“What do you want most out of life?” For some reason I just said, “To go home.” ~

where’s my eucatastrophe? ~

From Rorate today, another bishop, in Grenada, Spain has adopted the Buenos Aires directive: “…on the implementation of chapter VIII of Amoris Laetitia, issued by the bishops of the pastoral region of Buenos Aires. This is especially discouraging as Archbishop Martínez has in the past been known for his courage and orthodoxy.” I’m afraid I find Rorate’s howling over how “orthodox” he was a little frustrating. Listen. Get it through your thick little Hobbit-skulls:

Today the decree of canonization was issued for Saint Jose Sanchez Del Rio, the boy who would not deny Christ the King. Points to remember: the Catholic hierarchy of Mexico, the bishops, refused to support the Cristeros. The encyclical Quas primas, instituting the Feast of Christ the King, was issued on December 11, 1925, by Pope Pius XI in response to the suppression of Catholicism in Mexico.

This video claims that this is Beguine chant from a 16th century Amsterdam psalter. I don’t know if it’s true, but it’s lovely nonetheless. ~

Canadian troops attend a Thanksgiving Day Mass in Cambrai, France, October, 1918 Monday was Canadian Thanksgiving. How does darning a sock, Ursula K. LeGuin, the Amish and Post-War rationing teach us to love and serve the Lord? We do a pious act when we acknowledge that the things we have are not of our own making. I was just thinking this as I was sitting here darning a sock.

I am not an expert pray-er. In fact, I’m a lousy pray-er. I’m certainly the worst oblate in the world. I just wanted to get that out there from the start. Some time ago, I went to visit some sisters in another part of Italy. We had a long and interesting discussion about the various merits of the modern English language “Liturgy of the Hours,” which she and her community used, vs.

  At the last minute, Francis has decided to replace Cardinal Sarah to open the academic year at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and the Family in Rome. He’s going to do it himself. Some see the replacement of Cardinal Sarah, who heads the Vatican’s department for liturgy, as a blow to the African cardinal whose preference for clarity when it comes to the Church’s moral teaching is well known.

Apparently, it’s something called “international smile day“. Here’s mine. ~

So, in case there was still anyone in the Catholic world who thought that the pope didn’t want to institute a regime of universal sacrilege, we have this announcement from the Vicariate of Rome. The pope is the bishop of Rome, but he mostly acts through his “vicar,” who at this time is Cardinal Agostino Vallini. This gentleman has just issued “guidelines” to order that priests be willing to desecrate the Holy Eucharist.