Tag Archives: The Catholic Thing

I’ve got your continuity right here, baby…

Posted on June 16, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I had posted some of the following earlier in a different venue, but upon reviewing it, and adding some other quotations, I felt my mind literally reeling at how far (down) the Catholic discourse has come in only one and … Continue reading →

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Why we can’t all just get along… #ecumenism #ecumanianism

Posted on June 13, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

The following are excerpts from USC’s 26 May 2014 post about how “Ecumenism is the Church’s Bad Dream“ With the pope’s much publicized trip to the Holy Land coming to an end, I thought it appropriate to look at the … Continue reading →

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The very sight of life hooked by fisherfolk…

Posted on May 29, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I don’t know what it means to concelebrate a Mass in public with a confirmed dissident priest, nor why raising alarm at such a spectacle merits being keelhauled by fishers, but I believe the following words of papal counsel are … Continue reading →

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How to be a genius…

Posted on May 25, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

1. Among the many celebrated geniuses of whom the Catholic faith can boast who have left undying fruits in literature and art especially, besides other fields of learning, and to whom civilization and religion are ever in debt, highest stands … Continue reading →

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Thank you, Pope Francis!

Posted on May 16, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

We interrupt this broadcast to bring you a couple things that not only did not make me cringe, but also made me proud to call Francis “My Pope”. Either the exertion of enunciating such conventional Catholic wisdom gave him a … Continue reading →

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“Irony is so dead”

Posted on May 11, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I know that I’m not supposed to be commenting on this papacy, but I figure as long as it’s not polemical, keeping abreast of a few current events is not so bad. After all, how could a good Catholic really ever … Continue reading →

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UN: Vatican Gets What It Deserves

Posted on May 5, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Originally posted on Mundabor's Blog:
? Should be in every office in Vatican City. Not very likely, though. ? The National Catholic Register (not to be confused with the “Reporter”)  has an article dealing with another of those UN…

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It’s totally peachy to publicly rebuke priests…

Posted on April 30, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…just not prelates or popes.* BECAUSE ORDER. Now, if it turned out that priests were the vicars of bishops, and that no vicar of a holy one can be criticized, well– But no–no, there simply must be some room in … Continue reading →

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We walk by faith and not by sight…

Posted on April 21, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

In much the same way, we worship actively and not hyperactively. As the life of Elijah shows us, the true and living God is not found in the screams and gyrations of pagan priests summoning their demonic mentors (I Kings … Continue reading →

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Χριστὸς ἀνέστη! (Khristós Anésti!)

Posted on April 20, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Alithós Anésti!) My wife and joked last night that, while Christ rose from death last night, we’d have to wait until this morning to do so. Handling two infants under three years old for the entire Easter vigil, a … Continue reading →

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Bring your A-game for IHS…

Posted on April 14, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Holy Week Monday – Thursday Fast – Partial Abstinence. Friday Saturday Fast – Abstinence Holy Monday through Holy Thursday it is Fast (1 Full Meal + 2 Small Meals) & Partial Abstinence (Only Meat at Main Meal). Good Friday and … Continue reading →

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A brief argument against sola Scriptura…

Posted on April 7, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“16 He that heareth you, heareth me; and he that despiseth you, despiseth me; and he that despiseth me, despiseth him that sent me. 17 And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils also are subject to us … Continue reading →

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Ignorance is bliss…

Posted on March 31, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“Forward, the Light Brigade!” Was there a man dismay’d? Not tho’ the soldier knew Someone had blunder’d: Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die: Into the valley of Death Rode the … Continue reading →

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To nourish the faith and its practice…

Posted on March 24, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

14. Unless we truly love God, we will not be able to love our neighbours. How can our worship of God help us stand up in defence of human life? According to the ancient wisdom of the Church, the law … Continue reading →

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If the shoe fits…

Posted on March 23, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

THIS: “The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that one will see cardinals opposing cardinals, and bishops against other bishops. The priests who venerate me will be scorned and opposed by their … Continue reading →

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