While the scenario shown in the video below is rather stark, we must be prepared to see more and more of these encounters occur. Moreover, like the young men of the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property, we too - of all ages and genders - must prepare to confront evil head on. We will have no choice for evil will present itself to our faces, whether or not we care to acknowledge it.
This incident happened in Bladensburg, MD, in the county next to mine on July 10, last Saturday. The written account is here. Please note that there are many other good Catholics there in addition to the TFP men. Sooner or later, all good Catholics must confront evil publicly - the sooner, the better.
I will be posting a number of videos that may seem somewhat disjointed, but they are really examinations on what has been happening in the Church lately. The mess started decades ago, quite some time before the obviously turbulent 1960s.
In the first video, Taylor Marshall exposes the friendship that existed between Saul Alinsky and Cardinal Montini in the late 1950s. Cardinal Montini, a few years after their conversations, became Pope Paul VI. Doesn't that put Vatican II in a different light?
So it seems that these troubling occurrences of highly-placed prelates hobnobbing and even taking cues from progressive anti-God subversives is nothing new. It goes back over sixty years and involves the sitting pope at the time. Could this be one reason why Pope Francis desired to canonize Paul VI? At Vatican II, the New World Order's war on Christianity was significantly advanced, and continues to this day, with greater momentum.
In this video, Michael Matt talks of the "encouraging" letter that Pope Francis wrote to heretic Fr James Martin, carrying on the dubious tradtion established with the Montini-Alinsky gabfests.
So Father Martin, owing to his dissidence, is one priest who was not canceled at the behest of the New World Order demagogues. But plenty were. Several days ago, Steve Bannon interviewed Liz Yore on his War Room podcast, discussing the various "cancellations". She pointed out two things. First, the progressives are coming out of hiding and are doing their mischief quite blatantly. Second, more and more good people are waking up and are starting to stand up to the nonsense. My prayer is that this is not "too little, too late". Here's that video.
The Catholic internet has been ablaze with the announcement that Father Altman has been kicked to the curb by Bishop Callahan of the Diocese of La Crosse. Complicit Clergy has the official decree on their site. Read it and notice a few things. First, he's not completely suspended. He is able to offer private Mass, but only his parents would be allowed to attend. So far, they haven't kicked him out of the rectory. UPDATE! I heard he has 30 days in the rectory before he and his parents must vacate - but he is still required to reside in the diocese. Well, that's nice I suppose, but when you consider that his 90-year old parents live with him in the rectory, even for Callahan it would be rather underhanded to kick them to the curb. Callahan didn't order him to complete silence, either. He just can't preach.
Item 7 speaks of addressing "the issues that caused the issuance of this decree". Okay! So what are these alleged "issues"? Why won't the bishop explain just what they are? Could it be because those "issues" do not justify the restriction of Father Altman's priestly vocation?
Father Altman isn't taking this lying down. He shouldn't, and neither should we. I post now his reactions as shared with LifeSiteNews. Below the video I'll have more discussion, along with actions to take.
As Father Altman noted, the bishop didn't give him his notice of dismissal himself. I recall when Father Guarnizo was ejected from my parish nine years ago, at least Bishop Knestout lowered the boom in person, showing just some shreds of decency. Father Altman didn't get that. Neither did his parishioners, for Callahan had a letter read to the parish, instead of an in-person explanation. Here is a recording of that reading. Again we hear the sniveling about "division". So what? Truth is "divisive" only if there are those who rebel against it. Aside from the de facto enshrining of "unity" as the "idol-de-jour", that letter was nothing but a bunch of fluffy-puff stuff.
Many things can only be done by local residents: cutting off donations, prayers and protests outside diocesan offices and the bishop's residence. Whenever he appears in public, someone should be there to challenge him - respectfully but plainly and loud enough to be heard, recording it - regarding his despicable actions towards Father Altman.
Other things can - and must - be done by those of us living in other areas. Here is contact information from the diocesan website. We need to fill their email and regular mail boxes, melt their fax and phone lines, and to do so on a long-term basis. Most of us have cell plans that encompass the entire country as a "home area" so there is no "long-distance" reason not to call repeatedly. Because I suspect that other bishops - particularly progressive bishops - may have added some impetus to Bishop Callahan's dismissal of Father Altman, I suggest we hold their feet to the fire, too - especially financially.
On a Facebook page dedicated to Father Altman and his plight is a suggestion that we all wear or carry white roses to Mass on August 15th to raise awareness of the situation. I support that idea, PROVIDED that all who wear or carry a white rose be prepared to explain the significance of this white rose to people who will wonder why you are doing so. Remember that archdiocesan Catholic news outlets will most likely be striving to keep this matter quiet, so many good Catholics may well not be aware of this situation.
Father Altman has made it clear that he will not quietly fade away. Neither should we.
Recall that you are United States citizens with rights. These progressives are serving evil, whether or not they realize it. Therefore, it would not only be imprudent, but downright sinful to acquiesce to their intrusive interrogations. Recall the Nine Ways of cooperating with sin. If we don't stand up and resist these thugs, they'll demand more and more from everyone.
Some good people are stepping up to the plate and are advising us of preventative measures that we can take. I link now to one very informative article from Leo Hohmann, who has some very good suggestions. I urge all to read it and will buttress his ideas with a few suggestions that I read elsewhere. First, your sign, in addition to saying "No Trespassing", should also say "No Soliciting". Or these can be two separate signs. At any rate, they should be prominent, plainly visible.
If at all possible, don't open your door. If at all possible, open a nearby window (or one on the second floor of your home). Do NOT engage them in conversation or that can be construed as welcoming them to your property. Simply point out what your signs say, reminding them that they are trespassing and that you will call the police if they don't immediately depart. End the conversation right then and there. If they don't leave, then call the police. Remember that bluffing is a sin against honesty. Be polite but firm, and remain in control of any interaction, keeping it brief. Do not divulge or confirm any personal information whatsoever.
Do not let your emotions overrule your intellect. It's quite possible that these people have friends in the background, just waiting to film a temper-tantrum on you part. Don't give them that opportunity. Speaking of filming, please record your interactions. Zoom on their faces and any identifying information (such as badges and sleeve insignas). If their cars are nearby, record them with license plates. If any reporters are accompanying them, get them on your recording devices as well.
Along with praying our Rosaries, we must act with courage and resolve. If we don't use our God-given civil rights, we will lose them. I will post more news and ideas as I learn of them.
The video below, by itself, is not germane to the point of this post, but the music will help set the tone for what will follow. So click on it and while it is playing, read the post below the video. You'll see for yourselves just how appropriate is the music.
It seems that with the US starting to resemble pre-Covid normalcy (even with Plugs and the Camel in the White House), the progressives are noticing that people aren't living in fear as they were this time last year (although many still insist on wearing the face-diapers). Well, they just can't have people living like free folks! How else will the Falsy-bunch control every facet of their lives?
Enter a new boogy-bug, called "delta variant". Doesn't that sound oh so scary? News flash! Viruses mutate all the time! Anyway, to combat this new bunch of cooties, Plugs et al will be "encouraging" us to endanger our health and commit mortal sin by allowing them to inject goop into our bodies. Mind you, this stuff was engineered using the bodies of murdered children.
Doesn't all this "encouraging" sound familiar? Oh, yes! Less than two months ago, Marc Elrich, Biden's Montgomery County counterpart, salivated over the prospect of conducting his own jack-boot campaign in Montgomery County! Ladies and gentlemen, shall we give them a rousing "seig heil"? None of these gestapo wanna-bees will be granted admittance onto my property!
Please watch this video in its entirety. Discussion below.
So in the name of "unity", the pope and his progressive lemmings want to ban TLM "only-ism", essentially forcing priests devoted to the TLM to say Novus Ordo Masses because of "rigidity" or other such nonsense.
It seems to this lowly layperson that the pursuit of "unity" must work both ways, right? Where's all this "dialogue" that was supposed to be a hallmark of this papacy? The word "dialogue" means a two-way conversation, some "give and take" on both sides, right?
Therefore, if the vatican wants to rid the world of that deadly plague known as TLM-only-ism, surely it wishes to do the same of what can be similarly called NO-only-ism. We eagerly await the announcement that all Novus-Ordo priests will be obliged to learn the traditional Latin Mass, and that henceforth it must be taught in all seminaries. In other words, each and every Roman Catholic priest (of course bishops are priests, too) will be able to celebrate both forms of Holy Mass! Not only that, but the NO priests will be called upon to celebrate the Latin Mass periodically, just as the TLM priests will be ordered to celebrate NO Masses! What's that you say? "Don't hold my breath"? What???
Would that what I proposed facetiously in my last paragraph was what the pope had in mind. I only stated it, however, to illustrate the hypocrisy and double-standards. I will say this for them, though. As evil as the vatican inhabitants are, they at least understand the principle "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivandi". Too many Catholics, faithful and well-meaning though they be in other areas, simply fail - or refuse - to understand that principle. They fail to accept how they compromise their own faith when they giggle at jokes from the pulpit or sing some heretical poop for the offertory or clap for some individual during Mass.
Let's look at what the Council of Trent says about the Holy Mass. Scroll down a bit and read Canon IX. "If any one saith, that the rite of the Roman Church, according to which a part of the canon and the words of consecration are pronounced in a low tone, is to be condemned; or, that the mass ought to be celebrated in the vulgar tongue only; or, that water ought not to be mixed with the wine that is to be offered in the chalice, for that it is contrary to the institution of Christ; let him be anathema" So anyone banning the use of Latin is anathema.
That said, we note with displeasure the words attributed to Cardinal Parolin: "We must end the Old Latin Mass forever". If he said this, he stands in direct disobedience to the Council of Trent. However, as noted above, these fellows understand "lex orandi, lex credendi, lex vivandi". They acknowledge, albeit grudgingly, the superiority of the Tridentine Rite. Whether or not they succeed in driving the TLM out of Catholic parishes remains to be seen. We must, however:
Be praying our Rosaries that Our Lord protect the Holy Mass
Be supporting those priests who do offer the Traditional Mass, both by our attendance and with our dollars.
Be prepared to go underground to celebrate Mass properly.
Holy Trinity parish, a Jesuit-run parish just south of Georgetown University in Washington DC, announced that they "stand with our archbishop, Cardinal Wilton Gregory" and will continue to commit sacrilege against the Holy Eucharist by offering Him in Holy Communion to pro-abort Biden. They made that perfidious announcement on their web page.
While we're on Trinity's web page, let's just take a stroll, as it were. We see that they are in the midst of a "social justice book discussion". The book is written by one Dean Spade. I googled him. Actually, it might be more correct to refer to Spade as "her". Her claim to fame is that she is a trans-activist. Inside this wikipedia blurb is the blunt statement about "his personal experience as a trans law professor and student". In other words, "he's" a she pretending to be "he".
The book itself is called "Mutual Aid" and seems to be just a glorified manual on conducting "community organizing" . Why, it even comes with a "study guide" by a person or entity called "Radical in Progress". Move over, Saul Alinsky! Well, I've given Spade more than the attention that she deserves, save only to recommend her and others like her to Our Lord in prayer.
Not surprisingly, Trinity defiled Holy Mass by formally celebrating all manners of perversions. They called it a "LGBTQIA+ pride Mass". Doesn't it seem like that list of letters gets longer and longer?
Some might recall back when Biden and Obama were respectively elected Vice President and President, that Biden attended Mass there soon after that election. Not only did he receive Holy Communion, but the priest led the congregation in giving Biden a standing ovation - during Mass! So Jesuits seem good at ruining parishes. Now they are running riot over the entire Church.
Please listen to this homily from Father Dominic Clovis from Toronto, Canada. As far as I'm concerned, his arguments from Church teaching cannot be refuted.
The Association of United States Catholic Priests is an organized bunch of dissident priests. Michael Hichborn of Lepanto Institute and others engaged in a protest of their annual meeting in Minneapolis last week. The protest included not only a Rosary of reparation outside, but their own conference in the same hotel as the dissidents. That led to some up-close confrontation with the AUSCP's evils.
Jim Hale is a correspondent for LifeSiteNews. He filmed some of the meeting and was accosted by three priests from that bunch. One of them went so far as to assault Hale. That assailant is none other than Father Peter Daly, retired priest of the Archdiocese of Washington. It's rather a pity that Hale decided not to press charges.
So here's the clip. You'll notice that not one of these dissidents is wearing his clerics. Some find it deplorable. I for one appreciate that at least they are minimizing the disgrace to their roman collars by declining to wear them during their heretical gab-fest.
Catholic laity, again we have with these protesters some sterling examples of how to speak out for Holy Mother Church.
Many local school boards are literally in the pockets of the National Education Association. They are controlled by Soros-funded socialist cabals (but I repeat myself). Their latest stunts, while suffocating our children behind those wretched masks, include the force-feeding "gender sensitivity" along with critical race theory.
More and more decent parents and other citizens are seeing the dangers and are deciding that they will not have their children stupefied and corrupted by such progressive pig-slop. They are making their displeasure known to their local school boards in no uncertain terms. Below the jump break I post below some videos. Below these I will post what I think is a "take-away" for Catholics who want to see renewal in the Church.
