NonVeniMark writes my words for me: What is everyone so afraid of? “Pope Francis” has no more authority than that week-old potato salad in the back of your fridge. TOSS THAT CRAP OUT.

Non Veni Mark’s image of nasty, rancid potato salad is absolutely brilliant. That’s what Antipope Bergoglio reminds me of. He’s so revolting.

I’m shamelessly crossposting this in full as Moving Daze continue apace. Thanks, Mark!!

Exhorting prayers for the conversion of “Pope Francis” is de facto admission he is an antipope

Do you see how this works? If he needs conversion, he’s not Catholic. If he’s not Catholic, he can hardly be the visible head of the outfit he doesn’t belong to.

The thing about this here antipapacy is its utter obviousness. A true Pope cannot teach heresy in matters of faith and morals. Bergoglio has, multiple times. A true Pope is supernaturally protected from doing any such thing. The other thing about this antipapacy is that it is the first time an antipope has NOT been Catholic.

Bishop Strickland says that “Pope Francis” is “Leading souls into darkness…” well, yes and no. Yes he is leading souls into darkness, Excellency, but so are you by claiming Bergoglio is true Pope. Instead, you should be pointing out that a true Pope is incapable of leading souls into darkness. Good grief.

What is everyone so afraid of? “Pope Francis” has no more authority than that week-old potato salad in the back of your fridge. Toss that crap out.

Do we pray for Bergoglio’s conversion? Of course! We are Catholic, and we owe him that. He needs to  convert to Catholicism, publicly confess his crimes, and renounce the seat he has illegally usurped and never validly occupied.

He has never been Pope.

TOSS THAT CRAP OUT.

Barcarolle

Memories from early childhood ballet performances. This piece was referred to as “The Snowflake Ballet”, but it is formally titled “Barcarolle” from Les Contes d’Hoffman by Offenbach.

First the instrumental orchestral version, then with voices – a duet of a soprano and a mezzo soprano.

Enjoy!

I highly recommend reading this complete plot summary of “Conclave” so you can see the evil and be prepared to smash it with ridicule and explanations of Catholicism and the Bergoglian Antipapacy and Antichurch.

The PedoClowns are in a BLIND PANIC, y’all.

Read this, and let your laughter be the laughter of confidence. This movie is going to backfire BIGLY.

These demon faggots think we’re going to try to hide this. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no. This is a gift. And yes, they’re all so lacking in self-awareness or any sort of tactical vision that they don’t even see their own glorious embarrassment.

Can you imagine Trad Catholics appearing on No Agenda, Tucker and Rogan and just shredding this with laughter AND catechizing at the same time?

I can. I can see it happening easily. 😁

The key is to get good people who aren’t batpoop crazy and are good communicators front and center. Easier said than done, but still very doable. Let’s goooooooo!!

https://chroniclesmagazine.org/reviews/the-next-pope-as-seen-through-a-left-wing-fever-dream/

Moving Daze

For the next week I’ll be moving to a new, bigger, better place just a few blocks away, but still, all my junk has to be moved. It’s so close that I’m not even using movers. I’m doing it on foot using a pull-cart, and in a few loads in friends’ SUVs. Man, not owning furniture is really wonderful, if you can rent a furnished place, which I’m blessed to be able to do. The biggest blessing of this new place is that it’s for the same rent rate, which I can’t hardly believe, considering the upgrade. The decision to move was a complete no-brainer.

Daily meme posts will continue uninterrupted over at BarnhardtMemes.com , but there will be no Podcast this week, and blogposts might be a bit sparse. We’ll see how efficient I am at packing and dragging. 💪🏻

Here are two songs about moving and home, Hank Snow’s “I’m Movin’ On” and Sam Cooke (with Lou Rawls singing harmony) on “Bring It On Home”. Enjoy!

Everyone loves Ambrosia…

Today is the Feast of Saint Ambrose of Milan, the great Doctor of the Church, died ARSH 397.

Below are a few choice quotations. All good, certainly, but having the hallmark dish at every American potluck dinner for the past 70 years named after you cannot be understated as an achievement. I mean, Cool-hhhWhip AND marshmallows? Canned mandarin oranges and pineapple? Shredded sweetened coconut? MARASCHINO CHERRIES?

Happy Feast.

Saint Ambrose, pray for us.

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us.

When we speak about wisdom, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about virtue, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about justice, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about peace, we are speaking about Christ. When we speak about truth and life and redemption, we are speaking about Christ.

Our own evil inclinations are far more dangerous than any external enemies.

As in paradise, God walks in the Holy Scriptures, seeking man.

Love is like a shadow, one can only catch it by falling into it.

In some causes silence is dangerous.

When we find ouselves in some grave danger we must not lose courage but firmly trust in God, for where there is the greatest danger, there is also the greatest help from Him who wants to be called our ‘Help’ in times of peace and in times of tribulation.

Remember, then, that you received a spiritual seal, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and reverence, the spirit of holy fear. Keep safe what you received. God the Father sealed you, Christ the Lord strengthened you and sent the Spirit into your hearts as the pledge of what is to come.

True repentance is to cease from sin.

Law is twofold — natural and written. The natural law is in the heart, the written law on tables. All men are under the natural law.

The Lord Jesus Himself proclaims, ‘This is My Body.’ Before the blessing of the heavenly words something of another character is spoken of; after consecration it is designated ‘Body’. He Himself speaks of His Blood. Before the consecration it is spoken of as something else; after the consecration it is spoken of as ‘Blood’. And you say, ‘Amen’, that is, ‘It is true.’ What the mouth speaks, let the mind within confess; what the tongue utters, let the heart feel.

To be content, to find true love, is what essentially drives us all, but if found, would it be recognized?

Blessed, plainly, is that life which is not valued at the estimation of outsiders, but is known, as judge of itself, by its own inner feelings. It needs no popular opinions as its reward in any way; nor has it any fear of punishments. Thus the less it strives for glory, the more it rises above it. For to those who seek for glory, that reward in the shape of present things is but a shadow of future ones, and is a hindrance to eternal life, as it is written in the Scriptures: ‘Truly I say to you, they have received their reward’

It was not by dialectic that it pleased God to save His people.

We ask for what reason our Lord was unwilling to state the time of His coming (cf. Mk. 13:31-32). If we ask it, we shall not find it is owing to ignorance, but to wisdom. For it was not to our advantage to know; in order that we being ignorant of the actual moments of judgment to come, might ever be as it were on guard, and set on the watch-tower of virtue, and so avoid the habits of sin; lest the day of the Lord should come upon us in the midst of our wickedness.

Please don’t lie to your children about Santa Claus bringing them presents. Because if you lied about Santa Claus, they’ll think you’re lying about Jesus and the Eucharist. Just… DON’T LIE.

Today is the Feast of St. Nicholas, and I’d like to take the opportunity to revisit a concept that always gets me a lot of grief when I bring it up, but I am absolutely determined in this: PLEASE DON’T LIE TO CHILDREN ABOUT SANTA CLAUS.

Or, put more simply, PLEASE DON’T LIE TO YOUR CHILDREN, PERIOD.

Think about it: Christmas is THE most important holiday of the year for children.  For most children, receiving presents is THE top feature of Christmas, and the Nativity of Our Lord is secondary, and I’m not attacking anyone in this – it is very natural. In the mind of a Christian child Christmas is “I get presents (primary) because the Magi gave Baby Jesus presents (secondary).”

So, the entire holiday celebrating the birth of Christ revolves around gift giving and receiving for children.  Now, do we really think it is a good idea to completely tie up in this a massive lie that the child’s presents were miraculously delivered by St. Nicholas? Let’s take the most important Christian holiday in the mind of a child and turn it into one giant exercise in deception… BY THE CHILD’S OWN PARENTS?

Folks, the Eighth Commandment exists for a reason.  When people are lied to, and the lies are discovered, as the lie of “Santa bringing gifts” is as a veritable rite of passage for children, this causes the person in question to be scandalized into LOSING FAITH.  Being lied to leads to a loss of faith.  In this case, the loss of faith comes between the child and the parents/adults.  What a HORRIBLE thing.  I cannot understand why any parent would ever do ANYTHING that would cause their children to lose faith and trust in them.  How is that anything other than completely awful? Why would anyone NOT shudder at the thought of driving ANY wedge between themselves and their children?

In this case, the damage can clearly be extremely grave.  A child looks at Santa and Christmas and thinks, “Well, if Santa was a lie, then Jesus is probably a lie too. They’re just waiting to tell me until I’m older, or that I’ll figure out that Jesus is just a story too.” And for children being raised Catholic, obviously this would also be projected by the child onto the Eucharist.  “Oh, that’s just a story, like Santa Claus bringing presents. The bread and wine isn’t ACTUALLY Jesus. That’s just something they tell kids, like Santa bringing presents.”

So what do I think parents should do? Tell your children all about St. Nicholas and all of his miracles.  By all means, decorate your house with St. Nicholas.  Just don’t tell the children boldfaced lies about the source of their presents under the tree on Christmas morning. It isn’t difficult. JUST. DON’T. LIE.

What about talking to children about horrific things like sexual perversion, rape and abortion? Do we need to traumatize children by telling them everything about these and other terrifying sins?  Of course not.  But we should be honest.  For example, if a six year old asks about one of these crimes, one could say:

“I can’t tell you exactly what that means right now, because it is very scary and might give you nightmares – it is scary to adults and gives us nightmares sometimes. Someday I will tell you, but not yet, because I don’t want you to worry.  These are things that adults have to worry about, not children of your age.  But I will explain it to you, probably when you are thirteen or fourteen. But not now.”

JUST. BE. HONEST.

PLEASE. DON’T. LIE.

Even to children. Especially your own children. Ever.  Breaking a Commandment isn’t “cute”. Tying the practice of Christianity to outright deception in the mind of a child BY HIS OWN PARENTS is NOT COOL.

I’m pretty sure St. Nicholas would agree with me on this one, and I would imagine that he is less than thrilled with what the post-Christian consumerist west has done with his name and likeness.

As a bonus, here is a WAAAAAAAY back pre-SuperNerd Podcast I recorded in December of ARSH 2013 wherein I discuss exactly this.  The Santa Claus topic begins at the 28:55 mark.  The embed below SHOULD be cued up.

As always, I hope this helps.

St. Nicholas of Myra, pray for us!

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us!