In Florida, World Wrestling Entertainment has found itself among the services considered “essential,” according to Mayor Jerry Demings of Orange County, where the sports entertainment business has a sizable training facility in Orlando and has held recent events, including its marquee show, WrestleMania, this month. Meanwhile, churches across the country are closed. In part, by …
Category: Catholic
Apr 13
“Let my people go (to church)”
You think this is a plague. I’ll show you a plague. And it won’t be a Cold Virus either.Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to [The Bishops] and tell him, ‘Thus says the LORD God of the Hebrews: “Let My people go [to church], that they may serve Me. Exodus 9:1
Apr 11
Are the US Bishops the Princes of the Vichy Church?
A good and holy priest, wrote to me about my recent post in which I presented a 1987 parish in France that locked parishioners out of their church. They used a battering ram to gain access to their church and all the goodness that the Church is called to administer. Dear Mr Hirsh, Christ is …
Apr 11
How to ‘Persuade’ a Bishop to allow Mass.
Sometimes, politicians and other cowards only see the light when they feel the heat. Consider, Palm Sunday, circa 1987. Parishioners are locked out of their church because they were a Traditional Latin Mass parish. So, Mass was celebrated outside in front of the church. To the strains of Christus Vincit the men used a battering …
Mar 16
NY Archdiocese cancels all Masses. Heresy instantly down 70%.
Xavier Parish see 112% reduction of heresy. New York Archbishop Cardinal Dolan has long ignored God. Corona virus, not as much. Cardinal Dolan, head of the Archdiocese of New York, cancelled all Masses in his jurisdiction this past weekend. While hundreds of faithful Catholics were unable to attend worship services due to the strain of …
Mar 13
Coronavirus relief: Joy Behar and Andy Stanley stay home.
Divine Intervention. Andy Stanley (a/k/a Joel Osteen of the East), pastor of the Northpoint Church franchise announced today that parishioners should no longer come to any of their campuses for services. Due to concerns over the spread of the CoronaVirus, Stanley who is the lead pastor of the second largest church in the country sent …
Mar 02
Take the Quiz: Who said this?
(Hint: was said on Ash Wednesday.) Scroll down for the answer. “Today, millions of Christians will be marked on their foreheads with the sign of the cross. The imposition of ashes is an invitation to spend time during Lent fasting, praying, and engaging in acts of charity. This powerful and sacred tradition reminds us of …
Feb 25
The End of the Sidewalk: The Coming Demise of Ecclesiastical Tribalism.
I’m fortunate enough to have the opportunity to break bread with some fine young men. One of these chaps, for whom I have great affection, knows of my previous sojourn in American Evangelicalism (including the Southern Baptist Convention) and my later – and longer – respite as a Presbyterian. The latter filled about 30 years …