Category Archives: THE SACRAMENTS

JUST BECAUSE THE SEAL OF CONFESSION HAS BEEN INVOKED DOES NOT MEAN THAT IT REALLY EXISTS

Posted on February 5, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! From the mailbox: a question on the seal of Confession by Dr. Edward Peters . I have some questions about the seal of Confession. Okay. . Last year, a young person told a Catholic priest about a difficult experience. Okay, … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, EXCOMMUNICATION, JUSTICE, LITURGY, MORAL RELATIVISM, SIN & RECONCILIATION, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged Confession, Dr. Edward Peters, Sacrament of Reconciliation, Seal of Confession | Comments Off

GET READY TO MARCH

Posted on February 2, 2014 by abyssum

!!!! March 25, 2013 Anti-Gay Marriage Rally in Paris. La Manif Pour Tous’s photo. Time for a Massive Marriage Defense Movement in the U.S.A. Deacon Keith Fournier Children have a right to a mother and a father. In fact, true … Continue reading →

Posted in FAMILY LIFE, FATHERHOOD, GAY 'MARRIAGE', LGBT, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, MEDIA BIAS, MEDIA BIGOTRY, MORAL RELATIVISM, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, POLITICAL LIFE IN AMERICA, RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', SAVING CHILDREN, THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged civil rights movement, defense of marriage act, MARRIAGE, Marriage Defense Movement, Paris, The Marriage Defense Movement | Comments Off

THIS IS TOO MUCH!

Posted on December 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Archbishop Lorenzo Baldisseri Antinomianism in high places is still antinomianism by Dr. Edward Peters . . . We live in pervasively antinomian times, and basic unawareness of law is all around us. Yet ignorance of what law is, of why … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTINOMIANISM, BISHOPS, CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, JURISPRUDENCE, POPE, POPE FRANCIS, RELATIVISM, THE SACRAMENTS, Uncategorized | Tagged Antinomianism, CANON LAW, DIVORCED AND 'REMARRIED', HOLY COMMUNION, MAGISTERIAL TEACHING, SYNOD OF BISHOPS | Comments Off

EVEN AFTER 450 YEARS WE SHOULD STILL THANK GOD FOR THE COUNCIL OF TRENT

Posted on December 2, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Church Marks the 450th Anniversary of Council of Trent (943) The Reformation-era council has shaped the life of the Church for nearly half a millennium. by STEPHEN BEALE 12/02/2013 – tanbooks.comTHE NATIONAL CATHOLIC REGISTER WASHINGTON — The Council of … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, ATHEISM, BISHOPS, CANONICAL PENALTIES, EVANGELIZATION, EXCOMMUNICATION, FAITH, GNOSTICISM, HELL AND PURGATORY, INTERDICT, JESUS CHRIST, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, MORAL RELATIVISM, PENAL LEGISLATION IN CANON LAW, POPE, POPE BENEDICT XVI, PREACHING THE GOSPEL, RELATIVISM, SANCTITY, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE EUCHARIST, THE SACRAMENTS, THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL | Tagged Council of Trent, ECCLESIATICAL BENEFICE, EPISCOPAL PLURALISM, FSSP, Martin Luther, TRIDENTINE LITURGY, VERNACULAR BIBLE, VERNACULAR LITURGY | Comments Off

BLESSED WOULD BE THE SINS THAT LEFT ANY SHAME IN YOU

Posted on October 30, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! October 30, 2013 The Blessings of Sin by Regis Martin CRISIS MAGAZINE When asked once about a sermon he’d just heard, the legendarily laconic Calvin Coolidge managed to summarize its theme in a single word: “Sin.” Pressed for details … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTINOMIANISM, FAITH, HELL AND PURGATORY, JESUS CHRIST, JUSTICE, LITURGY, MENTAL HEALTH, MIRACLE OF GRACE, RELATIVISM, SACRED LITURGY, SANCTITY, SIN & RECONCILIATION, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

NO COMMUNION FOR OUTLAWS, BUT THE POPE IS STUDYING TWO EXCEPTIONS

Posted on October 23, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! No Communion for Outlaws. But the Pope Is Studying Two Exceptions The ban on Eucharistic communion for divorced and remarried Catholics is increasingly contested and disobeyed. Benedict XVI is standing firm. But he is republishing an essay from 1998 … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, CANONICAL PENALTIES, DENYING HOLY COMMUNION, JURISPRUDENCE, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, POPE BENEDICT XVI, POPE FRANCIS, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

THE MYSTERY OF GOD INCLUDES NOT ONLY HIS MERCY BUT ALSO HIS HOLINESS AND JUSTICE

Posted on October 23, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Divorced and Remarried. Müller Writes, Francis Dictates A document from the prefect for doctrine reconfirms the ‘no’ to communion and brings clarification on “conscience” and “mercy.” Freezes the expectations of change. But is a “Ratzinger hypothesis” returning to the … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, CHASTITY, FAMILY LIFE, JURISPRUDENCE, MARRIAGE v COHABITATION, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

THE DIOCESE OF LINCOLN, EVEN AFTER BISHOP BRUSKEWITZ, CONTINUES TO SHOW US THE WAY

Posted on September 14, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! 47 Seminarians Walk into a Chapel… Posted by Micah Murphy in Liturgy | 10 comments I spent my sophomore year of college on the campus of the University of Nebraska, so I have a high degree of affection for … Continue reading →

Posted in BISHOPS, LITURGY, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, SACRED LITURGY, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE SACRAMENTS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD | Tagged catholic orthodoxy, motu proprio summorum pontificum, POPE BENEDICT XVI, seminary formation, seminary program, traditional liturgy | Comments Off

WHAT IS IT ABOUT “ECCLESIOLOGICAL” THAT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND?

Posted on September 11, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Steve Mellon, Post-Gazette photos The Roman Catholic Womenpriests Community ordained women as priests and deacons during a ceremony aboard a riverboat on the Monongahela River yesterday. The Catholic Church said the participants excommunicated themselves through their actions. Read more: … Continue reading →

Posted in FEMINISM, LIBERALISM, MINISTERIAL PRIESTHOOD, POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE CATHOLIC PRIEST, THE SACRAMENTS, VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD | Comments Off

THE WONDER THAT JESUS LOVES ME SO MUCH AS TO GO UP UPON THE CROSS IS THE REASON I BECAME A CHRISTIAN

Posted on September 9, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Eight Stories of New Converts From atheism, from Judaism, from Islam. Arriving at the Christian faith sometimes from distant and hostile shores. The last of the series: a Turkish Muslim who has become a doctor in Catholic theology … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, JESUS CHRIST, JEWS, MUSLIMS, SHARIA LAW, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off