A very fine, and revealing, synthesis of the conciliar documents which places a lot of what we have been told by many current episcopates into serious question. They have ignored, and forbidden, much of what was promulgated (but not adequately taught to the faithful) and draconically implemented what was not.
This modern fixation on "green" burials shows as little respect for the dead as its advocates typically have for the unborn. Traditional burials reflect a near universal Western respect for the dead and their memory throughout history. This is in contrast to the modern humanist treatment of the body as if it were nothing more than a source of fertilizer. As usual, this is a variation of the usual environmentalist's argument, "I don't think it's good for nature so YOU shouldn't do it." Unmentioned is the fact that it will be a lot easier to force a piece of legislation to build new housing on a "former" green-cemetery than it ever will to get all those coffins, concrete liners, and headstones dug up and moved. Instead, the same environmentalists who were praising the lasting natural beauty of such places will do what lefitsts always do: change their narratives. "The bodies have completely disintegrated by now so there's nothing there anymore! The 'common good' demands we build more …More
The following is from Fr Z's blog. [The contributor is an exorcist, whom I know and trust. Fr. Z] Our bodies do not belong to us to mar according to our whims. St. Paul never tires of reminding us that we are temples of the Holy Spirit. Just as I ought not carve my initials in the wall of the Holy Sepulcher, so too, ought I not permanently mark my body. My body is not my property since I am not the author of it. Tattoos, in their original usage, are a form of manifestation of allegiance to pagan deities. Paul tells us all that all the gods of the pagans are demons. I have dealt with with people who thought they had innocuous tats on their bodies. When I asked one girl why the “t” in a word was an inverted Cross, she had no answer and was quite angry at the artist. She had no idea. Sometimes tattoo artists have satanists curse the ink so that the bearer have a permanent malefice (demonic fortuna – something akin to an anti-sacramental, a physical object that bears a curse) in their body …More
Sorry for the delay. 1. Following your link Rituale Romanum, I only found an English translation. Roman Ritual. I read the text, even though I distrust translations. Further, that is not the latest Rituale Romanum. I don't have access to the newest version, so I don't know what it says. 2. The text referred to by you, however, cites the Council of Trent. And that reminds me of a bigger problem. Trent says there are seven grades of Orders, but Ministeria Quaedam (Paul VI) says there are only three (Diaconal, Presbyteral, and Episcopal). Subdiaconate is de facto suppressed, and the Minor Orders are gone, replaced by Lay Ministries. O tempora! O mores! 3. I have known Fr Zuhlsdorf well for almost thirty years, and I trust his judgment of the priest/exorcist. I will say, however, that I have known many really good priests and theologians who want no part of exorcisms. My impression has been that there is so much opposition to their ordinary duties, they're loathe to take on BTW, the late …More
According to the same Rituale Romanum this "exorcist" is citing, he himself is anathema. "When I decommission tattoos, I use the formula from the Roman Ritual for "Reconciliation of a Profaned Church", altering the words where appropriate." It is NOT "appropriate" to alter the words or the purpose of a rite in the Catholic Church. This "exorcist" should read his Rituale Romanum a little more closely. : --- PART I. GENERAL RULES FOR ADMINISTERING THE SACRAMENTS 2. "If anyone says that the received and approved rites of the Catholic Church, wont to be used in the solemn administration of the sacraments, may be contemned, or arbitrarily omitted by the ministers without sin, or be changed into other new ones at the option of any pastor of the churches: let him be anathema." The "formula" this "exorcist" uses is part of the RITE For Reconciling A Profaned Church. A rite for reconciling a structure is not a rite for "decommisioning tattoos". There is no such rite. The Rituale Romanum …More
Red Duke RIP. Inscription on his tombstone: Piss on the fire, call in the dogs. This hunt is over He lived in Houston. Does anyone know what his profession was? (Google would be cheating)
RomanCandle Whatever happened to the coming Ice Age that we were told about in the early 1980s? I seem to have missed it. Maybe it happened while I was in Europe === A few months ago I was driving through Minnesota and Wisconsin. Around 20,000 years ago the ice there was from one to two miles thick, reaching about 10,000 ft into the sky. What caused that ice to melt? There were no coal-fired plants. Nor were there automobiles with internal combustion engines.
I miss this one. I used to live at the Convitto San Tommaso, so I kept seeing him at the nearby Angelicum. I Swiss priest who had him as a professor just wrote to me that he was a good teacher.
An advocate for the Old Mass (Dominican Rite) He attended a Jesuit High School and a Jesuit University. As a DominIcan, however, he had almost no use for Jesuit theology.
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