Category Archives: THE SACRAMENTS

SNAKES IN IRELAND AGAIN, YOU BET !!! AND IN NEW YORK AND BOSTON ALSO !!!

Posted on September 18, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! September 18, 2014 The Serpents Return to the Irish Anthony Esolen http://www.crisismagazine.com/2014/serpents-gone Jesus reached out to harlots. He did not reach out to their harlotry. Jesus reached out to hypocrites, often with a rhetorical fist to capture their attention. … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, HOMOSEXUALITY, HUMAN SEXUALITY, LGBT, LIBERALISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, THE BOSTON ARCHDIOCESE, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

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

Posted on August 24, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Braunvieh Bull similar to my bulls, Cornerstone Amigo and Ambassador Dan Morales’ lawsuit was settled but my troubles were not over. I had a Coadjutor Bishop, Bishop Roberto Gonzalez, who did not understand that he was no … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, EUGENICS, EUTHANASIA, FAITH, HEALTH CARE, JESUS CHRIST, LIFE ISSUES, LITURGY, MEDICAL-MORAL PROBLEMS, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MORAL RELATIVISM, NUTRITION AND HYDRATION, POPE, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, SUICIDE, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off

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

Posted on August 23, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Telecommunications Director Marty Wind at the control panel of Station KLUX Lawsuits were a daily preoccupation for me as Bishop of Corpus Christi. Some of the big ones were connected with the Kenedy Foundation but the majority … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, EVANGELIZATION, MEDIA BIGOTRY, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THE SACRAMENTS, UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | 1 Comment

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 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

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER TEN

Posted on August 13, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! The City of Miami, Florida as it appeared in 1960. ne·far·i·ous adjective \ni-ˈfer-ē-əs\ : evil or immoral Full Definition of NEFARIOUS : flagrantly wicked or impious : evil Examples of NEFARIOUS a nefarious scheme to cheat people out … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CLERICALISM, FAITH, Freedom of Conscience, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MIRACLE OF GRACE, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD, WITNESS TO THE TRUTH | Comments Off

AN ORDINARY’S NOT SO ORDINARY LIFE, CHAPTER 8

Posted on August 11, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! Photo of the interior of the Archabbey Church as it appeared in 1953. With the completion of the novitiate year in the summer of 1953 it was time for my simple profession of vows. Benedictines profess four vows, unlike … Continue reading →

Posted in JESUS CHRIST, LITURGY, PRAYER, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD | Comments Off