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It has its moments,

But 80 of them are far too many. Furtwängler, one of the greatest conductors of the 20th century, like many conductors, had ambitions of being a composer, but his conducting talent took away from him the time needed to put pen to manuscript. Eventually, though, Furtwängler did have enough time for composing, plenty of it. Unfortunately,Continue reading “It has its moments,”

Do-gooders do poorly by their friends, the enemy.

From CNN: Multiple aid workers were killed after a bus was attacked in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a US-backed humanitarian aid organization which accused Hamas of carrying out the assault. Many naïve fools in so-called humanitarian aid organizations are well-to-do Americans, and it requires no research to learn their political leanings. It’s a peculiarContinue reading “Do-gooders do poorly by their friends, the enemy.”

On the heels of the C of E, another protestant denomination is on the way out.

This time, it’s Lutherans heading toward oblivion, but it’s more complicated than the Church of England’s collapse. There isn’t only one Lutheran Church; in fact, there are dozens of them, resulting from schism after schism, and other reasons. There are, however, three main branches, and one of them, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ECLA),Continue reading “On the heels of the C of E, another protestant denomination is on the way out.”

The end of the Church of England?

A possible addition to the Catholic Church? The Church of England is in its dying days, according to the estimable Dr David Virtue of Virtue on Line.  That said, this writer has been hearing the death knell for the C of E for as long as he can recall, so could this finally be theContinue reading “The end of the Church of England?”

Tales of Conversion

A friend passed along a fine piece from the Free Press, by Madeline Kearns, with the otherwise dreadful title, How Catholicism Got Cool. The story relates the happy news that there is an increasing popularity of Catholicism among the young, resulting in a boom in adult baptisms. A couple of examples from Kearns’s report: TheContinue reading “Tales of Conversion”

Holy Church and Episcopalians using Catholic Churches: laissez-faire

Ecumenical time tunnel From LifeSite News: A Catholic parish that serves as an ecumenical parish, [St Bede’s in Williamsburg, VA] with the Episcopal (Anglican) community allowed the ‘ordination’ of a female Episcopal “priest” inside the shared worship space and then accepted her as co-pastor. Notwithstanding the bizarre event that took place in this incident, Bickerstaff assumedContinue reading “Holy Church and Episcopalians using Catholic Churches: laissez-faire”

A ridiculous anti-Catholic scandal is bigger than we thought.

From AOL: The FBI disseminated a document suggesting conservative Catholics are an emerging violent extremist threat far more broadly than previously known, according to materials released by Congress. . . . [N]ewly-released documents show that FBI field offices across the U.S. received a memo suggesting traditionalist Catholics may be budding extremists and that the memoContinue reading “A ridiculous anti-Catholic scandal is bigger than we thought.”

Post-Missam Novus Ordo gripes, a continuing Sunday series (II)

Godawful dress: If you are a Catholic, you believe in the real presence of Christ in the eucharist. In other words, Jesus is here in flesh. Can’t people do better, coming to mass in a t-shirt emblazoned with the name of a favorite ball team on it? Is it really too much effort to putContinue reading “Post-Missam Novus Ordo gripes, a continuing Sunday series (II)”