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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 what triggered the spikes in 2017, but 2019 was (I believe) due to COVID. The 2021/2022 spike is a mystery to me. The key thing is that there is a steady increase in the baseline interrupted only when I would take a break and not post for a few months.

So interest in the blog increases.

The following chart shows the audience over the past seven days and for some reason Singapore is practically neck-and-neck with the US. Wow, so welcome to the blog!

From an overall perspective the US has is the largest audience with Canada a distant second. I was always curious about the Russian readership and suspect it is bots.

In the past seven days the two three articles have included the Novus Ordo, Obedience, a recent post and the lingering curiosity about Fr / Bishop Joseph Pfeiffer. This is actually a secondary article on Fr. Pfeiffer, the original article on the Pfeiffer garnered so much attention that it was skewing the popular posts section of the blog. So I shifted it around - yet it still regularly hits the top ten.

Finally we have the all time more popular posts on the blog. I am impressed and happy that the Thirty Days prayer has retained its top ranking.

So the only real conclusions I can draw are that:

The readership continues to increase.
Timely posts on key events (wars, Voris, etc) tend to do well.
A lot of the readership is on older posts - which I ascribe as people looking for answers.

So there you have it, my curiosity is satisfied, we now return to regular programming.

P^3

Comments

Fr. Burfitt on Fr. Pfeiffer's Attempted Consecration

+ JMJ Amidst the shadows cast by the publication of Traditionis Custodes, I am working on a map of the 'resistance' splinters to put their reaction in contrast with that of the SSPX. In the midst of this, I just came across Fr. Burfitt letter on the attempted consecration. Breaking it down (see below) items 2 and 3 are key. Just as the consecrating bishop is 'doubtful', even if he hadn't muffed the first attempt, Fr. Pfeiffer remain doubtful and therefore this impacts those men is attempts to 'ordain'. There were rumours that Fr. Pfeiffer was seeking episcopal consecration for years as he cast about for various bishops (also doubtful) to help him achieve this goal. I wonder how he convinced the 'doubtful' bishop to provide (twice) the doubtful consecration. What a mess! This creates a danger to the souls of his followers and wonder where it will end. Will he go full sede and have himself 'elected' pontiff as others have done before him...

Regarding Post: Fr. Joseph Pfeiffer no longer ... now Bishop Joseph Pfeiffer (Can't see this being a problem...)

+ JMJ I've been watching the popularity of the post about Fr. Pfeiffer's attempted episcopal consecration and its continued top listing on the 'popular posts' list at the bottom of posts. After some thought, I decided that I don't want to be responsible for anyone joining Fr. Pfeiffer's 'group', however unlikely that would be at this time. So I have reverted the article to the draft state. If anyone wants it reinstated, I would ask that they comment on this post with a rationale for reinstatement. P^3

SSPX Transfers

+ JMJ Eponymous flow posted the following list of transfers etc. Source: http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2020/04/castling-of-leadership-at-sspx.html The departures Bishop Bernard Fellay, the third Superior General until 2018, leaves the General House in Menzingen and moves to the Seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas in the USA. Bishop Bernard Tissier de Mallerais, suffering from ill health, is being referred to the Seminary of St. Pius X in Ecene as a retreat. Fr. Christian Thouvenot, until now Secretary General of the General House, becomes a professor at the seminary in Ecene. Fr. Franz Schmidberger, until now Rector at the Seminary of the Heart of Jesus in Zaitzkofen, moves to the district of Germany. Fr. Jürgen Wegner, until now district superior of the DISTRICT USA, moves to the district of Austria. Fr. Philippe Brunet, until now Superior of the Autonomous House of Spain-Portugal, becomes professor at the Seminary U.L.F. and co-saviour of La Reja in...

Is it sinful to attend the Novus Ordo (New Mass) - Is it Sinful to Not Attend the Novus Ordo on Sunday?

+ JMJ A non-SSPX Catholic is upset over the SSPX statements on not attending the Novus Ordo Missae. Ladies and gentlemen, what the SSPX, or at least its website editor, is advocating is a mortal sin against the Third Commandment. Unless the priest deviates from the language of the Sacramentary, the consecration, and thus the rest of Mass is to be considered valid. No one may elect not to attend Mass simply because abuses are occurring therein. Might I suggest that such absenteeism is its own abuse? The Third Commandment binds under mortal sin. Father So-And-So from the SSPX has no authority whatsoever to excuse attendance at Mass, be that Mass ever so unpalatable. Source:Restore DC Catholicism Well, this is interesting. First why does the SSPX issue this statement? Because it is sinful to put your faith in danger by attending a protestant service. It is likewise dangerous to put your faith in danger by attending a protestantized ma...

Called It: Vortex and Niles Respond to SSPX's Update on SSPX Independent Review Board

+ JMJ In a post that was written days ago, but published this morning - I wrote: While I'm confident that Voris et al will try to spin this to suit their narrative, Plan to Protect has been in the development years before Voris launched the campaign against the SSPX. Well true to form during this morning's CMTV briefing has the following headline: SSPX Lack of Transparency Society slammed for refusing to publish names of review board. Here's what Ms. Niles had to say: The SSPX is being slammed for lack of transparency. In a Tuesday update to its sex abuse review board the SSPX finally published a description of its review board members. While failing to actually publish their names. Victims have requested full disclosure of identifies to assure no conflict of interest. But leadership has refused unlike many dioceses who are transparent about their review board membership. I have some time, so let's unpack this soundbite and think critically. Don'...

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