Sacraments

Celebrating the Feast of Corpus Christi – the Body, Blood, Soul & Divinity of Christ… Happy Feast!

 Ecce Panis Angelorum, Behold the Bread of Angels,  Factus cibus viatorum, Made the Food of wayfarers, Vere panis filiorum, Truly the bread of children,  Non mittendus canibus. Not to be given to the dogs. In figuris praesignatur, Presignified by figure,  Cum Isaac immolatur, When Isaac was [to be] immolated,  Agnus Paschae deputatur, The Paschal Lamb was assigned, Datur manna patribus. Manna was given to the Fathers. Editor writes... Happy Feast everyone! ...

Priests Citing Pious Reflections & Ignoring Scriptural Truths in Sermons – Confusing!

Editor writes... Sometimes teachers find themselves asked questions in religion lessons by students confused about something their priest has said in a sermon.  Things like, "Miss/Sir, Father X said the Church began at Pentecost when the tongues of fire came down on the heads of the apostles, but that's not what you said last lesson!"...

Open Discussion: Your Thoughts on International, National, Church News, Interests… Whatever!

Editor writes... Among the suggestions for ideas on how to best utilise the blog as we approach its closure in July, nobody suggested this one - an open forum for bloggers to post their thoughts on ... whatever!  Still, that doesn't mean we can't have said open forum, so voila!  If this one proves popular,...

Traditional Chartres Pilgrimage Sold Out: A (Clear) Message to Pope Francis – Will He Listen?

Le Forum Catholique reports: Notre-Dame de Chrétienté, the association that organizes a large pilgrimage to Chartres every year at Pentecost, has recorded a participation rate in 2023 that has never been equaled in the past. No less than 16,000 pilgrims are preparing to travel from Paris to Chartres on May 27, 28 and 29.  Neither the motu proprio Traditionis...

Explaining the Dangers of the New Mass to Diocesan Catholics – But Will They Listen?

Blogger, RCA Victor (USA) writes...  "...I’d like to discuss how traditional Catholics (i.e. Catholics) can speak convincingly (not to mention charitably and patiently) to “mainstream” Catholics about why the Novus Ordo is a poverty-stricken, basically anti-Catholic liturgy that should be shunned. I know we just had a topic on the “Stated Purpose of the New...

Duty of State Vs Religious Obligations – Clash?

From The Fatima Center... Faithful Discharge of Our Duties of State. If we perform our duties of state with the proper intention, and of course in the state of grace, we can make fitting penance in reparation for sins. Rather than doing them in the spirit of rancour, if we accept our long days, difficulties...

Closure of the Catholic Truth Blog…

Editor writes... First things first; as I promised in the May newsletter, Holy Mass will be offered for all our supporters and benefactors, as we close our apostolate. I invited Father Linus Clovis (left), to offer this Mass.  In fact, he has promised to offer two novenas of Masses.  The first from 1st June 2023 to...

The Death of Comedy – Not Funny…

A JOKE may be a small thing, but it is the most reliable indicator of liberty. There are no jokes in Islam, Ayatollah Khomeini sternly warned. Well, there are fewer jokes outside Islam now too. In virtually every aspect of our lives, areas which should be ripe for ridicule are increasingly fenced off...

The Stated Purpose of the New Mass…To Destroy the Church! Surely, No Catholic Should Attend It?

Martin Blackshaw writes... Given the ruthless ferocity with which certain diocesan bishops are implementing Traditionis Custodes, Pope Francis’s war on the Traditional Latin Mass, I thought it opportune to write a little piece reminding Catholics of the illicit nature of the New Mass of Paul VI, both in its origin and its departure from the...

Pope Francis “Destroying the Foundations of Faith and Morals” – Professor Seifert… & So Say All of Us!

From Gloria TV... Francis is destroying the foundations of faith and morals, writes Austrian philosopher Josef Seifert, who currently teaches at Munich University, in an Open Letter to the Cardinals sent on 2 May (English text below). Seifert does not understand how all the cardinals except the Dubia cardinals simply remain silent on the problem of...