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The Catholic Bunker / Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
« Last post by Seraphina on Today at 07:50:31 PM »
This cassowary I hope never to meet. He lives in the coastal rainforest and he is wont to attack.


Imagine if this cassowary spent some time in the atom collider!  He’d be truly magnificent!  Better than a guard dog!  
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The Catholic Bunker / Re: The Beauty and wonder of birds.
« Last post by Seraphina on Today at 07:38:58 PM »
Turkeys at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Long Island, NY, near AGS, Alternating Gradient Synchotron, atomic particle collider.
They glow in the dark. (Not! My Dad worked on the AGS for 42 years and he never glowed, either.)  🦃 💡  ☢️
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This walk leads to Hell.

That is where most of the Irish are going. Sadly.

It seems that the most Catholic countries are the ones which fall harder. France is already deep, but I believe that Spain and Portugal have a long way down too.
those countries were the ones who should have stayed faithful the most, too.
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This walk leads to Hell.

That is where most of the Irish are going. Sadly.

It seems that the most Catholic countries are the ones which fall harder. France is already deep, but I believe that Spain and Portugal have a long way down too.
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SSPX Resistance News / Re: More Preparing the Terrain for +Huonder
« Last post by Mr G on Today at 02:13:57 PM »
Where is the source to prove Pope France ordered him there? I don't doubt it, I just can't find it, and it should be added to the wikipedia page on Huonder.
Many Trees including the Giant Redwoods are liable to grow back from the roots and stump. It depends on what kind of a tree the SSPX is.


How does this relate to the Fr Stark and other supposed not conditionally ordained NO convert priests working in the SSPX when ABL was alive?
Fr MacDonald on Bishop Huonder - SSPX Resistance Sermons - Catholic Info (cathinfo.com)

Dear Faithful,

Bishop Vitus Hounder tells us that Pope Francis gave him the mission of working to integrate the
SSPX into the Conciliar Church in 2015. He began discussions with the SSPX and in 2019 moved
into a house of the SSPX which operates a school. The faithful's concerns at the time were allayed
as we were told that he was retiring and would not be teaching or doing priestly or episcopal
functions. The SSPX has published nothing in the English speaking world about his activities, but
he was active and not just retired.

Non Possumus: ABOUT MONS LINKS. HUONDER WITH THE JєωS AND OTHER SERIOUS EVENTS (nonpossumus--vcr-blogspot-com.translate.goog)


Pope Francis said SSPX priests 'are not schismatics': retired Swiss bishop - LifeSite (lifesitenews.com)

Huonder, the former bishop of Chur, Switzerland, first recounts in this new video how, on January 9, 2015, he received a letter from then-Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Cardinal Gerhard Müller, asking him to “start a dialogue with representatives of the Society of St. Pius X.” The goal, he added, was to increase a personal relationship with this priestly society, as well as engage in doctrinal discussions.

Since that letter and mandate, Huonder has been in regular contact with the superior general of the SSPX (at the time Bishop Bernard Fellay, and now Don Davide Pagliarani), as well as other representatives. The discussions were meant to lead to a canonical regularization of the SSPX. (Bishop Athanasius Schneider, who is also a strong supporter of the SSPX, was another bishop asked by Pope Francis to visit houses of the SSPX in 2015).

In 2019, Bishop Huonder, upon his retirement, decided, with the expressed encouragement of the Vatican Commission Ecclesia Dei, to move into one of the houses of the SSPX in Switzerland. He did so in order to better know the inner life of the Society, as well as to compare its work with the life of a regular diocese such as the one he had been leading for the past 12 or so years.


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SSPX Resistance News / Re: More Preparing the Terrain for +Huonder
« Last post by St Giles on Today at 01:53:49 PM »
"Among other consequences, the Motu proprio Traditionis custodes may have prompted, here and there, members of the clergy of the of the official (or so-called "conciliar") Church to turn to the Society of Saint Pius X. In some cases, priests (and even a bishop, in the person of the Ordinary emeritus of Chur, Mgr Vitus Huonder) have even decided to offer their cooperation the apostolate of the Society. [Umm, no, he was ordered there by Francis -SJ]
Where is the source to prove Pope France ordered him there? I don't doubt it, I just can't find it, and it should be added to the wikipedia page on Huonder.

Just like if you girdle a tree (cut completely around the bark), the tree is dead. At least it's a POINT OF NO RETURN. The tree will continue to LOOK alive for a while: it will have soft, supple branches and leaves for months later, but no more sap can flow above the girdling point, where the cut was made. So it's "set in stone" or a done-deed that the tree is dead. It's just a matter of time before the death FULLY manifests itself.

With a chicken, death takes minutes after the "point of no return" (e.g., removing its head). With a tree, it takes months. The SSPX might take years (Rome wasn't built in a day -- and neither was it destroyed in a day!)

That is the state of the SSPX today. The girdling has been done 100%. The organization is fully doomed. Just a matter of time before all the chapels/policies/etc. fully reflect the fundamental shift that HAS TAKEN PLACE (past tense).
Many Trees including the Giant Redwoods are liable to grow back from the roots and stump. It depends on what kind of a tree the SSPX is.



A bit of Trad 101 --

One of the foundational principles that Trads have held to SINCE THE BEGINNING is the following:

When you have a doubtful Mass/priest and a certainly valid one, you are OBLIGATED to go with the more certain one.
And, the Novus Ordo (and new ordination) are at least SUSPECT/dangerous/doubtful.

Now I'll admit that some Trads today are more "sure than they ought to be" when it comes to the validity of the New Rite of Ordination -- or the Novus Ordo Missae for that matter. But that is beside the point.

The FACT is that these things are at least DOUBTFUL, and there is a Catholic principle that one is not even ALLOWED to go with a doubtful path when a certain path exists. That goes for the liquid used at Baptism, your Mass, your priest, and everything else. We must always choose the more certain.

TL;DR (short version): Catholic morality does not permit us to be risk-takers when it comes to what Mass we will attend, or other important matters touching on our Faith and our salvation. On the contrary, we are commanded to be extremely risk-averse and conservative -- taking the safest path.

It's my understanding that one can't approach doubtful Sacraments even if a certain path does NOT exist ... except in danger of death, but someone can correct me if I'm wrong.  There's some debate, of course, about whether there's positive or negative doubt about various scenarios.
How does this relate to the Fr Stark and other supposed not conditionally ordained NO convert priests working in the SSPX when ABL was alive?
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Article in Irish Catholic paper Catholic Voice. They cannot believe it.

https://www.messenger.ie/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Knock-Shrine_Creation-Walk.pdf

A new walkway has been developed in Knock where a vision appeared on 21st August 1879  the same day as Our Lady of La Salette was crowned by the Bishop of Paris.




The welcome plaque at the start states: "When you end the creation walk ... pray for our troubled planet and ask God how to nourish it back to health."
STEP 1&2 refer to "the birth of the cosmos" & "the cosmic dance begins." 
Step 3: Molecules. "We are made of stardust & are bonded to every particle of the universe."
Step 7, The first cells. "Earth awoke into life... all living things are related to these humble bacteria."
Step 13. Five mass extinctions of species. "Most linked to climate change."
Step 17. Mammals. "Mammals evolved from reptiles, a huge evolutionary leap... we humans are mammals.
Step 20. Our remote ancestors. "Creatures with ape-like intruding faces, powerful jaws and small brains began to leave the forest, stand up and walk on two legs.."
Step 25. the new creation. "Jesus emerges both human and divine... with him the final stage of evolution begins, all human kind and all creation is destined to share in eternal glory."
Step 27: The anthropocene era. "We humans began to re-engineer the planet for our own purposes but at a huge cost to nature through climate change."
The end plaque asks "What will happen next? At the end of time... each creature will be resplendently transfigured and will share in the fullness of life with us."

Fr Brian Grogan, SJ the author of the booklet on which ;the creation walk' is based. In an article in 'Jesuit Ireland' Fr Grogan says "We humans, though late arrivals on Earth, are destroying it. We must undergo a painful conversion and learn to live in harmony and communion with all the species that proceeded us.  through us the universe can celebrate itself in a unique mode of conscious self-awareness. It took nothing less than the collaboration of the universe to bring human beings into being. The new cosmology provides common ground for us to live in harmony with one another and with other species. 
(jesuit.ie/books/creationwalk

The Irish Bishops are behind the walk and want to put it in other parishes.
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I am newly baptised and confirmed on the same day, as of 15th April 2024 and I am already struggling with praying fervently and reading the scriptures diligently daily. I also struggle with keeping the Lord in my mind throughout the day while tending to procrastinate spending time with him in prayer. All too often, the past couple of days I find myself having doubts eg., "See? There is no special incidents after baptism and I am making my life harder now than before, and for what?"

At other times, I worry about the things that I may need to confess. Not sure if I am being overly scrupulous at all either. While it may not seem a big deal to some, the beginning couple days of my new journey has not been entirely easy and I ask for any prayers that could come my way since I am not sure what I should request for.

I have unsubscribe most of the channels on Youtube and left those that can help in my journey. If there are any advice or channels that the members here can point me to, that would be greatly appreciated too.

Thank you all kind souls in advance!

Were you baptized using the Traditional Rite of Baptism or the New Rite? Was the minister a validly-ordained priest using the Traditional Rite or someone else?

The reason I ask is that the New Rite of Baptism removes certain exorcisms and anointings that St. Thomas Aquinas says are critical to remove the obstacles to divine grace:

https://aquinas.cc/la/en/~ST.III.Q71.A3

If you were not baptized using the Traditional Rite, you can have a traditional priest provide the "Supplying Ceremonies of Baptism" The process takes approximately 15 minutes. 
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I am newly baptised and confirmed on the same day, as of 15th April 2024 and I am already struggling with praying fervently and reading the scriptures diligently daily. I also struggle with keeping the Lord in my mind throughout the day while tending to procrastinate spending time with him in prayer. All too often, the past couple of days I find myself having doubts eg., "See? There is no special incidents after baptism and I am making my life harder now than before, and for what?"

At other times, I worry about the things that I may need to confess. Not sure if I am being overly scrupulous at all either. While it may not seem a big deal to some, the beginning couple days of my new journey has not been entirely easy and I ask for any prayers that could come my way since I am not sure what I should request for.

I have unsubscribe most of the channels on Youtube and left those that can help in my journey. If there are any advice or channels that the members here can point me to, that would be greatly appreciated too.

Thank you all kind souls in advance!
ANY struggle you have, you can be certain many other Catholics have the same struggles even if they have been in the faith for many years.

Remember these basic ordinary daily struggles are your cross. All you have to do is carry it. Even Jesus needed help carrying his cross, so heavy was the burden of our sins. It wouldn't be quite so difficult if Catholics would help each other carry their cross, but we are too spread out and careless to do that, or we won't accept help from others. "Bear one another's burdens, everyone shall carry his own burden." "No greater love does a man have than to lay down his life for his friends." That doesn't mean we have to take a bullet for them, but give up what you want to do with your life, even if it's just a part of the day or week you would rather be doing something else for yourself, to help someone else carry their burden. You don't make a campfire with 1 piece of wood, it takes a few to share the heat between them so they burn all the hotter in this cold world.
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