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Green light for blogging on Holy Souls Mountain
OBEDIENCE IS THE ESSENCE OF RELIGION – BXVI Obedience is its own reward – HSH Be forewarned: Hermits are pretty straightforward about the spiritual life of priests and bishops (not to mention deacons)....
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18 Holy Souls Hermitage Heroes and Heroines – Pope Benedict XVI
O.K. I know. He’s not canonized. He’s not even dead yet! But there is much that makes me want to have our present Holy Father as a hero of Holy Souls Hermitage. First of all, he’s our present Holy...
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Some additions to the Mass Page… Benedict XVI and China!
Click on the picture to go to the Mass page… Right now, a novena of Masses is being offered for the FSSP. But here’s what the Mass intentions look like for a couple of months this Spring and into...
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Masses for our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI, glorious reigning (and a...
The set of 30 Masses for the Bishop of Rome have been completed. [[Tuesday, 1 May, 2012, Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form is offered in thanksgiving for the intentions of the wonderful benefactors...
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Ecclesia Militans – The Church Militant – Benedict XVI and “Friends”
HSH emphases and [comments] WORDS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI AT THE LUNCHEON WITH THE CARDINALS Hall of Dukes, Apostolic Palace – Monday, 21 May 2012 Your Eminence, Dear Brothers, At this moment my...
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UPDATE: Myriads of innocent Catholic priests committing suicide now in the...
“Pray for me, that I may not flee for fear of the wolves.” Pope Benedict XVI on the day of his election Let us pray for Benedict XVI, our Pope. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make...
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Benefactors, Benedict XVI, Genesis 3,15, Laudie
Thanks go to N. and J. W. for sending in volume 3 of Pope Benedict XVI’s Jesus of Nazareth, very appropriate reading this Advent, as this slim volume covers the infancy narratives. Very thoughtful!...
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Have a blessed feast day: May the Lord bless you according to the perfect...
This is the statue of the Immaculate Conception found in Piazza di Spagna in Rome. I took this picture when I was a chaplain in Lourdes, on the yearly trip taken by all the chaplains together to...
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Christmas goats? What about the sheep?! Hah!
You ever wonder why Jesus likened the last judgment to separating the goats from the sheep, with the goats tumbling down to hell while the sheep trundle up to heaven? Well, it’s like this: goats...
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Lenten snowfall ad orientem (the rooster investigates)
The very quiet scene beyond the ad orientem altar early this Lenten morning. The fresh snow really has great acoustical effects, dampening smaller sounds, which sharpens louder sounds. Perhaps we can...
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BENEDICT THE BELOVED by Father Gordon MacRae
“Benedict the Beloved” — Yes. I think that will catch on. HERE. Filed under: Catholic Tagged: Benedict XVI, Catholic, Father Gordon MacRae
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TU NON ES PETRUS — YOU ARE NOT PETER
Sede Vacante — I am grieved — I cannot be consoled — We pray.We pray for the Benedict XVI. We pray for the next Successor of Saint Peter. Tu non es Petrus. You are not Peter. Of all the pontificates...
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The Wolves, the next Pope, the Hermit Pope Emeritus and this Donkey Hermit: A...
A wolf on Holy Souls Mountain near Holy Souls Hermitage This is an early morning picture of a wolf on Holy Souls Mountain, just a few hundred yards from the hermitage. Usually they hunt in packs,...
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The K of C prayer for the Church at this time of an empty See of Rome
This hermit is proud to be a 4th degree K of C O Lord Jesus Christ, Supreme Pastor of Your Church, we thank you for the ministry of Pope Benedict XVI and the selfless care with which he has led us as...
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Hah! Video of Cardinals kissing the Ring of the Fisherman before Benedict’s...
HERE! For a lighter moment. Honestly! Filed under: Catholic Tagged: Benedict XVI, Cardinal Dolan, Catholic
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VATICAN.VA BENEDICT XVI — the E-BOOK (picture book linked to docs and videos)
Click on the link below to go to the e-book on Vatican.va — too cool! Use your keyboard arrows to navigate pages and your mouse to click on links. HERE Filed under: Catholic Tagged: Benedict XVI,...
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The liberal and conservative ratbags who speak against Pius XII and Benedict...
As you know, although Holy Souls Hermitage is also a finalist for the Readers’ Choice Best Catholic Blog, I’ve been asking you NOT to vote for HSH, but rather TSW, that is, These Stone Walls. Some have...
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But Father! But Father! What do you really think? A further exegesis of the...
If you must know, in my reading of the abdication, it seems to me that Benedict XVI not only knew of the present horrors more than anyone alive today, and his lack of stamina to face it — and he more...
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Pope Francis: Getting people to pray with him, right then, right there, for...
–Gentlemanly–That’s what that is. So, why don’t we take his lead, right here, right now: Our Father… Hail Mary… Glory be… Filed under: Catholic Tagged: Benedict XVI, Catholic, Pope Francis
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No words needed — the two Popes together — or not
As I’ve been told in emails and in the comments box, this is photoshopped. O.K. O.K. But it’s prophetic if you ask me. Filed under: Catholic Tagged: Benedict XVI, Catholic, Papacy, Pope Francis
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Pope Francis comments on handling of sexual abuse cases
Here’s the communique in English translation and then in the presumed Italian original, followed by comments on the meaning of what we’re seeing here: * * * Vatican City, 5 April 2013 (VIS) – This...
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Pope Francis and Dialogue. Don’t forget it’s Pentecost! Share the greatest...
I made this video — edited into ultra-slow-motion, frame by frame — when I lived on Mount Carmel, over the Cave of Saint Elijah, for a month, upon the invitation of the Discalced Carmelites, even...
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Popes Benedict and Francis / Bishop John McCormack (Msgr Edward Arsenault?)...
A friend of Father Gordon MacRae, hearing about a rather notable discrepancy regarding the treatment of Father MacRae by the Diocese of Manchester, wrote to Pope Benedict XVI, noting the gravity of...
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