Edward Peters

St. Thomas More, pray for us. St. Raymond Peñafort, pray for us. Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us.

Ascension Thursday should be observed today. It should not be compelled under pain of mortal sin.

O happy the man whose wife rises before dawn to plug in rechargeable devices for her family.

@PetriOP @FeserEdward Totally, completely, and 100% correct.

One reason many Catholics no longer go to confession frequently is that the sacrament subtly drifted from “confession and absolution” toward “spiritual counseling.” Most Catholics are willing to accuse themselves of sins briefly and regularly. Fewer are willing to enter into an extended personal conversation every few weeks. The traditional confessional, the screen, brevity, clarity, and sacramental reserve all lowered the barrier to grace. The sacrament felt objective, medicinal, and accessible rather than emotionally burdensome. Confession is not primarily therapy or spiritual direction. It is sacramental mercy.

@Joeinblack If you go, I’ll go.

Every once in a while, I think we should retake Constantinople.

@EduardoBaston Yes. Apparently, a couple times. :)

@canonlaw But wasn't the original delivered in Portuguese?

Granting there are more pressing issues facing the Church, but could we maybe, at some point, get a common Latin version of the Fatima Prayer?

@bp26_p Which one?

@canonlaw This lack makes me inclined to use the original Portuguese text.

@SobriiEstote Thx. I am familiar with the various versions. That’s my point, it’s inconvenient to have so many plausible versions out there.

@canonlaw prayinglatin.com/prayers-of-the… Dómine Jesu, dimitte nobis débita nostra, salva nos ab igne inferni; perduc in caelum omnes ánimas, praesertim eas, quae misericórdiae tuae máxime indigent.

MMDCCLXXIX. AD MULTOS ANNOS, CIVITAS.

@Joeinblack I speak them so, so.

“You speak Spanish & Italian?” Si. Si.

@Joeinblack Read that too quickly. Thought you said John Dillinger.

Dillon Dingler is a bad bad man.

@dlongenecker1 That money could have been spent on the poor! … when it comes to beating the Church, any stick will do. GKC.

"Catholics don't read the Bible..." Uh huh. We published a special offer to our parishioners for the new Ignatius Press Catholic study bible and had over 400 orders.

@Joeinblack Ok. But I would press your Vatican Wall point more slenderly. When I was a peritus at the Synod, well dressed, ID around my neck, and limping on a cane, two officers, both armed, stopped me from going from the Piazza to a shortcut to P6 Hall. The DO NOT ENTER policy hit hard.

I’m going to be blunt. I’d like to talk about some of the very stupid things that people are saying right now If you’re not catholic, I’m not talking to you. I’m talking to people who say they are Catholic. Let’s start with the talking point about the pope sitting behind walls. Have you been to the Vatican? These “high walls” that were built in the fourth century leave an opening about a half a mile wide so that anyone and everyone can simply walk in anytime. Look at an image of Saint Peter Square you’ll see exactly what I mean. What the heck are you guys talking about with high walls? Would you like them to tear down a fourth century wall so that you think their politics might be more defendable? Would you like a pope that runs about shouting “cry havoc and let’s slip the dogs of war!” is that the pope you want? What mighty army would he summon? How did our invasion of Iraq in the Afghanistan go? How many corpses do we need to pile up until everyone understands that war is a horror. Statistically, more than 99% of the people screaming for war will never be affected by it. Maybe The Pope should call for a crusade? I’m sure all 27 Americans who replied to it would make a huge difference. Your political masters .2 about eight posts to see how bad the pope is. You believe them. He’s given a ton of speeches about Islamic violence, he’s done everything in his speaking power to encourage people toward peace. But your political masters told you different and you followed like good acolytes. Most of our Protestant brothers and sisters love us, Catholics. But the Huxter‘s and the insecure don’t. I’m watching Catholics repeat the talking points of anti-Catholic madman and acting like they have a geopolitical sense greater than that of a man in charge of a world wide institution with 1.3 billion members. Pardon my intensity, but I am very sick of Americans being more formed by right wing and left-wing political commentators then they are by the spirit of the living God. Do you want war? Go fight in one. Stand with me at the funeral of these beautiful lives, shredded and cut short so that your political masters are appeased.

That’s Gamma. It’s the Greek letter “g”. Okay, and how is it pronounced? Gamma? It sounds like the “g” in garage. (Sad moan.)

@dlongenecker1 @DrShayPhD What always gets me about these kinds of posts is the assumption that readers are gonna see it and exclaim n shock Gee, I never thought of that!

@DrShayPhD Learn more. St Jerome dealt with this noxious notion in the fourth century.

The Catholic Church teaches that Mary remained a virgin for the rest of her life, even after the birth of Jesus. However, when we turn to Scripture, we see that too is another falsehood coming from the Catholic Church. Both Matthew and Mark plainly say that Jesus had brothers and sisters. Matthew writes, “Is this not the carpenter’s son? Is not His mother called Mary? And His brothers James, Joses, Simon, and Judas? And His sisters, are they not all with us?” [Matthew 13:55–56]. Mark says the same: “Is this not the carpenter, the Son of Mary, and brother of James, Joses, Judas, and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” [Mark 6:3]. Some try to explain this away by saying these were cousins, not actual brothers and sisters. But that explanation raises its own problem. The New Testament had words available for “cousin” and “relative.” For example, “cousin” appears in [Colossians 4:10], and “relative” appears in [Luke 1:36]. Yet Matthew and Mark did not use those words. They used the ordinary words for brothers and sisters. The Gospels mention Jesus’ siblings more than once. Matthew refers to them again in [Matthew 12:46–50]. Luke mentions His brothers in [Acts 1:14]. Jesus Himself even made a distinction between His earthly family and His spiritual family in [Mark 3:32–35] and [Luke 8:19–21]. Paul also refers to “the Lord’s brother” in [Galatians 1:19]. Taken together, the natural reading is that Mary had other children after Jesus. The idea of Mary’s perpetual virginity also runs into trouble in Matthew 1:24–25, which says Joseph “did not know her till she had brought forth her firstborn Son” [Matthew 1:25]. In Scripture, “knew” is a common way of speaking about marital relations [Genesis 4:1]. And the word “till” naturally suggests that this abstinence lasted up to the birth of Jesus, not necessarily forever after. On top of that, Jesus is called her “firstborn,” which also fits naturally with the idea that other children followed. While Catholic tradition teaches perpetual virginity, the plain reading of Scripture points in another direction. The Bible presents Mary as a virgin when Jesus was conceived, exactly as prophecy required, but it does not teach that she remained a virgin for life.

@Joeinblack @jarvis_best You are right, of course. … I am a Cancer, so I know.

@jarvis_best You only say that because the date and time of your birth made you a skeptic.

If you visit a new church, you should ask your pastor about astrology. That way, you will know if you are dealing with a real church, or a secret coven of witches.

@DavidPaternostr Moi, Je think that the CdM is the most delightfully indulgent locale in which J’ai ever snacked. Et oui, I burst into a rousing verse of La Marseilles while there, to, puis-j’add, the applause of many with auribus audiendi.

This is, in every way, peak New Orleans

@RorateCaeli Ego quoque.

Credo in unum Deum… Factorem cæli et terræ.

@EduardHabsburg @CatholicSat Me: What is something difficult that you did not know came along with bishoping? Bishop: All the eating I have to do.

@CatholicSat When I worked for a Catholic Bishop I learned that you should never admit the things you like to eat as a bishop, because once this gets known it'll be the only thing you'll ever be served wherever you go...

Pope Leo XIV sees Peeps Marshmallow candy in the crowd, and says he wants them, he wants all of them.