Prior posts in this series: When You Cancel the Abyss, the Abyss Also Cancels You; Kmart Utopia; The Perfect Is the Enemy of Everything; Will the Real Idiot Please Stand Up; Mea Maxima Copout. Pobody’s Nerfect We’ve already gone over some forms of black-and-white thinking that I think are common on, but unhelpful to, the Left. We need to distinguish and prioritize among degrees and urgency of harm, and accept an incremental approach to our goals; we need to take... Read more
They say that when Our Lady came to Mexico The bishop mistranslated what she said. The unimportant saint, brown-faced and simple, Told him Coatlaxopeuh was there, and His Excellency Heard, in his native Spanish, Guadalupe, And did Our Lady’s will half-accidentally While busy with his own. I wonder what the Church was like back then. Conquistadors moved underneath the Cross; The innocents torn from their mothers’ screams To live as slaves, were baptized; holy Mass Was sung in holy Latin,... Read more
Earlier posts in this series: When You Cancel the Abyss, the Abyss Also Cancels You; Kmart Utopia; The Perfect Is the Enemy of Everything; Will the Real Idiot Please Stand Up There’s a specific consequence of black-and-white thinking I’d like to talk about here, but it needs very delicate handling. I think the basic point I’m about to advance is not only true, but necessary for any functional society. I’d even be so bold as to say it’s a badly... Read more
Roma Locuta In 412, St. Augustine preached his hundred and thirty-first sermon. Referring to ongoing controversy over Pelagius, who taught that divine grace was little more than a good example, he pointed out that Pelagian doctrine had already been condemned by local synods in Africa, and that these judgments had been confirmed by the Pope—twice. Jam enim hac causa duo concilia missa sunt ad Sedem Apostolicam: inde etiam rescripta venerunt. Causa finita est: utinam aliquando finiatur error. Already two councils... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. Almighty and everlasting God, who didst deign to share our mortal flesh, and of thine inestimable love gave up thyself to suffer, and be spit upon, and to die: Grant us, we beseech thee, a mind to remember thy saving Passion and glorious Resurrection alway, that we may serve thee with joy in this mortal life, and be received at last... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. O Lord our God, whose property is always to have mercy: Have compassion upon the lambs of thy Church, whom the hirelings abandon to the wolves, so that they are devoured; protect, console, and comfort them, binding up their wounds, and carrying them in thy arms; through Christ Jesus our Lord, thy Son. Amen. Previous posts in this series: The Victims;... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. O Lord God, author of peace and lover of concord: Bestow upon us, we pray, a spirit of unity, forgiveness, and charity, together with true humbleness of mind; that, in all our conversation, we may shew forth that righteousness, without which no man shall enter the kingdom of heaven; through Christ Jesus our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. O Lord, who didst fall upon thine Apostles in tongues of fire: Inflame our hearts, we beseech thee, with a spirit of courage and wisdom, of faith and charity; that, as we serve thee upon earth, we may shine like stars in the universe, shedding forth thy glory to every creature; Grant this, we pray, through Jesus Christ our Lord, who... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. O Father of lights: Remember thy people; send thy holy angels to protect and comfort thy children against the evil one; deliver us from darkness and the shadow of death, because we have cried unto thee in our misery; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.... Read more
THIS SERIES DEALS WITH SEXUAL ABUSE. PLEASE READ WITH CAUTION. AN INTRODUCTION AND FURTHER DISCLAIMERS MAY BE FOUND HERE. Lord Jesus Christ, light of the world, who enlighteneth every man: We beseech thee, illuminate thy servants upon earth, lest we walk in darkness; that, at thy glorious appearing, we may rejoice in thy presence evermore; who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen. Previous installments: The Victims; The Monster and the... Read more
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