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About abyssum

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

BRAVO BISHOP THOMAS PAPROCKI FOR TELLING IT AS IT IS TO A JESUIT PRO-GAY MARRIAGE CROWD

Posted on June 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Bishop tells hostile crowd at gay marriage debate: my secretary was murdered by a gay activist by John-Henry Westen Wed Jun 05, 2013 17:43 EST PHOENIX, June 5, 2013 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In what is being acknowledged even by liberal … Continue reading →

Posted in GAY 'MARRIAGE', HOMOSEXUALITY, INTOLERANCE, JESUS CHRIST, LGBT, MORAL RELATIVISM, RELATIVISM, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off

THE BISHOP IS NOT A FUNCTIONARY, A TEMP, A TRANSITIONAL BUREAUCRAT PREPARING FOR OTHER MORE PRESTIGIOUS POSITIONS

Posted on June 6, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / The scourge of divorce between bishop and diocese Pope Francis blasts career ambitions. Including that of wanting to go from one episcopal see to another and then to another still. But the proposal to bind a … Continue reading →

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IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS THEY ELEVATE DIVERSITY AS SOMETHING SACRED. WHAT’S NEXT, INVITING SATAN TO GIVE THE HOMILY AT MASS?

Posted on June 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Satan in “The Passion of Christ” May 31, 2013 Sympathy for the Devil By Robert Barron http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/05/31/sympathy_for_the_devil.html#.UazB0NWaxHg.facebook Some years ago, The New Yorker ran a cartoon that perfectly lampooned the loopy ideology of “inclusion” that has come to characterize … Continue reading →

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SORRY, DR. PETERS, BUT I RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE! THIS IS ANOTHER INSTANCE OF SLOUCHING TOWARDS GOMORRAH

Posted on June 5, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! A few days into the Boy Scout policy controversy by Dr. Edward Peters Despite appearing over a holiday weekend, my post on the Boy Scouts of America has garnered thousands of views and generated many comments, pro and con, on … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, HOMOSEXUALITY, JESUS CHRIST, LAWRENCE V TEXAS, RELATIVISM, SAME SEX ATTRACTION, SEXUALITY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH | Comments Off

SOMETIMES I FEEL LIKE A MOTHERLESS CHILD, A LONG WAY FROM HOME

Posted on June 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! The marriage of two men means a motherless child David van Gend | 5 Jun 2013 | tags : Australia, same-sex adoption, same-sex parenting Atheist philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “It is through children alone that sexual relations become … Continue reading →

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NOW Y’ALL LISTEN UP!

Posted on June 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Texas Bible Converts “You” to “Y’all” Monday, June 3, 2013, 3:51 PM Matthew Schmitz | @matthewschmitz http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2013/06/03/texas-bible-converts-you-to-yall/ A new app called “Texas Bible” replaces “you” with “y’all” in English bible translations wherever the original language used a second-person plural. John Dyer, its … Continue reading →

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CONVERSION FROM ? TO ISLAM

Posted on June 3, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! June 17, 2013, ISSUE Acceptance, Silence, and Submission By Mark Steyn Four years ago in this space, I was anticipating an increase in Islamic-conversion rates in the likes of Amsterdam and Rotterdam: Let’s say you work in an office … Continue reading →

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O, TRINITY! ETERNAL TRINITY! O, FIRE, ABYSS OF LOVE! ABYSSUS ABYSSUM INVOCAT!

Posted on June 3, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! There is a curious study in an academic journal of psychology. The study — titled “Intelligence” — claims that we in the twenty-first century have an average IQ fourteen points lower than the Victorians, a calculation based on how … Continue reading →

Posted in EVANGELIZATION, JESUS CHRIST, LORD AND CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, MIRACLE OF GRACE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

THE JUDAS CRISIS

Posted on May 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! What Father Among You: Bishops, Priests, and The Judas Crisis By Fr. Gordon J. MacRae May 22, 2013 http://thesestonewalls.com/gordon-macrae/what-father-among-you-bishops-priests-and-the-judas-crisis/ In his last years, Father Richard John Neuhaus served the Church in the spirit of Saint Matthias. He saw The … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, CLERICALISM, JUSTICE, LIBERALISM, MEDIA BIAS, MEDIA BIGOTRY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, POPE FRANCIS, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE NEW YORK TIMES, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS | Comments Off

POPE FRANCIS GIVES SOME GOOD ADVICE TO PRIESTS