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 + 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