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About abyssum

I am a retired Roman Catholic Bishop, Bishop Emeritus of Corpus Christi, Texas

CATHOLIC SQUIRRELS, WE WILL SEE YOU ON THE 25TH

Posted on December 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Catholic Squirrels There were four country churches in a small TEXAS town: The Presbyterian Church , the Baptist Church , the Methodist Church and the Catholic Church . Each church was overrun with pesky squirrels . One day, the … Continue reading →

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THE POWER OF CONVERSION IS SOMETHING THE NOVUS ORDO RARELY HAS

Posted on December 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! December 4, 2014 What the Traditional Mass Means to Me James Kalb I came to the Church through the Traditional Latin Mass. I would have converted anyway. It was becoming more and more obvious that the Church was where … Continue reading →

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IF LINCOLN COULD DO IT, WHY CAN’T OBAMA DO IT?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Musings – Trolling for Armageddon by charliej373 By Charlie Johnston I have come to believe that elements in the administration are intentionally trying to foment a crisis that would allow them to justify a declaration of Martial Law. They think … Continue reading →

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WARNING: IT IS ALL ABOUT MONEY, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN

Posted on December 4, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! In Copyright Since September 11, 2000 This web site is in no manner affiliated with any Kaiser entity and the for profit Permanente Permission is granted to mirror this web site – Please acknowledge where the material was obtained.  … Continue reading →

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PASTORAL PRACTICE MUST NOT CONTRADICT MAGISTERIAL DOCTRINE

Posted on December 3, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! The pastoral approach to marriage  must be founded on truth · From a little known text by Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger published in 1998 · Nov. 30, 2011 Concerning some objections to the Church’s teaching on the reception of Holy … Continue reading →

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YOU DO NOT TEAR DOWN SOMETHING IT TOOK YOU 1,972 YEARS TO BUILD

Posted on December 3, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! The Transcendent Beauty of Tradition Posted on December 3, 2014 by charliej373 https://charliej373.wordpress.com/2014/12/03/the-transcendent-beauty-of-tradition/ (I have often been tough on Catholic Traditionalists for succumbing to bitterness in their denunciations of modernism. But in fact, they have cause for dismay. After Vatican … Continue reading →

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HAIL MARY, FULL OF GRACE, THE LORD IS WITH THEE

Posted on December 2, 2014 by abyssum

!!!!   Mary and the Saints – for Protestants by charliej373 By Charlie Johnston I was in my early 20s when I went to my first Catholic Mass as a worshipper. Oh, I had been to many in my teens as … Continue reading →

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IT IS COMING: ORGAN DONATION BY EUTHANASIA

Posted on December 1, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! MONDAY, 1 DECEMBER 2014 Dutch doctors to approve organ donation euthanasia BY MICHAEL COOK | | Doctors in the Netherlands are working on a scheme to increase the number of life-saving organs available for transplant – by harvesting them … Continue reading →

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OUR LADY OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION AND TEPEYAC, PRAY FOR US WHO COME TO THEE SINFUL AND SORROWFUL

Posted on November 29, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! The Immaculate Conception by Murrilo   https://charliej373.wordpress.com/2014/11/29/musings-immaculate-conception-spirit-daily-pope-francis/ Today begins my most cherished Novenas of the year, the overlapping Novenas to the Immaculate Conception and to Our Lady of Tepeyac, or Guadalupe. As I have written, final rescue from the … Continue reading →

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IS IT FAIR TO JUDGE THE PONTIFICATE OF POPE FRANCIS BY HIS APPOINTMENT OF JESUITS TO IMPORTANT POSTS?

Posted on November 29, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Top Vatican prosecutor failed to report abuser Vatican Radio Pope Francis recently appointed the Rev. Robert J. Geisinger (left) to be his chief prosecutor of serious church law violations, including child sexual abuse. By Michael RezendesGlobe Staff  November 23, 2014 … Continue reading →

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