked to the first door and opened it, and therein were my two sisters and mother, one seated, the other two standing, crying. I asked, “What is the matter?” They said, “It’s impossible.” I said, “No, it isn’t. Follow me.” Out the door I went and back to the fire. I gathered every ounce of courage I had and prepared to jump. I looked back for the courage the women could give me. I looked at Christ. It ended. The practice of veiling changed my view. You only know only because I say so. My soul is invisible, revealed some in the blog, but, as Aquinas said about his eight million words, they are straw...to be looked at and burned. In this painting nothing is veiled, except its reality. Nicola Verlato, A Whiter Shade of Pale, 2012-13
From the curator Verlato’s work is video-game-meets-high-Baroque; he uses 3D animation technology to assist in the drawing preparation of his fantastical scenes that he paints in oils. Here we have the transformation of Michael Jackson. The little boy is trampled underfoot while three Michaels of varying ages struggle to reach for the pinnacle of Death. The forest animals look on in both amazement and disinterest. The gnarly twisting tree and swirl of bodies remind us of Bernini’s statues of Persephone or Apollo and Daphne, while the orange glow in the background suggests other worldly forces. What I see It's no accident that there is a double halo around the skull. It suggests two deaths: that of the soul and that of the body. https://narrativepainting.net/nicola-verlato-a-whiter-shade-of-pale-2012-13/ Father Matthieu Raffray, I.B.P., 45, see realist, was reported to the police for a homily given during Lent, and Aurore Bergé, 37, French politician who has been serving as Minister for Gender Equality and Fight against discriminations in the government of Prime Minister Gabriel Attal since January 2024, took action, saying Raffray's words were 'discrimination' and 'intolerable'. What did Raffray say? "We all have weaknesses, the one who is hot-tempered, the one who has homosexual tendencies. All the sins, all the vices that can exist in humanity and against which we fight." Her surname means bank (of a river), mud.
November 2021
A Letter from Chile: Surviving the Post-Conciliar Wasteland (written by a 20-year-old) “The situation is similar in other countries in Latin America. For example it is no secret how the Mexican hierarchy is persecuting the FSSP which is trying to establish itself in Mexico.[5] In the Caribbean, Father Sixto Eduardo Varela Santamaría in Costa Rica was suspended and sent by his Bishop to a psychiatric hospital for moderately attempting the ‘Reform of the Reform’ in his Parish.[6] (Tradition is a mental disease for the hierarchy.) “And this inquisitorial persecution has just worsened after Traditionis Custodes, especially in Costa Rica were Traditionalists were 'mercied' to death by their Bishops. Nevertheless, in places like Mexico, Perú, and Argentina, the traditional faith lives on even without the Latin Mass—it is burned into the heart of every mestizo race by Our Lady of Guadalupe, Empress of the Americas.” … [2] Cardinal Francisco Javier Errázuriz Ossa was appointed by Pope Francis in 2013 to the Council of Cardinal Advisors. He was forced to resign in 2018 as he was being investigated for sexual abuse cover up. His successor as Archbishop of Santiago, Ricardo Ezzati Andrello (who was made a Cardinal by Pope Francis in 2014), was also involved and forced to resign, and Juan Barros Madrid who was made Bishop of Osorno by Pope Francis was also forced to resign for his direct involvement in sexual abuse. Trying to protect them, the Pope personally dismissed as false the accusations when he came to Chile. But when these accusations were sadly proven to be true, the extremely close collaboration of the Pope with these three Bishops harmed greatly the reputation of the Church. https://onepeterfive.com/a-letter-from-chile-surviving-the-post-conciliar-wasteland/ I am a man. I know it, but others have torn it down. 11 Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given. 12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother’s womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it. 13 Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little children and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such. 15 And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence. The Latin Mass is literary. The other is not. While reading the Latin in the Roman Missal, I feel like I am thinking in the language of the apostles and having a conversation with them. You can get communion and confession but nothing else in the New Order. Even non-Catholics recognized that back in 1971 when they signed the letter that resulted in the Agatha Christie Indult. I do not believe that any Catholic could consider himself to be literary, musical, and artistic and attend such a thing, and God speaks in those three ways.
https://georgiabulletin.org/commentary/2022/10/queen-elizabeth-ii-british-catholicism-and-the-agatha-christie-indult/ Whyyy Caaatholic? Someone asked. I said to Him, “Yes, I think I’d like some of that.” Do I accept submissions for the website? Yes, “Catholicism in Spain” was one such. If it is a written piece, I might edit, with your permission first. A submission can be a recording if Weebly, my provider, accepts the format, such as an MP4 or YouTube. A thumbnail is nice, too.
lyrics: [Intro] Do you ever see someone and think "Wow, God must hate me" 'Cause he spent so much time on them And for me, he got lazy? [Verse 1] Got ample mental illness, personality flaws While their only flaw seems to be that they have none at all [Refrain] Do you ever see someone and think "Wow, God must hate me"? [Chorus] I'll let Him take accountability For everything that's wrong with me Can't hold myself responsible So I blame the metaphysical If Jesus died for all our sins He left one behind, the body I'm in Same hands that made the moon and the stars Got carpal tunnel and forgot some parts I don't know what I believe But it's easier to think He made a mistake with me [Verse 2] Do you ever see someone and think, "Wow, they got lucky"? The craftsmanship of their bones, their brain, and their body When I look into the mirror for too long it hurts They don't track how many steps it takes to burn off dessert [Refrain] Do you ever see someone and think "Wow, they got lucky"? Virtue signaling will carry more cachet than virtue itself. 4/1/2024, Barbara Toth, PhD, Rhetoric and Composition
I make this entry for Laura who commented on "Temple of the Holy Ghost." My siblings and I used to make fun of the southern accent, and now I love to listen to it. "Compassion is a word that sounds good in anybody's mouth," she says. The recording in her voice is from about 1960. "A Good Man is Hard to Find" she reads and is in the Reading List. I label short stories to guide readers, but I heard her clarification.
Headline White House Prohibits Children from Submitting ‘Overtly Religious’ Art for Easter Egg Roll “Under its restrictions list, the flyer noted, ‘The Submission must not include any questionable content, religious symbols, overtly religious themes, or partisan political statements.’”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/03/30/hoppin-mad-white-house-blasted-for-prohibiting-children-from-submitting-religious-easter-eggs-for-contest/ The roll was on Saturday 3/30/2024. Artist: Noël Coypel (1628–1707) Title: Resurrection of Christ Object type: painting Genre: religious art Date: c. 1700 Medium: oil on canvas Dimensions: height 11.4 feet, width 8.4 feet (approx.) Collection: Museum of Fine Arts of Rennes Accession number: 801.5.1 If you think I am your typical modern Catholic, you couldn’t be farther from the truth. I...
And if given one good word, I can write two paragraphs in five minutes.
P.S. I can't remember much beyond last week, but good memories and friendships never fade. Typical man. If I get to Heaven, I sure as hell want Him to kiss my soul, then put His arm around me when I get my body back. Never had doubts about the faith: it's as true as outer space is black. Conventional oddballs may step to the front of the line. Sometime I will write about the labyrinthine lay hierarchies inside traditional Catholic circles. |
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