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 + JMJ We seem to be in transition from the persecution of the SSPX and other faithful Catholics to a civil war within the Catholic Church i.e. a true schism. Several Bishops, Priests and Dioceses have rejected outright Fiducia Supplicans (link) . This, in my opinion (IMO), is a new inflection point on the way to what will amount to an civil war within the Catholic Church. Pope Francis had spent the past ten years putting the final touches on the fault-lines within the Church and this may be the final blow that actually awakens Our Lord sleeping in the bow of the Barque of St. Peter.  That is something that we need to remember, Our Lord is with his Church, even on its way to Calvary. So, what is about to happen is that, IMO, faithful Catholics will find themselves in the same situation as the SSPX.  Persecuted and fighting for the heart of the Catholic Church. The history of the SSPX provides a microcosm of what we might expect to happen in the Catholic Church during a 'civil war&#

 + JMJ  A reminder of the First Saturday devotions requested by Our Lady of Fatima. P^3 Courtesy of SSPX.org   The Fatima First Saturdays  During her July 1917 apparition at Fatima, Our Lady said to Lucy, “ I shall come to ask... that on the First Saturday of every month, Communions of reparation be made in atonement for the sins of the world. ” The Request of the Two Hearts On December 10, 1925, our Blessed Mother again appeared to Lucy at Pontevedra, Spain. Sr. Lucy, while a Dorothean postulant, was in her cell when Our Lady appeared to her, placing one hand on Sr. Lucy’s shoulder and in the other hand showing her a heart surrounded by thorns. Next to the Blessed Virgin was the Child Jesus borne by a luminous cloud and He said to her: Have compassion on the Heart of your Most Holy Mother, covered with thorns with which ungrateful men pierce it at every moment, and there is no one to make an act of reparation to remove them. Then the Most Blessed Virgin said: Loo

 + JMJ  It is unavoidable that the conflict between the Church and the World will ... inspite of the Church basically surrendering to the World during and after the Second Vatican Council ... enter the family. First, it is unlikely that an entire family will be "Traditional Catholic". This will lead to conflict between the various "sides" of the family.  Next there is the impact of the world around them.  In other words, you can't keep your children out of the world indefinitely. There are so many pressures and stessors that work against keeping the Catholic Life that it seems that heroic virtue is needed in this day and age. A final aspect is related to the second.  Their companions, especially if they are not Catholic. In some cases you may hope that your children will influence instead of be influenced. In this case you will have to intervene if they are underage and if adults, pray and act prudently. With all these forces stacked up against you, the best you

 + JMJ  The culture that permeates Western culture is actually difficult to pin down. There is a constant tension between the liberals and the conservatives.  However, the question is, what have the conservative managed to conserve? In this case, in my opinion (IMO), the conservatives are fighting a losing battle because they, like much of Western Culture have become disconnected from the root of Western Culture, Catholicism.  What's more Catholicism has likewise become disconnected from its own roots.  God created nature to abhor a vacuum so something has be replace what has been abandoned. In this case, Liberal Catholicism and Modernism have filled the gap. So to fix modern culture before it completely self-destructs, it is necessary for its root, the Catholic Church, to re-anchor itself - prophesized by St. Don Bosco as to the Eucharist and the Blessed Virgin Mary. The true culture wars are those in the hearts and minds of the people who collectively make the culture.  So - imo

 + JMJ  Society seems to be ripping itself apart, both morally and socially.  Morally, the world continues its steady decline.  Israel vs Hamas The confusion over the morality of the Israel vs Hamas War is one example. It is a war and, this time, in response to the October 7th attack.  I've noticed two perspectives emerge from the two combatants.  For the Israeli, it is that they are the only Nation that is not allowed to win a war.  Public opinion is always at play in wars, but in the case of Israel against anyone in the area, public opinion quickly becomes a factor.  For Hamas and its supporters it is embodied in the phrase:  From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free.  This is the goal of Hamas, the elimination of the Jewish state of Israel according to its 2017 Charter (link) .  I understand that their original charter was more explicit.  Tied to this is that Hamas obviously, prioritizes its goal over the Gazans that they govern.  For this I recommend a read of Son of H

 + JMJ    Original reports had CMTV shuttering its operations in April.  Well, I get the 503 and a check on Wikipedia states that it went defunct March 13, 2024 ( link ).  Their YouTube site is still active, but at this time all the vids are 3 weeks or older.  Thus ends the story of CMTV, but not of the people involved in the media venture.  I would use 'apostolate' very hesitantly, especially with regards to their editorial bias for the past 10 years. Other comments below. Praying that you have had a profitable Lent. P^3 Wars and Rumours of Wars Ground News - Michael Moore: Palestinians Aren’t Israel’s Persecutors, It’s Been White European Christians Slaughtering Jews US to establish temporary port in Gaza to provide humanitarian aid - Defense One Three ideas for countering China in the gray zone - Defense One White House sanctions former Israeli intel officer and commercial spyware maker - Defense One Rearming US Navy ships at sea is no longer an option, but a neces

 + JMJ    So ... I was thinking ... I've used Edgar Schein's (RIP) organizational cultural model (link ) in my research  ... why not apply it in a comparison between the Catholic Organizational Culture - PRE and POST Second Vatican Culture? Of course, this will be from my own perspective, I'm certain that others will think differently. 😁 Also, apologies for a rather long article. Graphic: https://mutomorro.com/edgar-scheins-culture-model/ Below is a quick mapping of the cultural factors that I could think of.  Since the Church is vast and composed of millions of Souls, it is necessarily a limited cultural map.  Yet, I think it will still be useful to assess what has changed since the Second Vatican Council. Additional Reading:  5 enduring management ideas from MIT Sloan’s Edgar Schein | MIT Sloan Artifacts Artifacts are tangible and observable aspects of the culture being examined.  All organizations have them. Walmart has their Walmart chant, Charismatics have their spe

 + JMJ    This early edition of the round-up was brought about by the announcement that Church Militant T.V. was ceasing operations April 1st.  Perhaps it is an April Fools Joke, but I suspect not :-). So this time, I've added some additional sub-titles. Comments below P^3   TradicatArticles Wars and Rumours of Wars Tradicat: The shooting wars continue with people taking sides and basically making fools of themselves. The non-shooting wars in which people are still dying (i.e. abortion and other things such as 'extrauterine children' ) is something that strikes at the heart of Western Civilization. Relations Become Complicated Between Israel and the Holy See | FSSPX News Church leaders in Holy Land condemn ‘wanton attack’ in Gaza | Crux The Alabama Embryo Decision—The Politics and Reality of Recognizing “Extrauterine Children” | Reproductive Health | JAMA | JAMA Network Crisis of the Catholic Church Tradicat: The crisis continues to heat up with the fault-lines be

 + JMJ    This is a reblog of a note I posted in April 2023 in A List of Articles with Tradicat's Quick Comments . It is a good example of changes that happened elsewhere in the Catholic Rituals. As you can read below, the change is significant, explicit and fairly incredible.  In other words, I fail to see how something can be called an exorcism that doesn't explicitly say what the priest it doing - which is ordering the unclean spirit(s) to depart.   P^3   I was at a meeting where a Catholic Diocesan Priest claimed that the exorcisms remain in the modern ritual of baptism.  A quick review of the current and previous rites makes it obvious that what is presented as an "exorcism", is actually just a narrative.   In 1964, the words were explicit and meant what was said. In the new liturgy, the word exorcism is a label but there is no content.  It is bland. So ... looking at the Rituale Romanum (1964) we read:   Depart from him (her), unclean spirit, and give pla

 + JMJ  As I write this at the end of February the future is, as always, muddled. On the one hand we have the ongoing wars between: Ukraine and Russia, Israel and Hamas. Then there's the attacks of the Houthis who, surprise, are supported by Iran. In my decades of watching conflicts erupt and subside around the world, this is definitely a warm period. Then we have the ongoing build-up and posturing between the US and China.  Sides are definitely being taken on this particular front. For me, this is a back-drop of the civil war within the Catholic Church .  Obviously, this affects me and millions of Catholic non-combatants daily.  We are forced to take refuge in what liturgical and ecclesial bomb-shelters we can find as the Vicar of Christ, wars against the Church of Christ . Not a pleasant scene to be sure. All this comes with the realization that we are never truly defeated until we give up.   Of course, there is the possibility that you could still die without having given up.  F

 + JMJ  There have been a number of instructions on Sacred Music and for the record I have added links below to some of the key pre-conciliar documents.    First the principles setout by St. Pius X on sacred music (Source Papal Encyclicals): Sacred music, being a complementary part of the solemn liturgy, participates in the general scope of the liturgy, which is the glory of God and the sanctification and edification of the faithful. It contributes to the decorum and the splendor of the ecclesiastical ceremonies, and since its principal office is to clothe with suitable melody the liturgical text proposed for the understanding of the faithful, its proper aim is to add greater efficacy to the text, in order that through it the faithful may be the more easily moved to devotion and better disposed for the reception of the fruits of grace belonging to the celebration of the most holy mysteries. Sacred music should consequently possess, in the highest degree, the qualities proper to the lit

 + JMJ  The Harvard Business Review sent me this teaser article on LinkedIn and I think it is timely for a Lenten article. Surprise, the time has arrived when we can be addicted to an inanimate object ... the Smart Phone. Some might call it the Idiot Phone as parents of old used to call the Television. I think they may have been on  to something. So ... I think it is important to understand that the Smart Phone, like the internet and web-pages have links and we know what links are and even you don't click them they still cause distractions that ... like it or not ... suck up your bandwidth.   Flip though pages and click or 'shorts' to relax and you'll find yourself more drained than when you started. So give your soul and your brain a rest.  Set down you cell phone and get to know your family and friends. I'm sure their nice. P^3

 + JMJ The Truth is the reason for this blog, but having an engineering background I am curious about stats.  What follows are some of the stats and my thoughts / interpretations.  First we have the general stats such as number of followers (ie 1), posts (1967) and comments. How do I interpret these headline stats. Well, only one person finds my 'content' sufficiently interesting to actively follow the blog.   In the 10+ years since inception, I have posted 1967 articles - some original some just things I found of interest.  There have been 431 comments.  After I implemented screening, this slowed down to 1 comment every few years.  This doesn't bother me in the least since it took time to screen the comments for spam and comments inappropriate for a religious themed blog.  The 'big' number is over 600k views - which is about 60k per year.  Nothing compared to some, but I find it interesting.         The graph below shows the number of view and I'm not certain w