Catholic Virtual War Series - Table of Contents

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I close out 2014 with this post which serves as a table of contents for a series I have worked on, and which is a work in progress.  Some which were not part of the original series, like Rash Judgment, have been renamed and labeled for the series.

I shut down my comments some time ago since I do not have time to monitor them and the spam filter does not eliminate all spam.  People these days hold most discussions in social media anyway.  So, older discussions may be in some of these but comments should not be operational for anything new.

• Catholic Virtual Wars: 00 - Rash Judgment - The Stealthy Sin
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 01 - Time for a Cease Fire
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 02 - Strident Catholics
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 03 - Messy Catholics
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 04 - Clericalism, Blogger Infallibility, and Tools for Arguments
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 05 - Students of Prudence
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 06 - But I was scandalized… 
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 07 - A powerful witness to potential damages of stridency
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 08 - Giving context to use of the sword in defending the faith
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 09 - "Orthodoxy without Charity is Not Christianity"
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 10 - What Aquinas really said about fraternal correction of prelates
• Catholic Virtual Wars: 11 - Outrage Addiction: Its harm on the spiritual life and on the mission of the Church
• Catholic Virtual Wars 12: Mocking and ridicule of bishops - a failure in communication… 

*Picture at top is an isolation of the girl with a black eye in Normal Rockwell's painting, "Shiner"

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The obedient are not held captive by Holy Mother Church;
it is the disobedient who are held captive by the world!
- Diane M. Korzeniewski

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Te Deum Laudamus!

O God, we praise Thee, and acknowledge Thee to be the supreme Lord.

Everlasting Father, all the earth worships Thee.

All the Angels, the heavens and all angelic powers,
All the Cherubim and Seraphim, continuously cry to Thee:
Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God of Hosts!
Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty of Thy glory.
The glorious choir of the Apostles,
The wonderful company of Prophets,
The white-robed army of Martyrs, praise Thee.

Holy Church throughout the world acknowledges Thee:

The Father of infinite Majesty;
Thy adorable, true and only Son;
Also the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.

O Christ, Thou art the King of glory!

Thou art the everlasting Son of the Father.

When Thou tookest it upon Thyself to deliver man,

Thou didst not disdain the Virgin's womb.
Having overcome the sting of death, 

Thou opened the Kingdom of Heaven to all believers.

Thou sitest at the right hand of God in the glory of the Father.

We believe that Thou willst come to be our Judge.

We, therefore, beg Thee to help Thy servants whom Thou hast redeemed with Thy Precious Blood.
Let them be numbered with Thy Saints in everlasting glory.

Tonight: Memorial Mass for Fr John A. Hardon

Tonight at 7:00 will be the annual Memorial Mass for Fr. Hardon at Assumption Grotto. Fr. Hardon had an office at Assumption Grotto in his final years and he was Confessor and spiritual director to many.

See this flyer

Merry Christmas! Some photos and video from Assumption Grotto

Merry Christmas to all of my readers.  Here is a short video of the Blessing of the Nativity as Midnight Mass got underway in the extraordinary form.  I began recording as the second verse of Silent Night was being sung.  You can go to the settings (gear icon in lower left) and change it over to HD for a better quality.  This was taken with my new Canon EOS 70D, which I've been pretty happy with after the 40D broke a gear.

Here are a few photos from last night.  I had to use a really high ISO with the added darkness so they will be more grainy and have less clarity on close-ups, but these will do.

Here is Fr. Perrone conducting the choir and orchestra. What few empty seats there were could have been filled to standing room only if the choir were not in the risers.

After Midnight Mass, many crowded around the Nativity, including these two religious sisters who live near the parish.

A short time later, three priests came out to each celebrate a pair of private low Masses at each of the three altars.  With the Nativity in the foreground you see one private Mass at the main altar.

There was another at the Sacred Heart Altar

And at the Altar of the Blessed Virgin Mary. A small number of people remain behind, as in past years, to pray silently during these Masses happening around 2 AM.

In this shot, you see all three Masses taking place at the same time.

As a parting shot, this is the Spanish Infant sitting under my small Christmas Tree last night.

To see more photos, check out my gallery for Midnight Mass 2014 at Assumption Grotto.

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The obedient are not held captive by Holy Mother Church;
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- Diane M. Korzeniewski

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2014/2015 Christmas Season Schedule at Assumption Grotto

This blog has been neglected of late as I try to catch up with things around my own home now that I am on vacation.  I hope to blog more, soon, so do check back.  In the meanwhile, I want to share the Christmas season schedule at Assumption Grotto.  You can always visit http://assumptiongrotto.com to see what's happening too.  Also, when I am to busy to blog, you can often find me actively sharing quick thoughts and links on Facebook.  You can simply click "follow" for my public posts to see these things.  Also, I recently set up a Facebook page for Assumption Grotto, which is still in early development.  Do "Like" that if you are on Facebook.  And, if you didn't know it already, the Assumption Grotto Gift Shop and Book Store has had a Facebook page for some time.

First, here is the Orchestral Mass schedule for December 25, December 28, and January 4.

The flyer below, which is found in the December 21st Grotto News, gives a more complete schedule, including Confession. Fr. Perrone likes to use the word "Tridentine." Take a close look at each Mass you are wanting to attend and note that in some cases, the EF Mass moves from the usual 9:30 a.m. time-slot to the Noon.  When Fr. Perrone has an orchestral Mass at a Mass time other than 9:30, he most often shifts the EF Mass with it, and a Latin Novus Ordo or vernacular Mass will take it's place.

With regards to the 11:00 p.m. Mass on December 31st, it is a vigil Mass for the Solemnity of the Mother of God.  I've attended this most years, along with the pot luck dinner that follows around 12:30 a.m. New Years Day.  In all the years I attended, this was a Novus Ordo concelebrated by all priests who are on site that day.  This is subject to change.  I will try to find out if that is the plan this  year and update this post, so check back.

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The obedient are not held captive by Holy Mother Church;
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- Diane M. Korzeniewski

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