The indulgence Calendar for April is now available here.
This is a great devotion to pick up during lent. I recommend it to any Catholic
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April Indulgence Calendar
Posted: April 1, 2022 by datechguy in catholic, catholic devotionsTags: catholic, catholic doctrine, prayers
2nd Day of Christmas Thoughts Under the Fedora: Trumped Feasts, Le Bacon , Day Job Security, Don Surber’s dream car and a datechguyblog.com update
Posted: December 26, 2021 by datechguy in blogs, catholic, Church doctrine, fun, under the fedoraTags: bacon, catholic, catholic doctrine, don surber, english language, france, jokes, under the fedora
It’s the 2nd day of Christmas and because it falls on a Sunday the feast of St. Stephen the 1st Martyr is trumped by the feast of the Holy Family.
Oddly enough according to the calendar of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops it didn’t get moved to a later day in the week (the 1st open one is the 29th as St. John the Evangalist gets the 27th and the Holy Innocents slaughter by Herod the 28th).
St. Stephen’s feast is an important one as it reminds us that while we celebrate the birth of Christ we remember that it’s his death that created “God and Sinners” reconciled.
I saw this on Christmas day (via Instapundit) and thought it was absolutely hilarious:
Of course if France WAS Bacon it would be a lot more popular
The English language is so much fun because of the way you can play with words. Groucho Marx made an entire career out of it.
A perfect example of playing with the English language in that way for December 26th.
Riddle: Why is the feast of Stephen very big in the Gay Community? Answer: Because that's the day good King Wenceslas came out.
There is a reason why I don’t quit my day job.
Speaking of Running Gags Don Surber is constantly talking about wanting a Bentley. For the fun of it I searched online and look what I found:
Hey Under $20,000 for a car with under 42,000 miles? That not only a pretty good deal but might even be in his price range.
I wonder if he can generate the cash via his tip jar? After all there are twelve days of Christmas and he has 11 left to do so.
Finally I was about to write that the old datechguyblog.com site is finally dead as it went blanks a few days ago. But this morning I tested it out as I was writing this and it came right up.
This seems to fit my theory that all of this has been running automatically for quite a while.
I’m not going to worry about it. My record of cancelling the account is still saved and has been stated publicly so I don’t anticipate some guy coming after me with a big bill in a few years but you never know.
Either way there is where I am and where I’ll stay and eventually I’ll get datechguyblog.com to point here too.
The Lord certainly works in mysterious ways.
December Indulgence Calendar for download
Posted: December 1, 2021 by datechguy in catholic, Church doctrineTags: catholic, catholic doctrine, indulgence calendar
Here is the indulgence Calendar for December.
And the blank calendar if you want to fill in all your own names
You know ever since I’ve started the indulgence calendar stuff (I don’t think I’d call it a ministry) things have happened to make it difficult. Last month the difficult reached the blog but that suggests it’s something worthwhile.
The Real Excommunication Question, Do you love that soul enough to take heat?
Posted: September 8, 2021 by datechguy in catholic, Church doctrineTags: abortion, catholic, catholic doctrine
Sir Humphrey: The church [of England] is looking for a candidate [for bishop] to maintain the balance.
The Bursar: What balance?
Sir Humphrey: Between those who believe in God and those who don’t.
The Bursar: Is there anyone in the church that doesn’t believe in God?
Sir Humphrey: Yes, most of the Bishops.
Yes Prime Minister The Bishop’s Gambit 1986
Lord Germain: Whatever may be the outcome of this, I shall not forget your [Friar Tuck’s] interference (rides away)
Sir William of Marksbury: I advise you father to be a little more restrained. It’s not a very sound idea to make an enemy of that particular lord.
Friar Tuck: Nor of my particular LORD Sir William.
The Adventures of Robin Hood Friar Tuck 1955
One of the spiritual works of mercy in the Catholic Church is to admonish the sinner, that is warn a person who is sinning that their actions put their soul at risk. However in the modern “touchy feely” church this is often forgotten or ignored by clergy who either:
- Do not believe
or
- Are cowards
This situation is exacerbated when the sin is public and even celebrated. To confront such a person brings a risk in terms of reputation and responses.
And that brings us to Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone who will not rule out excommunication in the case of Catholic pols who publicly advocate abortion. As he puts it:
You cannot be a good Catholic and support expanding a government-approved right to kill innocent human beings.
And he also notes that during the civil rights era Excommunication was put to good use to cause public Catholic to repent from serious sin
On April 16, 1962, he [Archbishop Joseph Rummel] followed through, excommunicating a former judge, a well-known writer and a segregationist community organizer. Two of the three later repented and died Catholics in good standing.
You see that’s the point. If you are actually interested in saving souls and the normal methods do not work Excommunication is a powerful tool. It may not work in every case as noted above but that was two souls saved out of three.
Now of course there was a time when the threat of excommunication carried a lot of weight, when people of power actually believed and feared for their souls to wit:
These days however you are more likely to get a Catholic Pol and a Catholic Bishop more in line with my Sir Humphrey Quote than the Friar Tuck quote.
The real question is this: Do they actually believe? For a pol who doesn’t actually believe excommunication will not move them but the other question is do you have clergy who actually believe?
Clergy who believe will take this passage from the prophet Ezekiel to heart:
Thus the word of the LORD came to me: Son of man, I have appointed you a watchman for the house of Israel. When you hear a word from my mouth, you shall warn them for me.
If I say to the wicked man, You shall surely die; and you do not warn him or speak out to dissuade him from his wicked conduct so that he may live: that wicked man shall die for his sin, but I will hold you responsible for his death.
If, on the other hand, you have warned the wicked man, yet he has not turned away from his evil nor from his wicked conduct, then he shall die for his sin, but you shall save your life.
If a virtuous man turns away from virtue and does wrong when I place a stumbling block before him, he shall die. He shall die for his sin, and his virtuous deeds shall not be remembered; but I will hold you responsible for his death if you did not warn him.
When, on the other hand, you have warned a virtuous man not to sin, and he has in fact not sinned, he shall surely live because of the warning, and you shall save your own life.
Ezekiel 3:17-21
A member of clergy who either does not actually believe or fears man more than God will not act or wish to rock the boat.
But a member of clergy who not only takes this passage to heart, but has actual love for the sinner, a love strong enough to bear the opprobrium of a post Christian society will act both for his own sake and that of the sinner. And when the slings and arrows come his way he will comfort himself with Christ’s words:
Rejoice and be glad, for your reward will be great in heaven. Thus they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
Matt: 5:12
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