Category Archives: THE EUCHARIST

BRAVO, ARCHBISHOP SAMUEL AQUILA, MAY YOUR TRIBE INCREASE !!!

Posted on May 15, 2015 by abyssum

!!!! Denver Catholic file photo by Nissa LaPoint Archbishop Samuel Aquila participates in his inaugural TeleForum event Dec. 21, 2014. His next one will be May 28. Archbishop to discuss restored order of sacraments of initiation All invited to join … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, MORAL RELATIVISM, RELATIVISM, SACRAMENTS, SACRED LITURGY, SAVING CHILDREN, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

WE ARE IN THE CENTER OF THE EYE, THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM GETS WORSE

Posted on February 5, 2015 by abyssum

!!!! THE 2014 SYNOD OF BISHOPS Between One Synod and Another, the Battle Continues The most active are the cardinals, the bishops, the theologians who want to innovate in Church doctrine and practice on marriage and homosexuality. But in … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CONGREGATION FOR THE DOCTRINE OF THE FAITH, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, DIVORCE AND 'REMARRIAGE', GAY 'MARRIAGE', HOMOSEXUALITY, LIBERALISM, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POPE FRANCIS, RELATIVISM, SACRAMENTS, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', SCHISM, SENSUS FIDELIUM, SYNOD OF BISHOPS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged Blase Cupich, CARDINAL WALTER KASPER, Catholic Church, Francisco Domingo Barbosa Da Silveira, Pope Francis | Comments Off

CALVINISM IS ALIVE AND WELL IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH TODAY AS IT WAS IN THE 16TH CENTURY

Posted on January 30, 2015 by abyssum

!!!! Saint_Turibius_chapel . I agree with what Father Longenecker wrote in his article below and I disagree with what he wrote. Existing churches have been vandalized by modern Calvinist iconoclasts. The destruction of sacred art and architecture is to … Continue reading →

Posted in LITURGY, SACRAMENTS, SACRED ART & ARCHITECTURE, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged Catholic Church, Catholic churches, Dwight Longenecker, Father Longenecker, Pontifical Josephinum Seminary, Protestant revolution | Comments Off

DO YOU BELIEVE IN SACRAMENTAL GRACE?

Posted on October 1, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! LICEITY, the legitimacy of a human act as opposed to its validity. VALIDITY, the reality of the consequences of a human act as opposed to its legitimacy. EX OPERE OPERATO, the effect of a human act is real by … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, EVANGELIZATION, FAITH, FAMILY LIFE, JESUS CHRIST, LITURGY, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, MIRACLE OF GRACE, SACRED LITURGY, SANCTITY, SAVING CHILDREN, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Tagged infant baptism, Jesus Christ, sacramental grace | 5 Comments

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

Posted on August 23, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Corpus Christi Cathedral, Corpus Christi, Texas The telephone call came like a lightning bolt from the sky. In the last week of May, 1983 Archbishop Pio Laghi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States called me in Pensacola and told … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion, BISHOPS, EUGENICS, EXCOMMUNICATION, LIFE ISSUES, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER SEVENTEEN

Posted on August 20, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Draw a line from East to West starting just above Fort Lauderdale and ending just above Naples, and everything south of that line would be the territory of the Archdiocese of Miami. Since most of that area consists of … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POPE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER SIXTEEN

Posted on August 19, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Ordination of Bishop Rice by Archbishop Carlson in Saint Louis Cathedral In 1971 Bishop John J. Fitzpatrick, who had served for three years as the first and only Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami was transferred by Pope … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POPE, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, VATICAN'S SECRETARY OF STATE, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER FIFTEEN

Posted on August 18, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Pope Pius VI with Cardinal Ottaviani on his right. Dan Herr, the former Editor of Crisis Magazine once wrote in one of his editorials, that if the Church had the same custom as the Chinese and named each year … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, LIBERALISM, LITURGY, MAN, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MORAL RELATIVISM, PLANNED PARENTHOOD, PRIESTLY CELIBACY, SACRED LITURGY, SEXUALITY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, UNCHASTITY, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Posted on August 17, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! After I was appointed the Rector of Saint Mary Cathedral and Chancellor of the Diocese, the editor of The Miami Herald sent a reporter to interview me. The paper wanted to publish a profile of me in the … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CHURCH ARCHITECTURE, FAITH, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, PRAYER, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Posted on August 16, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! The Church of the Nativity, Hollywood, Florida Interior of the church as it appears today; it underwent a remodeling in 2000 About the time that I was appointed Pastor of Saint Ann Parish in 1966 the Pastor of … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CLERICALISM, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, PRAYER, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off