Tag Archives: the medium is the message

I like funny things…

Posted on August 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“It’s true I don’t give interviews. I don’t know why. I just can’t. It’s tiresome,” he said [on his flight to World Youth Day in Brazil]. “But I enjoy your company.” “[F]or a Pope who does not want to give … Continue reading →

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Good news, everyone, we are still at war with Eastasia…

Posted on July 17, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

A reader just alerted me to the fact that the October 2013 interview with Scalfari has once again been scrubbed from Pope Francis’s Vatican dossier.* What a relief! Now all the erstwhile defenders of its contents can revert back to agreeing … Continue reading →

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Well, that’s not at all unusual…

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

Former pope remains in papal attire (with red shoes?) and teaches in Vatican while reigning pope preaches in Vatican.  ‘Natch.  “Peekaboo. Don’t tell anyone I’m here.”  “In conclusion, meine Damen und Herren–what Francis said.” Francis: “You tend to the center, … Continue reading →

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Guess who?

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

Say what you will about the SSPX–and in light recent comments, let me note that I reject any idea that the Novus Ordo Missae is “evil” or “invalid”–you’ve got to respect the honesty of the following passage: “[T]here is a distinction … Continue reading →

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Мир спасёт красота…

Posted on March 9, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“When Summorum Pontificum came out, and the Holy Father said this is one of the forms of the Latin Rite, the Extraordinary Form, I said ‘I’m a bishop of the Church, I must know this rite!’ And I encourage my … Continue reading →

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Not so solemn nonsense, after all…

Posted on March 3, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Go to any city church: What do people do naturally and as a matter of course? Hardly anyone kneels for the act of transubstantiation; often enough, not even the priest genuflects before the transubstantiated gifts. A woman brings the Hosts … Continue reading →

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The way forward is backward…

Posted on February 19, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

“The present condition of Catholic worship has come about because it has been shaped by principles and attitudes of secular modernity. The result is that the Liturgy, instead of providing an alternative vision of life to that provided by secular … Continue reading →

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This again…

Posted on February 19, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

I’ve been keeping an eye on the reported mortality spike among big-time financial players, with a guess at what might be going on behind the scenes, and now I see that things have become even creepier. I realize the website … Continue reading →

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Cult of personality?

Posted on February 10, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Whatever do you mean? “People seem to have no need of us, everything we do seems pointless. Yet we learn from the Word of the Lord that this seed alone transforms the earth ever anew and opens it to true … Continue reading →

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On the mysticism of ordinary words…

Posted on February 8, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

…and mystification by way of extraordinary verbiage. “[E]vil always takes advantage of ambiguity.” — G. K. Chesterton, Eugenics and Other Evils, Chapter 1 (1917) Speaking of painful ironies, I recently received the following tweet from a published historian of science … Continue reading →

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Insolite dictu…

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

…or however you say “strange to report” in Latin. Recall: “And then a thing that is really important for me: community. I was always looking for a community. I did not see myself as a priest on my own. I … Continue reading →

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Extra communitatem nulla salvatione?

Posted on February 4, 2014 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

[After reading this, please refer to the follow-up post here.] “The underlying principle [of Americanism] is that, in order to more easily attract those who differ from her, the Church should shape her teachings more in accord with the spirit … Continue reading →

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Stat orbis dum volvitur crux…

Posted on November 9, 2013 by The Codgitator (a cadgertator)

Or: Res ipsa loquitur. Pope Francis Gets a New Speechwriter November 7, 2013 By Kathy Schiffer This warm, informal Pope has won the hearts of many, but his controversial soundbytes have shaken others’ confidence in Church teaching.  Perhaps that is why yesterday, he … Continue reading →

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