tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41359592011-08-25T10:39:16.285-04:00....the street corner soap box ("bully pulpit") of a neo-orthodox archpriest with the Traditional Old Roman Catholic Church (TORC) in NYC. By Fr. Steve Tyminski ("NYC Padre") - Pastoral Moderator, St. Anthony's Bread Mission Apostolate, Queens, NYC. Ministering to any and all within an alternative and inclusive Traditional Catholic covenant community and interfaith suffering ministry of the ORCC Ultrajectine Tradition since 1982.Fr. Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14355659846867062742noreply@blogger.comBlogger1491100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4135959.post-1176252533781211792007-04-10T20:16:00.000-04:002007-04-10T22:00:56.326-04:00

This Paschal Bright Week I'd like to share this still-smoldering Lenten Talk with you by The Very Rev'd. Dr. Jeffrey Philip Hywel John, SCP (Society of "Catholic" Priests). His Reverence is the cleric who became the first openly gay and partnered Anglican priest to be nominated in the C of E as a bishop. Shamefully, that motion was soon kicked down because of internal church politiks. (He is no

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"Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity!" (Ps. 133 [132]: 1.) Historical: North American Old Catholic "ecumenical dialogue"(1875 Print entitled "A Schism", by J.G. Vierey in Brooklyn, NY. Borrowed from the "NY Art Journal", NYC Public Library ) Plans are in the works for another pan-ecumenical conference of European and American Old Catholic bishops projected for this

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Once again, Nero fiddles while Rome burns... And just like gray burning ballot smoke from the Sistine Chapel stovepipe, the Vatican is blowing more conflicting signals to us while a global pandemic continues to rage...Forty million people are infected with HIV/AIDS worldwide, including 2.3 million children younger than 15. Almost five million people contracted the HIV virus, which causes AIDS,

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We're coming down to the wire ... Time is of the essence here and NOW it's "last call" time to mobilize the New York hoods! An important swing vote (YOURS) is coming up in our NY State Legislature next week on Friday, March 31st, the end of the fiscal year, and your elected officials need to know where you stand on this important issue:We can NOT allow special-interest politics to impede the

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The NYC Padres' EXORCISM:"East/Hudson Rivers Dance"(Irish Jig Music by "U2" and "The Creed")A Happy and SafeSaint Patrick's Dayto theAncient Order of Hibernians *who would not allowThe Gay Irish LGBT[lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender] Communityto March under their own flag,Proudly Identify themselvesor openly celebrate our heritage and identityin the annual NYC Saint Patrick's Day Parade.**

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Ever since our particular SABMA genesis 25 years ago, we concerned clergy and laity, the cooperative interfaith pastoral associates of St. Anthony's Bread Mission Apostolate, have been ministering in the local tri-state area prisons and jails. Our all-inclusive outreach to the suffering is embracing and ecumenical and also includes the urban streets and many other extensive care facilities since

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Lent traditionally includes a humble and yet nourishing diet. So I thought I'd share one of my own favorite ethnic recipes with you. (And it's not just for Shrove Tuesday dinners, Fridays or days of fast and/or abstinence.) This one is highly sought for parish fund raisers. Great for bazaars, carnivals.fairs, BINGO or any benefit... You'll have them lined up and eating out of your hand --

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His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI has just renounced one of the traditional titles of the Roman Pontiff by dropping His Latin-Rite title "Patriarch of the West."The Roman Catholic press now reports that the new 2006 edition of the Annuario Pontificio, the official Vatican yearbook, carries eight other traditional titles for the Pope, but does not include the "Patriarch of the West" designation that

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How can anyone not understand or sympathize with the latest pain and outrage of the Muslim world? I'm hardly a proponent or supporter of Islam's theology. Sadly, not in the least. I'm not that "ecumenical" or as open minded as our Vatican Catholic brethren. Yet these forthcoming opinions are also coming from someone who has been politically anti-Zionist and pro-Palestinian since his youth.I've

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Please pray for our courageous coal miners. Many were my relatives. My first priestly assignment was to the Shenandoah, Pa coal region. There I learned this prayer for miners dedicated to Saint Barbara, Patron Saint of Miners: "As I now descend into the dark bowels of the earth, I beseech thee, sweet Barbara, that I be kept safe from harm, for it liketh me not that I rush unbidden into God's

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NEWS RELEASE: (Aliquippa, Pa.) --- ZENIT - Living wills got a lot of attention as Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman, died a lingering death after her feeding tube was pulled. One critic says those living wills are not always the answer to avoid a contentious end-of-life dilemma.Deborah Sturm, a registered nurse and member of National Association of Pro-Life Nurses, addressed the

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Several readers have questioned my frequent references to "Gotham City" as being that of New York City. They either think that it's a non-existent place (cf. "Maps of Non-Existent Places: Gotham City" and "Welcome to Gotham City" -- with dead links to nowhere) or that it was only a fictional town in the "Batman" comic book series of the 1940s. And still others who should know better wrongly

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One might hardly take note of this. Here is some deeply buried though ground-breaking news from Rome today (via ZENIT International News Agency) regarding the "Roman Catholic Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist" which now vindicates another of our time honored TORC traditions which is aligned with Orthodoxy.Saints Augustine, Irenaeus, Ambrose, etc. versus Cyril of Jerusalem and John Chrysostom, etc

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Here's where I get upfront and personal -- because for me it is very personal. I'm addressing the re-election of NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg ("R") whom I do NOT support. As a priest, I've been loath to express my own political views here, but this is one of those rare times where I will indulge myself that right. Otherwise, why post a personal blog site? Besides, I'm not breaking any pertinent

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I've held my patient silence on this ragdoll long enough... However, certain duped peacenik clergy -- including radical prelates within our own autocephalous church movement (mostly liberal Old Catholics) -- have recently bestowed an undeserved ''absolute moral authority" upon a fanatical conspiracy-mongering demagogue (liberal New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd first conferred it upon her: "

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Sure, I'm also tired of harping about the clerical sex abuse scandals. But I must and will regardless of who does not like it. And, NO, I am not "contributing to the attacks" on the much maligned and scape-goated clergy who are misidentified as perps of child sex abuse. These scandals are about perverted pedophiles and sexually retarded ephebophiles -- all of them in denial. It has little, if

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In response to some queries, I will now let the rest of you in on a lesser-known "dirty little secret" about clerical "white lies." Hopefully, this ultramontane tradition loop-hole won't blow anyone's mind or shake their faith. Indeed, desperate parts of the Catholic Magisterium can and do lie big-time (as we know they often do regarding sexual abuse by clergy) and with the ecclesiastical

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This edifying feature article jumped out at me among my daily reading today -- and from within the liberal, secular modernist press no less. (Two concepts should figure prominently here: "Theistic evolution" and "Intelligent design." However, one word is neatly avoided and blatantly missing -- CREATIONISM.) Allow me to share this treatise with you as authored by this contributing op-ed writer in

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This Lady Liberty Fireworks SHOW is from me to you. Happy 4th of July!

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Anyone who believes in God also believes that the sovereign purpose of God will always be accomplished -- even though that person does not always understand it (Eph. 1:11; Gen. 50:20.) I had every hope and intention of participating in the recent Rev. Billy Graham Crusade (cf., blog below) -- however, it was not meant to be.We should always be open to the possibility of ill-fated events. As

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CHRISTIAN CRUSADERS:You Are Cordially Invited!Join us "2TheMAX" in aMaximum Involvement PrograminOrganization & Training,Outreach & Discipleship,Prayer & Fellowship...My main PREACHER MAN -- who is world's best-known and most renowned evangelist -- is coming to this NYC hood and I wouldn't miss it for the world. Billy Graham, who has preached the Gospel to more than 210 million people in more

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The Polish people are elated today to have the late Holy Father's priestly Secretary become their new Archbishop of Krakow, Poland. There could have been be no finer choice. Archbishop Stanislaw Dziwisz, 66, will succeed Cardinal Franciszek Macharski, 78, who presented his resignation for reasons of age, the Vatican press office announced. (I was pleased to meet the Cardinal five years ago.)Upon

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Our prayers and best wishes go out today to Bishop Charles Patrick Crawford of the Old Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey, as he commemorates his 30th Anniversary of Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood. His Excellency was ordained on May 31, 1975 at St. Jude's ORCC in Brick Township, NJ, by the late Archbishop Joseph P. Napurano.I first met the good Bishop shortly after his ordination

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On this national day of recollection we must all remember the reasons why we observe this solemn Memorial Day. It can only become a festival for us if it is to celebrate the freedoms earned for all of by their military sacrifice of blood. Of our fallen soldiers - let us recall their selfless idealism, their hopes, their dreams, their valor. Let them never be forgotten -- nor taken for granted.And

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St. John Paul the Great would have been 85 years old today. On this occasion Pope Benedict remarked to 25,000 pilgrims at his weekly general audience, "....We are certain that he sees us from on high and is with us... We wish to say a profound thank you to the LORD for the gift of this Pope, and we wish to say thank you to the Pope himself for all that he did and suffered," added the Holy

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I've been eagerly awaiting this original true movie these past three years ever since it was in production. Actually, I've been looking forward to dramatic revelations like these ever since my parochial grammar school days almost four decades ago. (a dated blog explained why) However, as I've been warning ever since then -- this is still only the tip of the iceberg.So I encourage everyone --

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As predicted here just a few weeks ago (April 2nd) and as I've been clamoring for these past two decades, the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, today announced that he will forego the rules (requiring a five years waiting period before beatification cases can be opened) -- and put Pope John Paul the Great on the fast road towards Sainthood. Fittingly, 40 full days of Orthodox Christian mourning

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Our Lord needs "a few good MEN!" (Matt. 22:14.)Decades ago, when liturgical love fests, hypocritical wolves in shepherd's clothing and "church gambling" were first foisted upon us Roman Catholics in America, I wanted to see the enabling bishops publicly horse whipped and clergy perps being strung up by their peanuts from lamp posts in the malls. (Those wimp assed priests and prissy-pussy bishops

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"This is the Day which the LORD has made,The Feast of Feasts, and our Pasch:The Resurrection of our Savior Jesus Christaccording to the flesh."(-- WR Divine Liturgy of The Resurrection)"The sacred and great Sunday of the Pasch,on which we celebrate the life-giving Resurrectionof our LORD and GOD, the Savior Jesus Christ."(-- ER Pentecostarion of The Resurrection)May Pascha Eggs, ancient signs of

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Thankfully, they didn't play "Hail to the Chief" this morning during the Roman Pontiff's "inauguration" or swear him in. But they sure came pretty close to it. Unbeknownst to most American citizens, US Presidents are actually inaugurated privately hours before their public ceremony on the steps of the US Capitol (for security reasons to safe guard premature succession). So you're actually

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In St. Peter's Square at dusk yesterday, as he gave his first Papal Blessing, a wildly cheering crowd of more than 100,000 affectionately called him "Benedetto!" Meanwhile, sincere accolades have been pouring in from throughout the globe.However, not even elected for 24 hours yet and already the aggressive secular modernists and radical leftists are severely criticizing, labeling and defaming His

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LORD JESUS CHRIST -- LEAD US!The Vicar of ChristPope Benedict XVIWas it just a mere oversight that POPE BENEDICT XVI made his Papal debut this afternoon over the Papal Coat-of-Arms of his beloved predecessor St. John Paul the Great? I think not. "And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will

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Hope for the Future -- Exuberant Traditionalist SeminariansThis is more than I could have hoped for, but always prayed for. POPE BENEDICT XVI emerged from the central Vatican balcony with his Papal Blessing less than an hour ago. High spirited youths were overjoyed to see him. THEY ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR CHURCH!My Internet readers will recall that the traditionalist, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger of

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My deepest apologies and profound condolences go out to the Phanar and the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Chicago. Last Monday I reported the repose of the late Archbishop Iakovos, former Primus of the Greek Orthodox Church in North and South America. HOWEVER, I RAN THE WRONG PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WRONG BISHOP IAKOVOS. Thankfully, the Metropolitan Iakovos whom I then portrayed in error (Monday, April

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Please pray for Archbishop Iakovos, former head of the Greek Orthodox Church in the Americas who reposed late yesterday. He was 93. Born Demetrios Coucouzis in Turkey, he took the name Iakovos, which means James, when he was ordained a deacon in 1934.+ Iakovos headed the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America, with an estimated 2 million followers, from 1959 until 1996. During his

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Despite my current Paschal joy, today my thoughts went back to last Good Friday even stronger -- not that they completely left me ever since then. They had a sense of tragic foreboding which enveloped me that day. None of it made much sense to me until I looked upon the Holy Father's bier this week. And then it all came to me.......That gloomy God's Day was different than others - and much like

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Many of you noted that the body of Pope John Paul the Great is vested in red. It has nothing to do with his national color of Poland. Rather, this is another call back to ancient tradition (and the correction of Vatican Council II liturgical abuses, "aggiornamento", which his Papacy has also been devoted to) wherein the Papal liturgy, now practically discontinued, that, instead of black, the Pope

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Nunc DimittisLord, now lettest thou Thy servant depart in peace,according to Thy Word.For mine eyes have seen Thy salvation,Which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people;To be a light to lighten the Gentilesand to be the glory of Thy people Israel.Glory be to the Father, and to the Sonand to the Holy Ghost;As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be,world without end. AMEN.In

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With apologies to none, last Sunday at our ORCC St. Lucy's Cathedral in Brooklyn, I again took flak from some of my brother clergy for calling the late Pope John Paul II "SAINT JOHN PAUL THE GREAT". The assembled prelates and priests took umbrage and corrected me with the more familiar moniker of His Holiness.There are those who would argue that it's a posthumous title formally conferred on a

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I am safely home in Heaven, dear ones;Oh, so happy and so bright!There is perfect joy and beautyIn this everlasting light.All the pain and grief is over,Every restless tossing passed;I am now at peace foreverSafely home in Heaven at last.Did you wonder why I so calmlyTrod the valley of the shade?Oh! But Jesus' love illiminedEvery dark and fearful glade.And He came himself to meet meIn that way so

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As we used to pray for him, let us now pray to him... Saint John Paul The Great.Thank You, Jesus (as per the blog below), for taking His All Holiness home to You on the vigil of The Feast of Divine Mercy in this Year of the Holy Eucharist. (Although he finally reposed at 9:37 P.M. this Saturday night, Rome time, Divine Mercy Sunday was already being commemorated by The Church appropriately and

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B-U-L-L-E-T-I-N: Let us pray... It's a little over 2:00 A.M. here in NYC this Friday morning and we just received word that the Holy Father is on his death bed and struggling to take the last few breathes of his mortal life. Yesterday he was given Extreme Unction and a few minutes ago he was administered the Holy Viaticum just before he went into cardiac failure and was resuscitated.Grant, O Lord

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As Holy Week approaches, I have these troubling concerns that I want to raise with many of my brethren. If they do not pertain than please share them with a brother priest who you may have noticed is either apathetic or not attentive to these important details:First this anecdote which relates... Years ago I was a supply priest for an Orthodox monastery in Pennsylvania where I would offer Mass

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ST. PATRICK’SBREASTPLATE• THE LORICA •I.I ARISE TODAY:in vast might, invocation of the Trinity;belief in a Threeness;confession of Oneness;towards The Creator.II.I ARISE TODAY:in the might of Christ’s Birth and His Baptism;in the might of His Crucifixion and Burial;in the might of His Resurrection and Ascension;in the might of His Descent to the Judgment of Doom.III.I ARISE TODAY:in the might of

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Jesus in The Temple with the rabbis(Luke 2:40-50.)Lithograph by Gustave Doré (1832-1883)"....a Little One shall lead them..." (Isaiah 11:6.)"Teach us your ways, O LORD." (Deut. 4:9)"Show me Your ways, O Lord,teach me Your paths; guide me in Your Truthand teach me, for You are God my Saviorand my hope is in You all day long." (Psalm 25)(....then, two decades later...after Cleansing the Temple and

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Our Great-Grand-Father-in-ChristArchbishop Arnold Harris Mathew, DDTragically, Utrecht, Holland is no longer Old Roman Catholic but simply Old Catholic. Therefore, the ancient and glorious Church of St. Willibrord and St. Boniface has its continuation and perpetuation through the present Traditional Old Roman Catholic Church comprised of several jurisdictions, which is compelled, in defense of

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As previously noted and explained within our "Time-Line", Pope Pius IX over-reacted to a contrived political controversy (Jansenism) lodged by the Jesuits against the See of Utrecht. The Pope then "restored” his Vatican hierarchy by appointing a new counter Archbishop for Utrecht in 1850. The predecessor Roman Catholic Church in Utrecht was then formally identified as the “Catholic Old Diocese of

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[This addendum, as referenced in the "TIME-LINE" blog below, explains our positions regarding the FALSE historical charges against the Ultrajectine Catholics.] fromArchpriest Anthony Augustine The theological principles and alleged "heresy" of Jansenism derived its name from +Cornelius Otto Jansen, (1685-1636, portrait ABOVE) Bishop of Ypres, Belgium, near France. Two years after he reposed, his

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fromArchpriest Anthony AugustineCenturies ago, this NYC urban jungle, all five boroughs of it, was once a bucolic countryside dotted with tall twirling wind sails. Prior to the mercantile occupation of the Dutch, the Native Americans lived in wigwams and/or communal "long houses" - so no conical "tepees" ever competed with this landscape of log cottages and whirligigs. ....Having sailed over from

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Let us pray for Pope John Paul the Great who has relapsed from the flu and was rehospitalized a few hours ago (10:45 a.m. Rome time). His Holiness was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance suffering fever and congestion which has compromised his breathing again since yesterday. He will undergo specialized care and more check-ups. Reportedly, His Holiness is NOT close to death as he was when his

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Ultramontane Preludes... "The Quiet Before the Storm"To All to Whom these presents come, greetings and salutations in The Suffering Christ Jesus. These subjective studies are intended more as profiles of the Traditional Old Roman Catholics rather than comparisons between my communion and the manifold Old Catholic bodies throughout the globe. That contemporary movement is too broad a

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EXTRA, EXTRA -- READ ALL ABOUT IT... At the request of several correspondents over the years, I will be releasing a special Lenten web log series of articles next week regarding the Traditional Old Roman Catholic Church. Ours is the vanguard of all the various Utrechtian faith communions.There are too many misconceptions about this Roman Catholic ultrajectine tradition. For one thing: we are NOT

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Ashes had great meaning to God’s people in the Old Testament. Job sat in ashes and in Esther 4:1-2, ashes were used as a sign of mourning. Jesus alludes to them when He condemns the cities of Bethsaida and Chorazin for not doing penance. "If the miracles performed in you had taken place in Trye and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes" (Matthew 11:21). The imposition of

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Today is Ash Wednesday which begins our LENT. It should be more than a time of fasting. -- It should also be a joyous season of feasting. LENT is a time to FAST from certain things and FEAST on others. FAST from judging others -- FEAST on the Christ within them. FAST from emphasis on differences -- FEAST on the unity of life. FAST from apparent darkness -- FEAST on the reality of light. FAST

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I'm well aware that most of you already know these laws of the Catholic Church, but seasonal reminders are a good thing. So please consider this a refresher course. Here follows both the Traditional Catholic Lenten laws of Fast & Abstinence and the Catholic New Rite Lenten laws (which are blue within parenthesis.) The most important Lenten rule is a Prayerful spirit! Fasting is all about

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THE SEVEN PENITENTIAL PSALMS FOR ASH WEDNESDAY (RITUALE ROMANUM - 1964) The distribution of ashes comes from an ancient ceremony. Christians who had committed grave faults performed public penance. On Ash Wednesday, the Bishop blessed the hair shirts which they were to wear during the forty days of penance, and sprinkled over them ashes made from the palms from the previous year. Then, while

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Today officially ends the Christmas Season!* If you haven't removed them on Epiphany/Theopany or its Octave then it's now the absolute deadline for removing all your outdoor lights and holiday decorations. Even the Nativity Scene is finally put away until next year. So go do it... * Dom Prosper Gueranger, O.S.B., wrote in 1871 that, "We apply the name of Christmas to the forty days which begin

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By nature, each one of us is enclosed in his own personality, but supernaturally, we are all one. We are made one body in Christ, because we are nourished by one flesh. As Christ is indivisible,we are all One in Him.Therefore, He asked His Father "that they may all be One as We also are One."-- (Saint Cyril of Alexandria) THIS IS JESUS TO ME: The Word made flesh. The Bread of life. The Victim

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Tomorrow begins our traditional pre-Lenten Church season of three weeks. Septuagesima commemorates the 70 years of exile spent by the Jews in Babylon. Just as God's chosen people did not consider it appropriate to sing their joyous songs from Sion during the Babylonian exile (Psalm 136) - neither do we Traditional Catholics during ours. That's why we bid our sad farewell, or depositio, to the

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It's appropriate to bless the lintel of the home (the horizontal frame above the door) - or any adjoining wall - in January because Janua means "door" and the first month is the door to the new year. In Exodus, the Israelites marked their doors with blood so that the Lord would pass over their homes; but in this service, we mark our doors with blessed chalk and cleanse and guard them with Holy

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Today we celebrate the Feast of The Epiphany of Our Lord. The Greek word "epiphany" means manifestation. When pertaining to the life of Our Lord Jesus Christ, it specifically meant the manifestation of His Divinity*. For Traditional Old Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians ("Revised" Julian Calendar), it especially commemorates The Theophany** (Baptism) of Our Lord (commemorating Christ’s

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Calm down everybody! Although the ultramontane Roman Catholics are celebrating the "epiphany" today, that does not make it so. Ever since the New Rite modernists lost touch with us, I don't know why the Conciliar Church does what it does. However, as usual, the Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord will indeed be celebrated this coming Thursday, January 6th. At least if you don't - we will... Today

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Definition of an OPTIMIST: -- a vocations director with a beeper. "We're here and we're not going to give up. Tell all the people who love The Church we're going to be their priests someday." -- (From a Brooklyn seminarian, James Kuroly) "We're inclined to identify the media as the enemy. In this case, I think they've been the instruments of grace." -- (Fr. Theophane Cooney, OP, Immaculate

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Let us Pray: Most merciful Father, we ask for Your Mercy upon the souls of Your children who have lost their earthly lives in the Earthquake/Tsunami in Asia. Help them, LORD, to enter into a place of comfort, light and peace, and into eternal refreshment. May they know Your merciful and ineffable Goodness and Love. May they know suffering and tears no more. Divine Master, grant that those who

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As we continue to celebrate and enjoy them, please, get these holidays right, folks. Some of you are closing them prematurely -- and sooner than you rushed to begin them since before All Hallows Eve (a.k.a. "Halloween"). Already the curb sides are scattered with discarded Christmas trees -- (which in this diverse community were mostly inclusive "holiday" trees anyway.) Saturday, December 25th

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I have a list of folks I know, all written in a book. And every year when Christmas comes, I go and take a look. And that is when I realize that these names are a part Not of the book they are written in, but really of my heart. For each name stands for someone who has crossed my path sometime, And in the meeting they've become the rhythm in each rhyme. And while it sounds fantastic for me to

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The 2004 NYC Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree between 49th and 50th Street on 5th Avenue -- all 9-tons of this Norway Spruce (from the home of Christine Gabrielibes & Demos Kontos in Suffern, Rockland County, NY) stands 71-foot tall, 40-foot wide and is lit with 30,000 (or five miles) of lights and a 9 1/2-foot diameter Swarovski-designed star adorned by 25,000 crystals. In another biased

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Several of our mission clients (of St. Anthony of Padua) recently learned that a Catholic juror revealed to the judge that he needed to consult with his priest before agreeing to serve on a controversial murders case. That jury will soon determine the fate of Scott Peterson, 32, the cold, calculating, lying cad and sociopath who committed the ultimate human betrayal by killing his wife Laci &

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Armistice DayRemembrance DayVETERANS DAY Thank you For doing your time. For offering your life. For guarding our freedom. Today we honor and remember the sacrifice and service of ALL our country's veterans -- those who served in wars and during peace time. Because of them, our grateful nation enjoys a future free of fear. So far, more than 1,100 American military members have died and thousands

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Tonight we are liberating Falluja in the most important battle since the American invasion of Iraq 19 months ago - Operation Phantom Fury. As conflicts peak within this Mesopotamian Desert of Iraq, my thoughts and prayers go back to when history was still a blank slate. Our origins began here... ***This area once centered the earliest and most powerful nations which are long extinct. Iraq has

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Four hours ago, our local TV news misstated* that the Catholic Church opposes Stem Cell Research. (Co-anchor Rosanna Scotto, NYC Fox 5 News, Friday, Oct. 29, 2004, 10 p.m.) My BP rose and I almost hit the roof... As of late, this is typical "journalism" from the fourth estate. But don't believe them. It's NOT true. It is WRONG to say or think that the Catholic Church "does not support" Stem Cell

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Congratulations, BOSTON RED SOX, on winning your first World Series tonight since 1918! You are hereby absolved of your 86-years-old "Curse of the Bambino" + (However, for what it's worth, the Chicago Cubs last won it in 1908, the White Sox in 1917.) Tonight's 9:14 - 11:45 p.m. total lunar eclipse glowing over your World Series game pointed to Babe Ruth's celestial sanction. Our 2004 American

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This is National Pastoral Care Week (Oct. 24-30) which takes time out to recognize and thank pastoral caregivers. We serve in the streets, hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, mental health facilities and prisons, etc. In this day and age, not all chaplains are ordained clergy. St. Anthony's Bread Mission Apostolate realizes and appreciates this better than most others. Established 23 years ago

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"Thereupon the lawless one will be revealed, and the Lord Jesus will destroy him with the breath of His mouth and annihilate him by manifesting His Own presence. This lawless one will appear as part of the workings of Satan, accompanied by all the power and signs and wonders at the disposal of falsehood -- by every seduction the wicked can devise for those destined to ruin because they have not

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A subscriber "Sound Off" comment as just read under the Catholic World News "Diocesan lawyers continue to ban voting guides" article: Those dioceses where "The Voter's Guide for Serious Catholics" * has been banned reminds me of the story of the child present with his parents at the ordination of a bishop. During the rite, the child asked, "What are they doing to him [the ordinand]?" Mommy

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"Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to CONTEND earnestly for the Faith which was once for all delivered to the saints" -- otherwise we may find we have no rights to our Faith at all. -- (Catholic Epistle of St. Jude, V 3.) "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or

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The abortion issue shows the clearest distinctions between both of these 2004 Presidential candidates. Here’s a run-down of their record and a final voting booth check list…. Pro-life President George W. Bush has: 1. Signed the ban on partial-birth abortion, 2. Defended the same against court challenges, 3. Signed the Born Alive Infants Protection Act, 4. Reinstituted the “Mexico City policy” (

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Dear Readers.... I welcome your comments, criticisms, questions and suggestions. But why send me private E-mail to do so? There might be a better way. This is intended to be an interactive web site. So I'd appreciate it even more if you would take advantage of the "comments" link at the bottom of each blog and share your input with ALL our readers. Just click it -- then write at me. Edify and

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[Photo shot on Rt. 38 last summer in Racine County, Wisconsin.]It's fitting that this 2004 Presidential Election falls on All Souls Day. Hopefully, the 300 Million Catholics expected to vote (out of 600 Million nationwide) will hear the soulful pleas of 45 Million aborted innocents in the USA crying out for mercy and justice that day. A Catholic and Orthodox Christian voter must realize that to

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According to an October 11th article in The Weekly Standard, John Kerry is financially supported by some of the most notorious late-term abortionists (including Martin Haskell, George Tiller & Warren Hern -- whom I refuse to call “doctor”) and is in cahoots with them. Haskell has contributed $2,000. in blood money to Kerry’s campaign. One of his former nurses described him in action… “I stood at

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The 96-years-old baseball war between Boston Red Sox and NYC Yankees fans is heating up. It's brewing to a boil while our long-standing rivalry is at a peak with both our teams meeting in a best-of-seven American League Championship Series* starting TONIGHT here in New York City. Reality TV doesn't get any better than this. We're an urban version of the Hatfields & McCoys. (Descendents of that

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Brother procrastinators, ....As the sun begins to set on the close of another hectic week, let us also ponder this notion that... "The road to hell is littered with the manuscripts of church sermons written late on Saturday." (-- Alan Harris)And if you're tongue-tied or suffering writer's block tonight then rejuvenate your inspiration with this beautiful and appropriate photographic essay

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It's been a horrendous week (current example) for Christians abroad. Islamic fundamentalists also attacked a Catholic church near the Indonesian capital of Jakarta, last Sunday, disrupting the celebration of Holy Mass there. According to Asia News, some 50 armed militants of the Islamic Defender Front (FPI), women included, invaded St. Bernadette's Missionary Center. The attackers burned the

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St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, WTC NYC September 11, 2001 in sunny, idyllic down-town Manhattan... Islamic Fundamentalists wage hateful Jihad ("Holy War") on American "infidels". Al-Qaeda levels St. Nicholas' Greek Orthodox Church below the Twin Towers at Ground Zero as the NYC World Trade Center begins to collapse upon it. (A gay man, the Catholic Franciscan priest Fr. Mychyl Judge, O.F.M.

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Saints Sergius & Bacchus Prayers of Saint Sergius & Saint Bacchus the MartyrsThe Monastery Church of Saints Sergius and BachusSaints Sergius and Bacchus (Catholic Encyclopedia)The Passion of Saints Serge and Bacchus SABMA sends our heart felt shout-outs and best wishes to Ss. Sergius & Bacchus Catholic Apostolic Church (CACINA) here in Queens, NYC as they meet and greet at their new location this

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Dear Brothers & Sisters in Christ Jesus, Happy Feast of Saints Sergius & Bacchus! Today is also our "Gay Valentine's Day" as we celebrate the gay relationships of faithfully committed lovers and soul mates all over the world. It has been celebrated in the ancient Church since the third century. (This Monday, Oct. 11th, is National Coming Out Day. If every gay clergyman came out of his closet

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I recently subscribed this site on several blog webrings thinking they included local journalists with similar interests. So earlier today I posted their text links in the right hand column. What a MISTAKE! I later dropped into some of their blogs for a visit and learned that I don't care to have most of them for neighbors nor associate with them. Neither would I introduce them to you. So with

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Today we commemorate the Transitus of Saint Francis of Assisi. This is his Feastday! If you would like to honor him and his poor clients then I ask you to support the TORC St. Anthony of Padua Family Service Center. (He was a contemporary and co-worker of St. Francis.) They are continuing their funds raising efforts to obtain a community services dispensary in Ohio. So we beg you to please

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GET THESE OFF OUR STREETS -- AND AWAY FROM YOUR KIDS!

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I am pleased to report that our concerted and relentless efforts to have Mini-Bikes (a.k.a. "Pocket Rockets" or "Crotch Rockets") outlawed here in NYC have finally been successful. Praise God! Last Tuesday on Sept. 28th, the full City Council unanimously banned both their sale and use by the votes of 51-0. Last week it also breezed through their transportation committee* 8-0. St. Anthony's

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Brethren -- This is to help frame the context of the first of the Presidential Election debates tomorrow night. We have heard from the Swift Boat veterans and both candidates, et al on this much disputed and historic issue. I will now turn this athenaeum over to a young lady, Carol Crowley, who intimately recalls John Kerry's hurtful comments from 33 years ago regarding those he served with in

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Have you ever wondered why the Flag of the United States of America is folded 13 times when it is lowered or when it is folded and handed to the next of kin at the burial of a veteran? Here is the meaning of each of those folds: The first fold of our Flag is a symbol of life. The second fold is a symbol of our belief in eternal life. The third fold is made in honor and remembrance of the

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QUES: What's silver, goes 70 mph and smells like a Fry Daddy in Lent? ANS: In Jefferson City, Missouri, it could be Father Tom Alber's car. Just as gas prices started going through the roof, Father Alber accepted a new assignment requiring extensive travel. Covering for sick or vacationing priests and celebrating Spanish-language Masses in far-flung parishes meant he was driving, on average,

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THERE'S A MORAL TO THIS "JOKE" BELOW: One day while he was at the track betting on the ponies and nearly losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the 4th race. Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the race. Mitch was most interested to see what the priest did the next race. Sure enough, he

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Three Cheers and a round of beers (make them Caronas) to the gutsy, high-tech clergy of four Catholic churches (Sacred Heart, The Rosario, San Juan Bosco and Our Lady Queen of the Angels) in Monterrey, Mexico! They became so disgusted with cell phones interrupting their Holy Masses and sacerdotal rites that they installed cell phone jammers there to silence them. With one at the church entrance

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Saint Gabriel Possenti Society

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Priest in Mexico packs pistol and builds a following By Mary Jordan, Washington Post (June 6, 2004) CHUCANDIRO, Mexico -- Alfredo Gallegos Lara is 6 feet 4, sings country music, and keeps a 9 m.m. pistol tucked into his belt. No ordinary gunslinger, he may be Mexico's most unusual parish priest. One recent afternoon, (Fr.) Gallegos, 52, pulled off his religious vestments behind the altar of the

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We all watched as they slowly rose within twelve years and were obliterated in less than two hours... It was a splendid but lazy NYC Election Day morn, with the most magnificent weather in months. On that infamous 9-11 forenoon three years ago, four jetliners hijacked by Islamic jihadists slammed into the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and a field in Pennsylvania, massacring 3,052

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