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The Laity’s Mass Obligations

July 22, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Laity’s Mass Obligations

By JOE SIXPACK Part 3 Okay, so we’ve established that Jesus gave His Church the authority to tell us how we are to worship God in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. So let’s finish this by covering what I think (my opinion) is the worst abuse commonly committed during Mass.I’d like to begin by quoting the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) again. Attention must therefore be paid to what is determined by this General Instruction and by the traditional practice of the Roman Rite and to what serves the common spiritual good of the People of God, rather than private inclination or arbitrary choice (General Instruction of the Roman Missal, chapter 2, n. 42. Emphasis mine.). The…Continue Reading

Roe Is Reversed But The Battle Continues

July 21, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Roe Is Reversed But The Battle Continues

By THOMAS TAKASH June 24, 2022 was a day all pro-lifers have prayed for since January 22, 1973. It was a day that five courageous judges decided that the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision was a contrived bit of magic, finding a “right to privacy” in our Constitution that never existed. One that could justify a right to kill one’s own unborn child. It had no basis in fact whatsoever.Threats of extreme violence had erupted weeks before the actual decision was officially released, due to a leaked draft copy of the reversal. The hope was that these same five could be intimidated into backing down, but instead they rejected the fabricated “right” that had been imaginatively found within the Fourteenth…Continue Reading

Biden Introduces New Dimensions In Coercion And Control

July 20, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Biden Introduces New Dimensions In Coercion And Control

By CHRISTOPHER MANION Here we go again. Joe Biden continues abusing executive authority to enforce his radical agenda, and he’s not stopping at abortion.In May, the Biden administration’s Department of Agriculture (DoA) issued an edict announcing that it will change how it interprets Title IX prohibitions on discrimination based on sex.That section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 reads: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”According to its May edict, the Biden administration will now amend Title IX by decree. It now prohibits “discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”Orwell…Continue Reading

A Beacon Of Light… Prayer In The Age Of The Church

July 19, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on A Beacon Of Light… Prayer In The Age Of The Church

By FR. RICHARD D. BRETON JR. (Editor’s Note: Fr. Richard D. Breton Jr. is a priest of the Diocese of Norwich, Conn. He received his BA in religious studies and his MA in dogmatic theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary in Cromwell, Conn.) + + Continuing the fourth pillar of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, dedicated to Christian Prayer, today we will explore prayer in the age of the Church. Throughout the history of the Church prayer has involved a kind of gradual transformation. This transformation was necessary, in order that all might one day pray together.This gradual transformation, of prayer from the Old Testament to the prayer of the New Testament, is guided by the same primordial…Continue Reading

Searching For A Hobby

July 18, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Searching For A Hobby

By DEACON MIKE MANNO I’ve decided I need a hobby.Well, it’s not like I never had one before, it’s just that the things I liked to do weren’t suited for a retirement-aged gentleman. I had a real fun hobby several decades ago. I took up auto racing, took a driving class, which qualified me for an SCCA license, and bought a little Formula Vee racing car. I did that for about nine years, and four broken bones.When I quit, that I wrote two mystery novels. In my first I killed a nun. The culprit was caught and a new romance blossomed between a ditzy young reporter with a good heart and the state police detective who solved the case. I…Continue Reading

Border: Crazy And Deadly

July 17, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Border: Crazy And Deadly

By BARBARA SIMPSON It isn’t as if Americans don’t have enough to worry about concerning our Southern Border, now we hear that the United Nations says that border is the “World’s Deadliest Land Crossing.”It’s an attention-getting headline, but anyone who has paid even a modicum of attention to what is happening on the border on a daily basis knows that it is true.According to an article by Joseph A. Klein, the United Nations report stated that in 2021, at least 728 lives were lost on the border — 53 percent higher than the year before. What makes the figures even more devastating is that a UN note to that report, states that the number is “probably an undercount.”The discovery on…Continue Reading

“A Republic — If We Can Keep It”

July 16, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on “A Republic — If We Can Keep It”

By CHRISTOPHER MANION The recent Supreme Court decisions in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and Carson v. Makin will profoundly change the political landscape in coming years.Fifty state legislatures will witness countless battles as they reclaim responsibility for a host of powers — far beyond abortion — that have been usurped by the federal government.Of course, the feds won’t give up those powers voluntarily.Some history might explain why.In July 1953, President Eisenhower asked my father to chair the Commission on Intergovernmental Relations. Congress had created the commission at Eisenhower’s request to satisfy the conservative Republicans who had supported Ike’s opponent, Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio, at the party’s 1952 convention.Ike owed them.When the president announced the appointment of the commission’s…Continue Reading

The Laity’s Mass Obligations

July 15, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on The Laity’s Mass Obligations

By JOE SIXPACK Part 2 Now that we’ve dealt with Mass attendance, arriving late and leaving early, getting the kids in gear so tardiness isn’t a problem, silence when exiting the church and proper attire, let’s move on to the rubrics in your missal or missalette (those little red-letter words). First, however, I think it’s important to review why we must obey the rubrics.Under the Old Covenant, God demanded things done by both priests and the people be done exactly as He said or face dire consequences. Since Jesus didn’t abrogate the law but merely fulfilled it, strict obedience still applies to us today. In speaking to the disciples He said, “He who hears you hears me, and he who…Continue Reading

Inquisition In Reverse! . . . Coalition For Canceled Priests Assists The Persecuted

July 14, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Inquisition In Reverse! . . . Coalition For Canceled Priests Assists The Persecuted

By RAYMOND DE SOUZA, KHS, KM Late in June I attended the second conference of the Coalition for Canceled Priests, held in Beloit, Wis. It was a great event, which filled the audience with enthusiasm to defend the Catholic faith and in particular to support the good Catholic priests who have been persecuted and canceled — by their own bishops!Over 600 people attended the dinner to celebrate the first anniversary of the foundation of the Coalition a year ago, and a variety of speakers shared their experiences and knowledge with the people. Twelve priests were present, perhaps as a symbol of the twelve apostles.Dr. Peter Kwasniewski, “Canceled Prophet & Glorious Confessor: St. John the Baptist”; Fr. John Lovell, co-founder of…Continue Reading

Christ The Lawgiver

July 13, 2022 Frontpage Comments Off on Christ The Lawgiver

By JAMES MONTI It was during the Sermon on the Mount, and almost immediately after annunciating the Beatitudes, that our Lord declared:“Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 5:17-19).Our Lord knew that His reprimands and…Continue Reading