John B. Manos
Crawling to Church for the Feast (from The Pappas Post)
The faithful on the Greek Island of Tinos celebrating the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary today, thousands of pilgrims visit the church, many crawling in reverence to the Virgin Mary. (1) The Pappas Post – Timeline Photos. Do you do anything special for today’s feast? See the post here: Post by…
The Dormition (Assumption) of Mary from Around the World
It always surprises me when somebody makes the claim that the Pope invents theology and tries to support their claim by pointing to the dogmatic pronouncement of the Assumption (Dormition) of Mary. A brief little tour of cathedrals and icons dedicated to this feast shows that the Dormition is a part of Christianity to the very…
Since When is The Sign of Peace Protected?
Some things I really don’t understand. I’m glad I’m just a lay person that doesn’t have responsibility to safeguard and preserve the traditions of Mother Church in her public worship of God (i.e. the liturgy), like the salt in last Friday’s gospel. I read stories like this about the sign of peace and it blows my mind. Fair…
Life: Unborn and Forsaken. Bellarmine Forum Magazine Volume IV Issue 2
In this second issue on Life, we discuss the topics nobody likes to mention. Babies are being treated like totaled cars and sold for parts — yes, baby body parts for sale. Abortion and the Way of the World, by Fr. John Paul Erickson The Loss of Moral Language, by Dr. Arthur Hippler Disembodied Reproduction, Dr. Monica Miller Parts…
5 Crazy Things you Didn’t know about St. Ignatius of Loyola
These 5 things about St. Ignatius of Loyola will shock you! 2 bonus: Ignigo’s ultimate prayer, and the one formula they have to convert souls is in their constitution (do they do it?)
BREAKING: EWTN files with Supreme Court of the United States
Eternal Word Television Network, EWTN, files for emergency relief at the United States Supreme Court. The HHS Contraception mandate would require them to supply contraception and abortion causing drugs next Tuesday, July 1, or pay $35,000 per day ($13 million dollars per year). See the full release at Becket Fund.
BAM! Paprocki Drops a Knee on the Head Bob crowd
Thank God! Do you hear the sound? (bam!) That’s the sound of a knee being dropped. In a pastoral letter, Ars celebrandi et adorandi, given to his diocese on June 22, Bishop Paprocki says it: “the proper reverence to the Blessed Sacrament is ‘to bend the knee,’ to genuflect.” THANK GOD! On Bending the Knee Wait! Do you hear the…
Garabandal Surprise: Eternal rest, Joey Lomangino.
Glenn, a “staff member” of the Mother of God Forums reports: June 18, 2014 – Joey Lomangino has passed away. | Mother of God: “June 18,2014 – Joey Lomangino 53 years ago today, St. Michael the Arch[a]ngel appeared in Garabandal. Today unfortunately, this is not as happy an occasion. It is with a broken heart,…
Fr. Hardon’s Analysis of Bellarmine will help you Defeat the Devil
If you ever listened to Fr. Hardon in real life, or you’ve heard the tapes, CDs or recordings of his, you know the clues he’d give you in the middle of a sentence, “but… what a crucial adversative this is… but… without exception.” He’d grab your attention and get you to pay attention. He had other…
Insanity: Catholic Women Priest Group ordains six in emotional ceremony despite knowledge of impossibility
Inclusiveness is the watchword for those who want error to be normal. Sanity is “the ability to think and behave in a normal and rational manner.” Older definitions use the word “Reason” to suggest the faculty of the mind that can discern what is real and what is not. It’s no more possible to ordain…
