5+ mon, 22+ hour ago (223+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this Sunday?" It is/was the Feast/Solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul in both the Vetus Ordo, the Usus Antiquior and that new one. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE In Acts 12 we hear about how Peter was imprisoned." There were four squads of guards (v. 4) and, bounds with chains, he had to sleep between two soldiers with sentries at the door (v. 6)." Not a hopeful scenario in human terms but…...

3+ week, 4+ hour ago (239+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news? A couple thoughts about the sign of the cross:HERE A taste" Every person has a "name day" and a "birthday." So too a church. Our churches are dedicated or consecrated in honor of saints or mysteries of the Faith. The celebration of the dedication recalls the sanctity of the place which, as a consecrated building, has been removed from the temporal order and given entirely to God. There are parallels in the rites of the consecration of a church and…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago (161+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 4th Sunday after Pentecost?" 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE From the darkness of futile striving without grace to the superabundance of God's gifts, from the bondage of decay to the glorious liberty of the children of God, this Sunday's Mass formulary draws the heart into hopeful longing and resolute devotion. It beckons us to fix our gaze on the final port,…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago (195+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this 24th and Last Sunday after Pentecost or the Solemnity of Christ The King in the Novus Ordo? Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news? My thoughts about the "end of the world as we know it: HERE" A taste" Never has it been more necessary for Catholics to relearn the basics, deepen their grasp of doctrine, and avoid the snares of false teachers regardless of the colors of the trim on their cassocks. Nowhere is this learning so embodied, nowhere is doctrine so lived, as in sacred liturgical worship, "the perfect "good work,theologia prima. The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago (184+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 6th Sunday after Pentecost?" 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE Latin"eructo"is "belch, vomit up." Thank you for bearing with my burpings. Perhaps some explanation is in order." First, in the ancient world, to belch at the table was a sign of appreciation for the food and host." Remember the scene in the movie Ben Hur"(the 1959 version) when in Sheik…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago (128+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 5th Sunday after Pentecost?" 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE In our times, when the Vetus Ordo is subjected to restriction motivated by fear, when those attached to tradition are caricatured as rigid or divisive, Peter's words are a tonic. "Have no fear of"their"fear....

3+ mon, 3+ week ago (93+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 8th Sunday after Pentecost?" 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE...

4+ mon, 3+ day ago (93+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 7th Sunday after Pentecost?" 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago (93+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the this 9th Sunday after Pentecost?" 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Novus Ordo. Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago (98+ words) Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for the Trinity Sunday? Tell about attendance especially for the Traditional Latin Mass. Any local changes or (hopefully good) news?" I know there is a lot of BAD news." How about some good news? A taste of my thoughts from the other place:"HERE "Si comprehendis, non est Deus" If you can grasp it, it's not God." " St. Augustine (s."117.5)...