Category Archives: THE SACRAMENTS

DEAR CHILDREN, WITH GREAT JOY THE CHURCH OF GOD WELCOMES YOU

Posted on August 22, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Vatican Diary / Pope Benedict’s Parting Shot It concerns the rite of baptism. He wanted “Church of Go”” to be said instead of “Christian community.” The order to change was issued a few days before his resignation. And … Continue reading →

Posted in POPE BENEDICT XVI, SACRED LITURGY, THE SACRAMENTS | 1 Comment

MARRIAGE AND MATRIMONY, THEY ARE NOT THE SAME AND YET THEY ARE

Posted on July 1, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Why the Church cannot walk away from ‘marriage’ by Dr. Edward Peters This bad idea keeps popping in various versions, most lately from Msgr. Charles Pope, a superb writer but alas not a canonist (so few are perfect), namely, the … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, GAY 'MARRIAGE', RELATIVISM, SAME-SEX 'MARRIAGE', THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE SACRAMENTS, Uncategorized | Tagged canonist, charles pope, matrimony | 1 Comment

BE ADVISED, PROFANATION OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS ON THE RISE

Posted on June 26, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! HIJACKING HOLY COMMUNION IS VERY, VERY SERIOUS by Dr. Edward Peters The excommunication threatened against those who take the consecrated species for a sacrilegious purpose is latae sententiae (1983 CIC 1367), meaning that the canonical discussion of Brenna Cronin’s … Continue reading →

Posted in CANON LAW, DESECRATION, ECOMMUNICATION, EXCOMMUNICATION, JESUS CHRIST, PENAL LEGISLATION IN CANON LAW, THE SACRAMENTS | Tagged consecrated host, HOLY COMMUNION, Religion, sacred species | 1 Comment

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 →

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I HAVE A SECRET THAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU

Posted on May 10, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! Giving Up Secrets People seem to have a lot of secrets these days. We could almost say we live in an age of secrets. Governments have become skilled at keeping secrets; businesses are adept at the same thing. … Continue reading →

Posted in CONVERSION TO THE CHRISTIAN FAITH, Freedom of Conscience, HAPPINESS, JESUS CHRIST, MENTAL HEALTH, MIRACLE OF GRACE, PRAYER, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

DID SAINT POPE PIUS X VIOLATE CHURCH LAW WHEN DISTRIBUTING HOLY COMMUNION?

Posted on April 4, 2013 by abyssum

!!!! When discussing canon law, Primum non nocere by Dr. Edward Peters This post arises in the wake of, but is not about, Pope Francis and foot-washing. Rather, this post addresses the problems occasioned for others when canonical misinformation is injected … Continue reading →

Posted in LITURGY, POPE, POPE FRANCIS, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE SACRAMENTS | 1 Comment

THE SEAL OF THE SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION (CONFESSION) IS ABSOLUTE

Posted on July 29, 2011 by abyssum

!!!! The Persecution of the Church For some years we have seen worldwide a mounting persecution against the Catholic Church. We have countries that have penalized the teaching of Catholic Doctrine on homosexual conduct as crime, claiming that … Continue reading →

Posted in ANTI-CATHOLICISM, CANON LAW, EXCOMMUNICATION, LIBERALISM, MEDIA BIAS, MEDIA BIGOTRY, MORAL RELATIVISM, THE SACRAMENTS | Comments Off

BRAVO THE ARCHBISHOP OF LIVERPOOL

Posted on January 25, 2011 by abyssum

ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I DID AFTER GETTING SETTLED IN AS THE FIFTH BISHOP OF CORPUS CHRISTI IN 1983 was to change the age and sequence of the administration of the sacrament of Confirmation. Way back in the 1950’s … Continue reading →

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