tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post354240495850794747..comments2024-03-22T18:43:00.710-04:00Comments on Unam Sanctam Catholicam: Some Coronavirus Catch-UpBonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-18282225243398969402020-04-28T03:32:18.921-04:002020-04-28T03:32:18.921-04:00eventually it was found that ventilators were too ...eventually it was found that ventilators were too strong in the first place, Kathleen. oxigenation was fine. although some people are certainly predisposed to have symptoms in the first place. it has not been said, that obesity plays some role. also genetics, it seems, even in the treatment.<br /><br />anyway, by now the curve seems to be flattened, either because it was never that bad or because as respiratory viruses do, it mutated into something less deadly so hosts stick around longer. i do fear the huge government powergrab, and perhaps some attempt to impose a mark of the beast on people thru mandatory rona-shots; which, if are like the flu shot, would be mediocre at best and awful at worst. also, they are being rushed as well by depopulator in chief Bill Gates. <br /><br />we must be wary and prayerful. if the hierarchy doesn't listen, not a small portion will start going to either dioceses who do care, or even Protestant car services. we shouldn't split the Church in yet another issue, nor sink it - lest we forget, the patrimony of the Church is rotting away empty without faithful to go and maintain it, and most importantly, the Blessed Sacrament is lonely.<br /><br />some Catholics, usually in the mommyblogger and/or charismatic nd/or pro-Francis crowds, insist that this is a chance to live the faith all basic and catacomb-like. the thing is, not really - the early Church held the sacraments and distributed them even then when hidden, and celebrated outside when possible (example, burials, which the Romans allowed Christians to have on occasion). if they refer to monks and nuns, well i don't see anyone with the divine office and tending to manual labor all day, i see mostly rosaries at best and/or following the local parish priest try his best mass or adoration on webcam. <br /><br />which are good things, honestly for many there are MORE prayers being said than before. however, those happen over 2-3 hours at best on average - the rest of the time can easily be mis-spent inside for laity not used to this isolation; and, unlike monasteries and convents, the laity still remains totally plugged to technology and the world, even during the online services which do not happen outside of the screen. meanwhile i bet the regular clerics are currently with the office and sacraments as always, happily serving the Lord; this is not the same as us, which are becoming used to just confessing and communing in the mind.<br /><br />... perhaps some comeback after this is over might be spurred by the absence, particularly for the more social sacraments and ceremonies like baptism-marriage-viaticum/burials (some countries are only allowing cremations). perhaps some big season of thankfulness and penance will happen afterward. who knows. however, at the very least, it is not a good precedent to say this was all optional. yes, the sinners and/or guilty tend to be those who focus on the normative need for confessing to the priest; however the normative way to grace is actually a divine mercy that reaches all, not just the fewer who just feel saved and blessed in the Protestant way, who usually (not always, some very few people seem naturally near pure or prone to simplicity and/or holiness even without sacraments) hide their own sins behind the folksy attitude and their "obey the Church, obey Francis, love the clappy music and mysteries of light, stay at home and just confess in your head" attitude. <br /><br />ideally we would keep both attitudes - the novus ordo ability to be content in the world, and the traditionalist ability to withdraw when needed. the novus ordo ability to promote simplicity and mercy when needed, and the traditionalist ability to promote divine wisdom and the sacred rites when needed.Noucvnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10753383716873209707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-68805801459278821282020-04-18T10:28:34.698-04:002020-04-18T10:28:34.698-04:00Public Masses should not be canceled. Public Masses should not be canceled. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15642258210241477498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-73634438059917890042020-04-03T23:30:55.579-04:002020-04-03T23:30:55.579-04:00Reblogged here:
https://txtradcatholic.com/2020/0...Reblogged here:<br /><br />https://txtradcatholic.com/2020/04/02/reblog-some-coronavirus-catch-up/Frank (@txtradcatholic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11006950394292596061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-39166913966261060792020-04-02T12:23:12.766-04:002020-04-02T12:23:12.766-04:00@Frank,
Yes please repost! Once you have reposted...@Frank,<br /><br />Yes please repost! Once you have reposted please share the link with me here.<br /><br />Blessings and grace!<br />BonifaceBonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10672810254075072214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-84424840820393066052020-04-02T11:42:59.165-04:002020-04-02T11:42:59.165-04:00Boniface, you have marvelously summarized nearly a...Boniface, you have marvelously summarized nearly all of my own thoughts on this situation insofar as it relates to the faith. I, too, am very tired of being harangued as somehow wishing people to suffer and die just because (a) I see a lot of politics and power-mongering out there masquerading as "acting for the common good", and (b) I call out the bishops for being spineless in the face of a massive abuse of civil authority, and believe as you do that the only plausible explanation for their caving in to Caesar is an absence of belief in the supreme importance of eternal salvation over everything else.<br /><br />It also bears noting that this attitude of placing supreme importance on the maintenance of earthly life, while virtually ignoring the Four Last Things, is a hallmark of the Bergoglio regime. Not that it only just appeared in 2013, but as we've all seen, it has surged to the forefront under Bergoglio, who hammers away at it ceaselessly. <br /><br />Might I have your permission to re-post this on my own little-noticed blog, In Ministerium Maiorum? With appropriate attribution, of course. Or I can just put a link there, if you prefer. Thanks.Frank (@txtradcatholic)https://www.blogger.com/profile/11006950394292596061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-48259005805906804302020-03-29T17:19:47.241-04:002020-03-29T17:19:47.241-04:00God bless your dad and may God watch over him, and...God bless your dad and may God watch over him, and you, through this trial.<br />I'm finding the whole thing overload at this point, and I must limit my exposure to pundits who make mostly poor prognostications. I'm sick of estimates and have learned to ignore them and deal with facts. But even the facts I'm sick of. This is a major trial, and is likely to help us all burn away the dross and get down to basics. Mere trust in God is the thing, Lord help us to develop it! <br />I don't know if you are an American. Americans and Europeans have very different ideas about liberty. Americans in no way will tolerate these limits beyond the point at which they believe it is necessary, that is one thing I'm sure of. How can I be sure? Because I'm a law abiding grandmother, and I will be the biggest public resister you ever saw if it appears it is for any other reason than necessary for public safety. Europeans may not recover their liberty so easily, and if we are so foolish as to put Democrats in the White House, you can bet they have learned plenty from this pandemic and we'll see new levels of controls being exerted by them. Democrats are power mad, and many voters are dying to be controlled.<br />What I can't make sense of is why, with so many people needing ventilators, and the shortage, why that hasn't been tallied more for the people who feel this is all a scam. They focus on mortality rates, perhaps not understanding that ventilators are not nebulizers, they aren't breath support, they are breathing replacements, for those whose lungs don't work because they are filled with goo and infection. I don't think people get you must be made unconscious, it is a miserable experience. To put in a tube is rough, to take one out, rough. You may not be able to breathe on your own, and back down your throat it goes, perhaps. I don't think this gets considered enough, it's all mortality rates. To have so many need this, is not insignificant, certainly not to the poor souls who have it. I think it has been minimized.<br />God bless and help all who suffer, and take the souls of the dead to Himself. May He guide our president and leaders, and may He show His mercy to us, and end this pandemic, amen.Kathleen1031https://www.blogger.com/profile/10201084623185206141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6086833995941525990.post-33525043141571058262020-03-29T17:18:24.624-04:002020-03-29T17:18:24.624-04:00Thank you. Common sense is no longer common. At le...Thank you. Common sense is no longer common. At least we're all having a very Lenty Lent, whether we wanted to or not. And I just remembered, the bishops are also telling us that we don't need to abstain from meat on Fridays. It's quite insulting.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17970851228593550726noreply@blogger.com