Cardinal Burke Interview

Gloria TV has this very interesting interview with Cardinal Burke, in it he speaks about how to combat abortion in Europe: like the Pope he suggests an appeal to the Natural Moral Law. He talks about the effect of seeing an ultrasound scan has on  those women who contemplating an abortion.
He also talks about the EF and the reception of Holy Communion.

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Bishop Michael Evans

A reader alerted me to a letter from Bishop Michael Evans of East Anglia about his declining health and coming death, I have always been by impressed his courage.

He taught theology at Wonersh when I was there. I am indebted to him for his course on the Blessed Trinity which brought the central doctrine of our faith alive for me and through it in many ways changed my life.

Pray for this good man and devoted Bishop.

Pugilism as part of The Patrimony

I was a bit irritated by "The Sunday Programme" this morning, Fr Hunwicke was too, he comes out fighting, no punches pulled, enjoy!
I hope his pugilism will be part of "The Patrimony".

Where God Weeps

This is a short film by Aid to the Church in Need about the plight of our Christian brothers and sisters in Iraq.

thanks to The Bones

A Reminder?

From Paulinus

Despite what ITV News might report (as they did the other night), David Furnish is not married to Elton John.

While we're on the subject have you heard any feminists commenting on the implications of a relationship whereby the bodies of two women are used as objects (one to supply an egg, the other a womb) to fulfil the wish of two very rich men to have a child?

****Silence*** ***distant bell rings***

Me neither. I suppose we've known for a while that homosexual ranks above female in Victimhood Poker.

Eight Maids a Milking

Belated Happy NewYear of the Lord 2011.

A French lady asked me when her children should open thir presents: should it be today transferred Epiphany or Thursday calendar Epiphany.
Last year an Oriental Rite Catholic whose main Christmas celebration is the Epiphany was quite upset that she wouldn't be able to get to an Epiphany celebration on her "Christmas", she wondered about the legitimacy of sneaking into a Greek Orthodox Liturgy. It is a problem for those Christians in Communion with the Church who don't keep the Nativity with much solemnity.
Then of course the CofE and the BBC will keep the Epiphany on Thursday, here in Brighton even the local authority seems to identify Thursday as the end of Christmas as the schools go back on that day. I presume when the Ordinariate along with Hymns Ancient and Modern will assume 12 Days of Christmas is part of their patrimony. In our school the 15% or so of Coptic Orthodox children will be there on the 6th but not a single one will be there on the 7th because that is their Christmas.

Here, next Thursday, the 6th January in the evening there is an EF Mass for the Epiphany at 7pm and in the morning at 10am for our school children there is a children's Mass for our school's beginning of term which will (or should) begin with a procession from the playground of "kings"; Chrysostom, I think, speculated there were at least 40 Magi, all of whom brought the three gifts. Homework over Christmas has been making crowns, which will be deposited around the crib before Mass.

What does one do with them, if one can't send to your true love, the twelve lords leaping, eleven ladies dancing, ten pipers piping, nine drummers drumming?