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Paul to Timothy. Preach the word. Men will reject sound doctrine. His 1st trial, deserted by all, he "fought the good fight," has "finished the race," the Lord has "preserved him."

Second Epistle of the Blessed Apostle Paul to Timothy, Chapter 4: Standard greeting, urges Christ-like behavior. I adjure thee in the sight of God, and of Jesus Christ, who is to be the judge of living and dead, in the name of his coming, and of his kingdom, preach the word, dwelling upon it continually, welcome or unwelcome; bring home wrong-doing, comfort the waverer, rebuke the sinner, with…

The lesson from Trinity Sunday: Not to figure things out but to rejoice in them.

Three in one, adore them. The Roman Catechism teaches that in one divine nature there are three Persons: the Father unbegotten, the Son begotten of the Father before all ages, and the Holy Ghost proceeding from the Father and the Son from eternity. It warns that curious inquiry into this mystery is dangerous when detached from reverence, and urges the faithful to adore “distinction in the…

Postwar boom for the liturgy movement. New York City 1920, Gregorian Chant sung at mass by 4000 children. In Chicago in '40s children sang chant, learned "dialogue mass," (but problem there). More . .

. . . the writer can testify to the Chicago experience! The Great War over, the liturgical movement kept moving. Special gatherings, liturgical weeks and days, became common, as in the French cities Rouen and Lourdes. A Congress of Sacred Music in 1919 was attended by cardinals and bishops and bishop-level abbots. Interest was building in high places. Gregorian chant, approved vigorously by Pius…

What about married priests with wife and children? Would that be an antidote to the gay-priest syndrome? As if there is such a problem? Is there? Oh my, new church, we hardly knew you. . .

First of all, there are such married priests, as we many if not most know already. Not Roman Catholics but Eastern Rite, long-ago created in all-systems-go efforts at unification with once-schismatic Orthodox worshipers. I stood chatting with one some time back a few blocks from where our two sons were living, upstairs from the art gallery they were running on California Ave., where the Ukrainian…

My friend Bill died, hours after we talked, that is, I talked, he listened. How it all went down . . .

We met each other in 3rd grade in St. Catherine of Siena school in Oak Park IL in 1939, stayed in touch over the years, more recently via telephone, Chicago to his house in California. His son called the other day, suggested I might talk to him. Not that he was talking any more but he was listening, which I verified with the help of the son’s wife, who had put her phone next to his ear and later…

Praying for peace with Pope Leo, few months ago. Plus noteworthy survey of priests young and not so young, showing considerable differences about church matters . . .

Prayer Vigil and Rosary for Peace, St Peter’s Square, presided over by the Holy Father in October Brothers and sisters, This evening, we gather in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, just as the early Church in Jerusalem did (cf. Acts 1:14). Let us all together, persevere tirelessly in praying for peace, a God-given gift that we must strive to receive and to which we must make a strong…

The tackling of Vatican 2 #3, book in works by prolific commentator on what’s wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . . #3 #3 #3 #3

The last of writer’s introduction to his coming book . . . We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Part 5 of his coming book. . . . . . traces the aftermath from Paul VI through the present pontificate, asking how the conciliar vocabulary ripened into the theology and pastoral practice of our own time. It’s been at work, he says, in Council documents and encyclicals and…

The tackling of Vatican 2 #3, book in works by prolific commentator on what’s wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . . #3 #3 #3 #3

The last of writer’s introduction to his coming book . . . We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Part 5 of his coming book. . . . . . traces the aftermath from Paul VI through the present pontificate, asking how the conciliar vocabulary ripened into the theology and pastoral practice of our own time. It’s been at work, he says, in Council documents and encyclicals and…

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We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Part 5 of his coming book. . . . . . traces the aftermath from Paul VI through the present pontificate, asking how the conciliar vocabulary ripened into the theology and pastoral practice of our own time. It’s been at work, he says, in Council documents and encyclicals and explanations inspired by them, and official catechisms and codes…

. . . The tackling of Vatican 2 #2, book in works by prolific commentator on what’s wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . . #2 #2 #2 #2 More of writer’s introduction. His argument outlined . . .

We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Vatican II marked a moment when the Church began to describe herself in categories drawn from the modern mind rather than from revelation and metaphysics. The Council replaced the vertical grammar of grace and sin with a horizontal grammar of experience and dialogue. The supernatural order was not . . . denied [but] was absorbed into the…

The tackling of Vatican 2, book in works by prolific commentator on what’s wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . .

Vatican II: The Anatomy of a Revolution Chris Jackson Dec 08, 2025 “If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?” — 1 Corinthians 14:8 It begins. When the Second Vatican Council opened on an autumn morning in 1962, the Church still looked like a fortress that time had forgotten. Latin rose from the altars like incense from a thousand years of continuity. The…

The tackling of Vatican 2 #2, book in works by prolific commentator on what's wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . . #2 #2 #2 #2

We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Vatican II marked a moment when the Church began to describe herself in categories drawn from the modern mind rather than from revelation and metaphysics. The Council replaced the vertical grammar of grace and sin with a horizontal grammar of experience and dialogue. The supernatural order was not . . . denied [but] was absorbed into the…

The tackling of Vatican 2 #2, book in works by prolific commentator on what's wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . . #2 #2 #2 #2 More of writer's introduction. His argument outlined . . .

We left off with this about the book as work in progress: Vatican II marked a moment when the Church began to describe herself in categories drawn from the modern mind rather than from revelation and metaphysics. The Council replaced the vertical grammar of grace and sin with a horizontal grammar of experience and dialogue. The supernatural order was not . . . denied [but] was absorbed into the…

The tackling of Vatican 2, book in works by prolific commentator on what's wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . .

Vatican II: The Anatomy of a Revolution Chris Jackson Dec 08, 2025 “If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?” — 1 Corinthians 14:8 It begins. When the Second Vatican Council opened on an autumn morning in 1962, the Church still looked like a fortress that time had forgotten. Latin rose from the altars like incense from a thousand years of continuity. The…

The tackling of Vatican 2, book in works by prolific commentator on what’s wrong with holy mother church as it stands in these days as a shadow of itself . . .

Vatican II: The Anatomy of a Revolution Chris Jackson Dec 08, 2025 “If the trumpet give an uncertain sound, who shall prepare himself for the battle?” — 1 Corinthians 14:8 It begins. When the Second Vatican Council opened on an autumn morning in 1962, the Church still looked like a fortress that time had forgotten. Latin rose from the altars like incense from a thousand years of continuity. The…

Two Lies: Vatican II a success, Pope Francis a great Pope

The Francis lie, promoted by a statue already! Donald R. McClarey: Since 1965 we Catholics have been fed the lie that Vatican II is a blazing success, when anyone with eyes could see that it has been a disaster for vocations and doctrinal confusion. If Vatican II was a success, I would be horrified to see a Council that was a flat failure. The second: Now under Pope Leo we are being fed the…

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Scripture of the day talks turkey to people trying hard to do as Jesus wants us to do . . .

Take First Timothy 6, 6.2c-12 for a start, Paul at his best getting down to brass tacks about day-to-day issues. On this day, 9/19/25, Friday of the Twenty-fourth Week in Ordinary Time, we have advice from him understandable by all and rich with sermonic possibilities. “Beloved,” he says, “Teach and urge these things.” He who “teaches something different” from what our Lord Jesus Christ taught…

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