Although there will be a revised article on the transferred Commemoration of All Souls tomorrow, Monday, November 3, 2014, this will be the last article on this site for a few days, noting that an analysis of the biennial insanity that comes to an end on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, may appear on Wednesday or Thursday. Work nears completion on my newest book project, which has been delayed by the teaching and by efforts to complete a few new articles for this site in recent weeks.

Today’s article is a review of some of the recent activities in the mad, mad, mad, mad world of conciliarism that have gone without too much attention on this site because of the number of hours spent each week in support of my teaching.

As the Commemoration of All Souls is transferred to tomorrow, the Toties Quoties indulgence begins today at noon and ends at midnight tomorrow. One can gain this indulgence each time one enters a Catholic Church to pray the Our Faith, Hail Mary and Glory be each for the Poor Souls of the Church Suffering in Purgatory, whose intentions should be in our prayers every day of the year, not just in this month of November!

Our Lady, Queen of All Saints, pray for us.

All the Angels and Saints, pray for us.

This is a brief reflection on the glorious Feast of All Saints that we celebrate today.

Another article, "Ignore a True Pope and His Commands?", was published late last night.

A blessed Feast of All Saints to you all.

Our Lady, Queen of All Saints, pray for us.

All the Saints, pray for us.

Continuing software problems caused this article to be published before it was completed. The Catholic gentleman who redesigned this site three and one-half months ago does not know what (or who?) is causing the problems. Neither do I. All I can do is to apologize to those of you who have been trying to access this site.

This current article is a follow-up to the one published on Monday, "Perpetual Immunity of the Church from Error and Heresy."

Why is this so difficult to understand and to accept?

Our Lady, Queen of All Saints, pray for us!

There is a sentence in Pope Pius XI's Quas Primas, December 11, 1925, that, though merely reiterating the constant teaching of Holy Mother Church about her Divine Constitution, puts the lie to the schismatic mentality represented by the "resist while recognize" movement."

Well, although work has begun on the next article for this site, I thought that I would post this article from several years ago (I do not recall the year it was written) on this feast day to serve as a companion reflection to today's original commentary on the Feast of Christ the King.

Vivat Christus Rex!

Viva Cristo Rey!

Viva La Virgen de Guadalupe!

Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.

A blessed Feast of Christ the King to you all.

[This is a new article for today's Feast of Christ the King, which was instituted by Pope Pius XI in Quas Primas, December 11, 1925.

One of the advantages of having been unable to write much in the past two months is that I not had to deal with the predictable deluge of daily hysteria flooding out of the walls of the Occupied Territory of the State of Vatican City on the West Bank of the Tiber River.

The complete and utter absurdity of the papally-condemned and schismatic "resist while recognize" approach to the apostasies, betrayals and sacrileges that have flowed forth with so each from the portals of the counterfeit church of conciliarism is such that the main "gatekeepers" of this approach are as "shocked" as was Captain Louis Renault, played by Claude Rains in Casablanca, as they contemplate Jorge Mario Bergoglio's "extraordinary synod of bishops" even though

Although it is my hope to have that original article on Jorge Mario Bergoglio and his fiends inside the walls of the Occupied Vatican on the West Bank of the Tiber River, my first priority continues to be my other work, which has involved nearly thirty hours of recording lectures, the actual teaching of classes and the time necessary to drive to teach them, the composing, administration and grading of examinations and the writing of what is turning out to be a miniature textbook which, in essence, provide my students with the lectures in written form. Obviously, this does not mean very much to most of them, who are used to being indemnified for their unwillingness to work. However, it is what I know I need to do to help to save my own soul, and the time required to do this work makes it impossible to keep up with the work of this site as I have done in the past. This having been noted, though, I hope to have that next original article on this site for tomorrow.

In the meantime, here is a reflection on the anniversary of the ninety-seventh and final apparition of Our Lady in the Cova da Iria near Fatima, Portugal, as the Miracle of the Sun occurred and she, clothed in the garment of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, proclaimed herself to be Our Lady of the Rosary. We need to heed Our Lady's Fatima Message as it is nothing other than Heaven's own Peace Plan.

Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us.

Saint Edward the Confessor, pray for us.

Today is the Feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The Council of Ephesus (431 A.D.) declared Our Lady to be the Mother of God. This is a doctrine that that the devil particularly hates, which is why he has raised up all manner of Protestant sects to attack it with a fury, which we why we must defend the doctrine of the Divine Maternity of Our Lady with all of the graces that she sees fit to send us through her loving hands as the Mediatrix of All Graces.

As Father Benedict Baur, O.S.B., explained in The Light of the World, Volume II:

"Fifteen hundred years have passed since Nestorius, a Patriarch of Constantinople, launched the heresy which taught that the person of Christ was different from the person of the Son of God. Nestorius asserted that Mary did not conceive nor bring forth the Second Person of the Blessed Trinity, but only the man Christ. According to his teaching she was not the Mother of God, not a God-bearer, but only the mother of a mere man, in whom God dwelt only as in a temple. A few years later after the beginning of the Nestorian heresy, a council was assembled at Ephesus (431 A.D.), which proclaimed that Mary had given birth to Jesus, who was, at one and the same time, God and man, having two natures but one person. God does not live in Him merely as in a temple, but the man Jesus is at the same time God. Mary is mother, not only of the humanity of Christ, but of the Son of God also. She is the Mother of God. The people of Ephesus awaited the decision of the council hall were opened and the decision was made known, the people greeted the Fathers with great rejoicing and accompanied them to their dwellings with flaming torches, crying out: 'Mary is the bearer of God; Mary is the Mother of God.' Today, fifteen hundred years later, we make the same joyful confession.

"Mary is the mother of Jesus, the Son of God. The Gospel recounts an incident of His childhood during which He first refers to His divine origin. When Jesus was twelve years old, Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice. 'When they returned, the child Jesus remained in Jerusalem, and His parents knew it not.' They believed Him to be in the company of relatives. But they were mistaken. After a long and anxious search they found Him in the Temple, sitting among the doctors of the law. 'And His mother said to Him: Son, why hast Thou done to so us? Behold Thy father and I have sought Thee sorrowing.' This rebuke shows the concern of a mother who has borne suffering with love. But Jesus meekly answers: 'Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?' He refers to His Heavenly Father, for He is Son of God. He was conceived, not by the power of man, but by the power of God (Offertory). When the angel had first brought the message to Mary, she had answered: Behold the handmaid of Lord; be it done unto me according to thy word" (Luke 1: 38). And at her word, the only-begotten Son of God was made flesh in the womb of the Virgin Mother. We pray tribute to this mystery at the Communion, when we confess, 'Blessed is the womb of the Virgin Mary, which bore the Son of the eternal Father.' Blessed art thou, O holy Mother of God, who wert united to the Son of God in a most intimate union when thou didst bear Him in thy womb.

"Mary provided the body for the Son of God, and he in return Christ filled the soul of Mary with the fullness of His spirit. Mary became wholly absorbed in Him and became like Him. She became united to Him in a most intimate union. 'Alleluia, alleluia. Virgin Mother of God, He whom the whole world cannot contain, enclosed Himself in thy womb, being made man, Alleluia.' 'Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou amongst women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.'

" 'As the vine, I have brought forth a pleasant odor, and my flowers are the fruit of honor and riches' (Epistle). The blossoms on this vine are the precious virtues of faith and humility which the Virgin exhibited when she received the message of the angel. She was resolute in her attachment to her virginity: "I know not man" (Luke 1: 34). Yet she is obedient to the will of God and speaks her fiat: "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it done unto me according to thy word" (Luke 1: 38). "My flowers are the fruit of honor and riches," Christ the Lord. "There shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse," Mary, who is sprung from the house of David; "and a flower shall rise up out of his root," Christ, the Son of Mary (Gradual). Humanity and divinity are united in this one person. 'Come over to me, all yet that desire me, and be filled with my fruits' (Epistle). Mary does not keep her child for herself; she bequeaths Him to us when He is born at Bethlehem, when He is offered in the Temple, and when He offers Himself up on the cross. She gives Him to us again daily in Holy Communion. Mary has borne Christ for us. Together with her Divine Son, she has given us salvation and an abundance of grace. She stands even today at the throne of God as our advocate and or all-powerful intercessor, armed with irresistible intercessory power, the mother of all those who are in the state of sanctifying grace.

"We renew our faith in the mystery of Mary's divine motherhood. 'Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.' God is thy child, having taken His humanity from thy flesh.

" 'Come over to me . . . and be filled with my fruits,' for it is Christ Jesus whom I give you. He was first given to us when we were reborn through baptism: He is given to us today at Mass and Holy Communion: 'Hath He not also with Him given us all things?' (Rom. 8: 32.) Since Mary has given us all things through Christ, we today express our gratitude to her." (Father Benedict Baur, O.S.B., The Light of the World, Volume II, B. Herder Book Company, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1954, pp. 440-442.)

As my other work, which probably will not last very long, is all-consuming right now and will remain so for another ten days or so, I have been unable to write about Jorge's having said "God does not exist." Others, including Novus Ordo Watch Wire and Call Me Jorge, have done so. I will try to have something for you by tomorrow, however. My responsibilities at present are what they are, and they require my principal attention at this time. Thank you.

A blessed Feast of the Divine Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary to you all!