This is the spiritual journey of me, Eccles, my big brother Bosco, and my Grate-Anti Moly. Eccles is saved, but we've got real problems with Bosco and Anti.
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Saturday 9 November 2024
Answering your Catholic questions
In these turbulent times, leadership of the Catholic Church is not all it should be, and so many people come to this blog for spiritual guidance. Let's go!
Q. Who is Luce? What is Luce? Why is Luce?
A. The year 2025 sees a Jubilee of the Catholic Church. Now, we had a very exciting Jubilee of Mercy in 2015-16, with the
wonderful logo of a 2-headed 3-eyed cyclops on skis designed by Top Catholic Artist Marko Rupnik. This one will be different,
and Luce, designed in the well-known Anime Christi style has been chosen to represent the true essence of the faith.
Of course this is not the first time a woman has had top billing in the Catholic Church. For many years the
Blessed Virgin Mary was an object of veneration and adoration, but she has now fallen out of favour with the Vatican,
perhaps for being too "traditional".
St Joan of Arc - also rejected for being too rigid.
Anyway, if you are a faithful Catholic, you probably already own a crucifix, some rosary beads, quite possibly a scapular.
BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A LUCE YOU AIN'T SAVED! Got that?
Q. What is a synod on synodality?
A. Well, nobody really knows. Some say it is like a meeting on meetingality, or a workshop on workshopality.
Perhaps it is more like a congress on congressality, or - like Vatican II - a council on councilality.
Of course, instead of putting a lot of moaning minnies in a room for several weeks, the whole business could
have been settled more cheaply another way (see below):
Pope Francis summons his experts for a Zoom on Zoomality.
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Monday 4 November 2024
The best and the worst
Nothing new here, just a list of the winners of all the world cups we have conducted.
I will keep it updated as new competitions are held.
BAD HYMNS November 2018
Gold: Lord of the Dance
Silver: Gather us in
Bronze: Shine, Jesus, Shine
Fourth Place: Kumbayah Sydney Carter, Marty Haugen and Graham Kendrick. BAD CARDINALS (I) February 2019 Gold: Blase Cupich
Silver: Reinhard Marx
Bronze: Walter Kasper
Fourth Place: Francesco Coccopalmerio BAD CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS October 2019 Gold: James Martin
Silver: Austen Ivereigh
Bronze: Massimo Faggioli
Fourth Place: Antonio Spadaro LITURGICAL ABUSES July 2020 Gold: Idols
Silver: Changing words in the liturgy
Bronze: Communion in the hand
Fourth Place: Consecrating ordinary bread UGLY CHURCHES November 2020 Gold: St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan
Silver: Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay
Bronze: Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley
Fourth Place: Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid FRANCIS ACHIEVEMENTS September 2021 Gold: Pachamama worship
Silver: Traditionis Custodes
Bronze: Treatment of the church in China
Fourth Place: Rehabilitating Uncle Ted McCarrick INSTRUMENTS IN HELL March 2022 Gold: Vuvuzela
Silver: Bongo drums
Bronze: Kazoo
Fourth Place: Tambourine PATRON SAINTS OF ENGLAND May 2022 Gold: Thomas More
Silver: Thomas Becket
Bronze: John Fisher
Fourth Place: John Henry Newman BAD CARDINALS (II) October 2022 Gold: Blase Cupich
Silver: Arthur Roche
Bronze: Reinhard Marx
Fourth Place: Francesco Coccopalmerio UNCROWNED SAINTS April 2023 Gold: Pope Leo XIII
Silver: Thomas à Kempis
Bronze: Pope Pius XII
Fourth Place: G.K. Chesterton ROYAL SAINTS July 2023 Gold: Jadwiga of Poland
Silver: Elizabeth of Hungary
Bronze: Stephen I of Hungary
Fourth Place: Louis IX of France SYNODAL HORRORS September 2023 Gold: Abp Víctor Fernández
Silver: Fr James Martin
Bronze: Cdl Arthur Roche
Fourth Place: Dr Austen Ivereigh SYNOD JARGON December 2023 Gold: a new way of being Church
Silver: a kenotic de-centering
Bronze: a listening Church
Fourth Place: respects the protagonism of the Spirit BAD CATHOLIC WRITERS March 2024 Gold: Víctor Manuel Fernández
Silver: Austen Ivereigh
Bronze: James Martin
Fourth Place: Massimo Faggioli MISUSED CHURCHES April 2024 Gold: Borgloon (Belgium), Holy cow
Silver: New York, God is trans
Bronze: St Edmundsbury, Masonic dinner
Fourth Place: Rochester, Crazy golf GREAT CATHOLIC LEADERS June 2024 Gold: Cardinal Sarah
Silver: Cardinal Zen
Bronze: Bishop Schneider
Fourth Place: Cardinal Müller LATIN MASS LETTER-WRITERS July 2024 Gold: Sir James MacMillan
Silver: Princess Michael of Kent
Bronze: Tom Holland
Fourth Place: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa BAD HYMNS October 2024 Gold: Mary, did you know?
Silver: Gather us in.
Bronze: All are welcome.
Fourth Place: Lord of the Dance. SYNODAL JARGON (2024) November 2024 Gold: forgiveness in the name of all the baptised for the sins against synodality
Silver: the principle of circularity that animated the whole synodal process
Bronze: athletes and standard-bearers of synodality
Fourth Place: understanding how to be a synodal church in mission thus passes through a relational conversion Coming soon: Saints (in some form), and Pope Francis insults.
Silver: Gather us in
Bronze: Shine, Jesus, Shine
Fourth Place: Kumbayah Sydney Carter, Marty Haugen and Graham Kendrick. BAD CARDINALS (I) February 2019 Gold: Blase Cupich
Silver: Reinhard Marx
Bronze: Walter Kasper
Fourth Place: Francesco Coccopalmerio BAD CATHOLIC JOURNALISTS October 2019 Gold: James Martin
Silver: Austen Ivereigh
Bronze: Massimo Faggioli
Fourth Place: Antonio Spadaro LITURGICAL ABUSES July 2020 Gold: Idols
Silver: Changing words in the liturgy
Bronze: Communion in the hand
Fourth Place: Consecrating ordinary bread UGLY CHURCHES November 2020 Gold: St Francis de Sales, Norton Shores, Michigan
Silver: Eglise Sainte Bernadette du Banlay
Bronze: Newman Hall, Holy Spirit, Berkeley
Fourth Place: Parroquia Santa Monica, Rivas-Vaciamadrid FRANCIS ACHIEVEMENTS September 2021 Gold: Pachamama worship
Silver: Traditionis Custodes
Bronze: Treatment of the church in China
Fourth Place: Rehabilitating Uncle Ted McCarrick INSTRUMENTS IN HELL March 2022 Gold: Vuvuzela
Silver: Bongo drums
Bronze: Kazoo
Fourth Place: Tambourine PATRON SAINTS OF ENGLAND May 2022 Gold: Thomas More
Silver: Thomas Becket
Bronze: John Fisher
Fourth Place: John Henry Newman BAD CARDINALS (II) October 2022 Gold: Blase Cupich
Silver: Arthur Roche
Bronze: Reinhard Marx
Fourth Place: Francesco Coccopalmerio UNCROWNED SAINTS April 2023 Gold: Pope Leo XIII
Silver: Thomas à Kempis
Bronze: Pope Pius XII
Fourth Place: G.K. Chesterton ROYAL SAINTS July 2023 Gold: Jadwiga of Poland
Silver: Elizabeth of Hungary
Bronze: Stephen I of Hungary
Fourth Place: Louis IX of France SYNODAL HORRORS September 2023 Gold: Abp Víctor Fernández
Silver: Fr James Martin
Bronze: Cdl Arthur Roche
Fourth Place: Dr Austen Ivereigh SYNOD JARGON December 2023 Gold: a new way of being Church
Silver: a kenotic de-centering
Bronze: a listening Church
Fourth Place: respects the protagonism of the Spirit BAD CATHOLIC WRITERS March 2024 Gold: Víctor Manuel Fernández
Silver: Austen Ivereigh
Bronze: James Martin
Fourth Place: Massimo Faggioli MISUSED CHURCHES April 2024 Gold: Borgloon (Belgium), Holy cow
Silver: New York, God is trans
Bronze: St Edmundsbury, Masonic dinner
Fourth Place: Rochester, Crazy golf GREAT CATHOLIC LEADERS June 2024 Gold: Cardinal Sarah
Silver: Cardinal Zen
Bronze: Bishop Schneider
Fourth Place: Cardinal Müller LATIN MASS LETTER-WRITERS July 2024 Gold: Sir James MacMillan
Silver: Princess Michael of Kent
Bronze: Tom Holland
Fourth Place: Dame Kiri Te Kanawa BAD HYMNS October 2024 Gold: Mary, did you know?
Silver: Gather us in.
Bronze: All are welcome.
Fourth Place: Lord of the Dance. SYNODAL JARGON (2024) November 2024 Gold: forgiveness in the name of all the baptised for the sins against synodality
Silver: the principle of circularity that animated the whole synodal process
Bronze: athletes and standard-bearers of synodality
Fourth Place: understanding how to be a synodal church in mission thus passes through a relational conversion Coming soon: Saints (in some form), and Pope Francis insults.
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