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BFP We Are Being Gamed by the Synod

Last episode, we discussed game theory but never got to the point of it. Now, we discuss that the Vatican had hired McKinsey & Co to "modernize communications". McKinsey uses game theory to help their clients find the best path to navigate a market and uses consensus management to help companies move from point A to point B through competition and diverse market forces, especially to overcome reasonable criticism. Well, that's what we see happening in the Synod. We discuss the USCCB Synod Synthesis and see that we really are being gamed!

BFP The Church Mess Today is Deja Vu

Let's sit down and chat about this mess today, and how we've come to the end of the modernist climb and modernist normalization of the Church. The "listening church" of synodality appears to be nothing more than an enactment of Richard McBrien's Catholicism. How the shock cycle of media today seems to feed the balkanization of Catholics, the use of "defending the pope" as brown shirts, the calumnies used to marginalize Catholics that just want to be left alone, the weaponized petitions, and how it all started. Voices of the battles of the 80's had better analysis, but today's voices seem to miss a lot. Much of the harshest things we hear about today were done already by American Bishops decades ago, back then there was recourse to Rome... but what's different today is Rome isn't listening. Our Lady told us at Akita...

BFP: Liturgical Battlefield: Are You a Victim or Combatant?

Pope Francis is reported to have said that we should not make a battlefield of the liturgy. Because he complains of people hanging on to outdated things and old ideas, it is like he is saying that people who want a united and sacred liturgy disrupt the purpose of liturgy... who are the real combatants? why is this deja vu? and what did Father Hardon say we can do about it?

Akita and Fatima Secret: Every Good Priest Must Be Nicodemus Today

Chapter Markers: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:50 - Synodality Participation and Crucify Him! 00:01:20 - Mission of the Church is Vertical to God, not horizontal 00:02:35 - Speech Expectations of the Scribes and Pharisees in the Passion Gospels 00:03:29 - The False Image of Jesus presented then and today 00:04:37 - Nicodemus had to watch his mouth and be secret 00:05:20 - Do you think priests are free to speak their minds today? 00:07:28 - Priests Removed for Speaking their mind (think perverting our nation) 00:08:10 - Nicodemus is our guy today - Good priests have to be like him or face the Stasi or Gulags 00:09:55 - Scribes and Pharisees (full of compromises): Jesus hated it then as He does today 00:11:07 - Judas Became the Wicked Betrayer By Compromise 00:12:34 - Compromise with the World, Get the Temple Destroyed 00:13:53 - Pressure from the Compromised Clergy Made people shout Crucify Him! (distorted synodality) 00:14:47 - The people shout at Vigano (we found him perverting our nation) 00:18:01 - Jesus replaced the Compromised Clergy Entirely 00:19:07 - Podesta, Soros, Catholic Springtime SWIFT payment used to remove Benedict 00:21:57 - Wait for Benedict to Die or Conclave now? Lightning Strike was good or bad portent? 00:23:15 - The Mix in the Church Includes Agents of Satan? 00:24:35 - The Current Situation and the Scenes of the Third Secret of Fatima 00:25:48 - Illusory reflection in the mirror - two popes? 00:27:21 - Soldiers in the Church - disappearing priests and religious 00:30:43 - we had the impression and Vigano's legitimate questions 00:31:52 - Something's not right! There's your sign: lightning stirking and the roof collapsing 00:32:53 - Our Lady's Remedy and Bishop Schneider 00:34:15 - The Laiety Are Joining in today (just like Holy Week) 00:34:59 - Asking Questions Should Always Be Encouraged (not Crucified) 00:35:34 - The Catholic Nomenklatura, Zampolit -- Scribes and Pharisees no doubt 00:36:27 - Freedoms in Soviet Russia and Nazi Germany, Just like in the Church Today 00:40:06 - Dealing with Problem People - the Apparatchiks are watching for deviations from the Party Line 00:42:34 - The Party Line is the unspoken rules - sort of like the Invisible/Hidden Black Sun 00:44:56 - The two ways out of this mess 00:46:00 - Akita's warning against Soviet Kompromat in today's clergy 00:48:08 - Our Lady's Suffering at Holy Week is Like Today 00:50:32 - Outro

BFP - The Consecration is Nice But Not What Our Lady Asks of Us Today

This past Friday, on the Solemnity of the Annunciation, Pope Francis performed a Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. While this is a laudable act, is it what Our Lady Asks of us today? Looking at the second secret of Fatima itself, actual history, and the message of Akita, it appears that we are not doing what she wants... and we are paying for it.

BFP Parish Closings! Codependant Chickens Come Home to Cincinnati

Cincinnati’s past ignoring heterodoxy and heresy have caught up to it as Archbishop Schnurr rolls out a PR consultant led “Beacons of Light” crisis communications program designed to steer public opinion, but there is a much better (and far cheaper) way he could be fixing the problem instead of papering it over.

BFP Media Mayhem on Mandates, Medical Surveillance, and Your Consent

Continuing the discussion on informed consent, Catholic morality, and medical "mandates" in the midst of media mayhem sowing fear and misinformation.

BFP Can Your Bishop Cancel Your Title VII Rights?

Part 2 of the discussion on Catholic moral teaching on medical treatments, your strict duty to avoid harmful/deadly activity, and Title VII protections of your religious beliefs. How to express your religious exemption.

BFP Can Your Bishop Mandate You To Risk Death?

Bishops mandating their employees to undergo health procedures that have a risk of death are not following the USCCB directives on health care. They cannot replace the voluntary informed consent of the patient. Worse, they may be violating Catholic social teaching with regards to the duty of an employer to provide for the safety of their employees.

BFP Mary's Body, Mary's Choice - The Assumption and Our Bodies Today

Learn about what Mary's Assumption can tell you about your own assumption some day, the need to do penance and keep your body as God wants, following her example. It can even influence your thinking about COVID and whether anyone should be "Forced" to charity,

BFP Cupich Padlock of Latin Mass Unity and the Motu Proprio

We'll explore the uncanny use of the word "unity" in the motu proprio, the letter, Cardinal Cupich's statement on the Motu Proprio, and how he used in 2002 when he padlocked the Latin Mass parish out of their church for Easter Triduum, "as an invitation to be in unity with him."

BFP: Rest Easy! The Greatest threat to the Church has been Removed!

news regarding the motu proprio issued by Pope Francis on the feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

BFP USCCB Communion Statement Schnurr Communion in the hand

At this last USCCB meeting, the Spring 2021 meeting, setting the agenda resulted in a parliamentary question when a retired Bishop wished to add something to the agenda. The parliamentarian is Archbishop Schnurr, the Archbishop of Cincinnati. It was the spring meeting of the NCCB/USCCB in 1977 where the agenda discussion resulted in a parliamentary trick that removed a threshhold question from the motion to seek an indult for communion in the hand ... it happened at the hands of the then Archbishop of Cincinnati, Bernadin. Comments from bishops and Cardinals in 1977 said that the fraud employed to ram the Communion in the hand vote was a disobedience of bishops and opened an era of "selective discipline." Today, the USCCB is discussing what to do about politician that are selectively obedient to Catholicism yet go to Holy Communion as if they were in full communion. The problem began in 1977 and today's issue is precisely what those Cardinals and Bishops warned of. The USCCB cannot…

BFP The 1 Thing Abp Sample Did to Save the USCCB Meeting

You will be surprised at this one thing that happened at the USCCB meeting -- and we have Archbishop Sample to thank for it. Is this what Bishops are supposed to be doing? Today's readings from Mass make a strong point that Modernists can't fathom -- God is real and even nature is obedient to Him! Name one hymn produced by AmChurch that has been worth listening to, let alone merited universal acclaim. GIA, who took way too long to remove Haas works, removes a composer for saying "arson is bad" - contrary to GIA's political support of protestors. PROMISE FOR NEXT EPISODE: the one thing that happened at the USCCB meeting that was a fulfillment of my prophecy about the Communion in the Hand vote.

BFP Fatima June 13 Immaculate Heart Moscow the Third Rome and Crushing Napoleon the Rosicrucian

On June 13, at Fatima, in 1917, Our Lady spoke to the children and introduced the Fatima Prayer said after each mystery of the Rosary. She also told Sr. Lucy that she would spread devotion to her Immaculate Heart (yesterday's feast on the new calendar). We take a stroll through history to see that Moscow was viewed to be the third Rome (after the collapse of Byzantium), that they crushed the Rosicrucian Napoleon through the Triumph of the Cross, and that they relied on Our Lady for help. Rich in historical drama, the Tsar commissioned the building of the Christ Our Saviour Cathedral in Moscow 139 years after the revelation of the Sacred Heart in France. France fell to the enemies of God because the King did not consecrate France to Him. Russia crushed the anti-christ Napoleon by placing all of Russia and Moscow into the hands of Our Lord and the Blessed Mother's help... To make it even richer in detail, Fatima occurred while the 68th Convocation of the Rose and Cross (Rosicrucian…

BFP The Sacred Heart Slays Modernists

The Sacred Heart is The Blessed Sacrament Why Modernists Cannot perceive the Real Presence The two weapons Our Lady says are left include the sacred heart Why does the USCCB think that they need a statement on Holy Communion? The insanity of modernism can't process reality

Holy Week: Easter Sunday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/easter-sunday/

Holy Week: Holy Saturday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/holy-saturday/

Holy Week: Good Friday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/good-friday/

Holy Week: Second Visit

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/visits-to-the-sepulchre/

Holy Week: First Visit to the Sepulcher

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/visits-to-the-sepulchre/

Holy Week: Maundy Thursday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/maundy-thursday/

Holy Week: Spy Wednesday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/wednesday-in-holy-week/

Holy Week: Holy Tuesday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/tuesday-in-holy-week/

Holy Week: Holy Monday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/monday-in-holy-week/

Holy Week: Palm Sunday

Meditations and Spiritual Readings for each day of Holy Week compiled by Fr. Richard F. Clarke SJ. See the text here: https://bellarmineforum.org/devotional/holy-week/palm-sunday/

BFP Women Priests? "No Jesuit Sources, please," says China

Women Priests, Inclusive Language was from the US Bishops (ICEL) Selecting Pronouns Nat. Cath Reporter is the epitome of all insanity Fordham University advertising to women priests announcements China wants to stop the destruction of their young boys China appears to have removed the role of the Pope in selected bishops for China

BFP 2020 Year of Judas... 2021? Judgment

What stands out in your mind from 2020? Did you find it "baffling and reprehensible"? The chickens have come home to roost for the US Catholic Church. We've jumped the shark and the bus to fantasyland has run off the cliff. Reality and the fantasy of American Catholicism have finally diverged so far that no reasonable mind can hold it. It all seems to be based on the most fraudulent vote, ever. Judas was a Marxist, just like those today. It's all plain to see now, though -- the wheat and the chaff are grown and ready to be plucked. Lord, have mercy on us!

BFP: Without Your Guardian Angel, You Will Fail

When Our Lord was in the garden, He experienced what we call the agony. It was the agony in the Garden. In the last blog post on Bellarmine Forum, we learn that a chief point of St. Raphael’s speech is to tell us: “God tries those who love Him.” His Son Jesus was no exception. Jesus was tried in the Garden and He prayed. He sweat blood. Here is Jesus, the God-Man. He’s God! And yet He needed help. Why do I say that? The Gospels tell us that an angel came to strengthen Him. If Jesus needed His angel, who are you? If you aren’t using and befriending the angel God gave to you, you’re going to fail. October 2 — Feast of the Guardian angels. Also, First Friday! Last year we introduced a prayer that many listeners had never heard, but they memorized it, learned it, and pray it now. Last year, we focused on the tenderness and the principal ways your angel helps you. Holy angel, guardian mine, Given me by love divine; Day and night watch over me, From harm, from sin, let me b…

Leo XIII, October 13th, and the Feast of St. Michael

Today, September 29th, is the Feast of the Archangels, and in particular, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. The Roman Breviary describes him thus: O Jesu! Life-spring of the soul! The Father’s power and glory bright! Thee with the angels we extol; From Thee they draw their life and light. Thy thousand hosts are spread Embattled over the azure sky; But Michael bears Thy standard dread, And lift the mighty cross on high! * Roman Breviary, Feast (Sep. 29), hymn Te splendor et virtus Patris at vespers. (attr. to Bl. Rabanus Maurus 9th century) St. Michael, you see, was charged with the task of leading the heavenly army of angels, and the first task was to evict Satan and the other evil angels to hell. So much for Hell being empty. It’s tragic today that many people have this soft, puny, chubby toddler image of angels. pffft. When Our Lord was before Pilate, Jesus referred to the heavenly host as an army. He told Pilate that had the Father not given Him up to Pilate…

BFP Our Lady's Bloody Hand 47 Years Ago

Communion in the Hand? Perfectly Legal? Not an outrage to Our Lady? Take a trip to events 47 years ago... And then compare it to seeing some nuns in habit at Mass go to the "Communion in the Hand" line, instead of the Communion on the tongue line. Think Coronavirus is an excuse? This episode will change your mind, or at least make you think more about it.

BFP: An Empty Hell Means No Triumph of the Cross

An Empty Hell Means there is No Triumph of the Cross What people say and what they really believe are often different. There was the famous English free-thinker, Hobbes. He used to stridently assert his whole life that there was neither God nor angel, still less was there a devil or hell. Despite all his strident insistence, however, he had the greatest dread of evil spirits; even in his old age he was afraid of sleeping alone in a room. What he openly denied, he secretly believed. So it is with Hell. Some, starting with people interpreting Hans Urs von Balthasar, began to comment that we can hope Hell will be empty. Many people run from that supposition and think Hell will be empty. That thinking is not too far from thinking there is no Hell. We know better. The index of the Writings of St. Maximillian Kolbe have very few mentions of hell, however, he said that the Buddhists taught that there is a heaven and hell, but their teachers do not believe it. St. Kolbe reported in his le…

BFP Aug 15 Hagia Sophia Closed Lest The Angels Take Stock

On the Feast of the Assumption (Dormition)... Mary leads the way to the promises of her son, Jesus. She was also taken body and soul to Heaven by Jesus after she fell asleep. Angels protect things precious to Our Lord. The Hagia Sophia was closed this week after attempts to turn it into a militant islamic outpost... Our Lord does not always think it is time for the sword, but when it is, His angels are fast to use it. The events at the Hagia Sophia seem to indicate time is up. Buckle up. ___ next episode: what does this all mean for prelates who ignore and dissuade the faithful from heeding her warnings at Fatima, especially that Hell is real?

BFP: The Praxis of Liberation

Join in to a discussion where we talk about the refined front of Gramsci's Marxist transformation of the Church into a liberator of the poor and social action committee ready to help liberate the oppressed everywhere. Was the apostasy of the 60s, now refined into a less awkward and more smooth scholarly sounding charade of charity, nothing more than a clever way to move people away from God? Why don't we send troublemakers (like poor Fr. Rothrock) to Siberia anymore? What has replaced the disappearing of dissenters? Judas balked at the Worship of Our Lord, and countered that instead of giving to God, it could have been given to the poor. Fr. Hardon said one of the major reasons the devil is so strong today is Judases in the Church. We review some of Frank Morriss's excellent points about the modernist activists in the Church (Fr. McBrien) and how Antonio Gramsci's method of transforming the Church into a Marxist machine (replacing worship of God with business of liberation). We ch…

BFP June 13 Miceli on Fatima, Community Organizing is Liberation Theology

More description pending. For now, this has a clip of Fr. Miceli explaining Fatima in 1985 — especially the part on private revelation is gold. Silence is Violence, they tell us… does that mean bishops who hardly ever mention the Most Holy Name of Jesus (Whom they represent) are being violent to Him? Does Community Organizing = Liberation Theology? Maybe they just wanted a different name for it here in the US, right? Akita was like Fatima — Find out what Fr. Vincent Miceli has to say these types of revelations mean for us ordinary Catholics. Think you can ignore Fatima and Akita? Maybe — but be careful what you say about them (Fr. Miceli makes this surprising warning). Of all the funny things, it occurred to me that Judas (the community orgnizer among the Apostles) was also the treasurer. Fitting. Especially given the way CCHD gets the cash, right? Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us!

BFP When Bishops Seek Utopia in this world, they must take it from you

Perhaps the greatest tragedy of all time was the brutal Passion of Our Lord. Yet, in the wake of that event, how did the Apostles react? Did they take up the standard of the zealots, and be glad that Barrabas was freed so they might teach the Romans a thing or two about anti-Judeaism? Two Standards: Utopia (Satan’s Empty Promise) or Heaven (God’s Guarantee) In the face of riots, we see two standards being promulgated by Bishops: some promise us utopia — the secular heaven of Satan’s marxist global “paradise”. Others, proclaim that Heaven has none of this tragedy and we want to get there so we must repent, pray, and follow Our Lord. The Marxist Choice: Virtue Signal Because you are Guilty Why did Cupich say in his statement this week that “what did we expect”? Why did one of his office publish a graphic description of “Covert white supremacy” that basically, in my opinion, indicts all of us as racists? Marxist demoralization sought to convince the common man that…

BFD: Maria Magnificata 31st Day — Mary’s Coronation as Queen of Heaven.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 31st Day — Mary’s Coronation as Queen of Heaven.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 30th Day — Mary’s Assumption into Heaven.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 30th Day — Mary’s Assumption into Heaven.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 29th Day — Mary’s Death.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 29th Day — Mary’s Death.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 28th Day — Mary the Mother of the Infant Church.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 28th Day — Mary the Mother of the Infant Church.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 27th Day — Jesus appears to Mary after the Resurrection.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 27th Day — Jesus appears to Mary after the Resurrection.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 26th Day — Mary sees Jesus laid in the Sepulcher.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 26th Day — Mary sees Jesus laid in the Sepulcher.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFP: The Cold War Against Priests Memorial, Part 2 Pilarczyk: Shepherd or Wolf?

This is a continuation of yesterday’s Part 1, BFP: The Cold War Against Priests Memorial, Part 1 Pilarczyk: Shepherd or Wolf? This is the conclusion of the special presentation of a Catholic News Wire story from 1990, titled Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczky: Shepherd or Wolf? It details the story of how, in 1990, Archbiship Daniel Pilarczyk removed Fr. Griese, a pastor of a devout orthodox, and thriving latin Mass church in downtown Dayton Ohio… I will let you decide for yourself if this story is more common than we think and whether this kind of story shapes and affects our priests today. Let’s remember Fr. Griese and all those priests like him.

BFP: The Cold War Against Priests Memorial, Part 1 Pilarczyk: Shepherd or Wolf?

Recently, we’ve seen the stories of Fr. Phillips at St. John Cantius, or the removal of Fr. Kalchilk in Chicago, but I think people don’t realize that this removal of orthodox priests, or priests who are too outspoken has been goig on for a long time. Enter a flashback special presentation of a Catholic News Wire story from 1990, titled Archbishop Daniel E. Pilarczky: Shepherd or Wolf? On this memorial day, in addition to remembering the soldiers who laid down their lives for love of us, let us also call to mind those priests who have been erased from memory of AmChurch through specious dismissals and events designed to impugn them with ignominy inferred by omissions in the public story. I present this story to you in two parts. This is part 1. Part 2 will post tomorrow. Father Griese did not deserve what he got from Archbishop Pilarczyk… but listen for yourself and see if you see a pattern in how this was done. Our Lady, help of Christians, pray for us!

BFD: Maria Magnificata 25th Day — Jesus is placed in His Mother’s arms.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 25th Day — Jesus is placed in His Mother’s arms.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 24th Day — Mary at the foot of the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 24th Day — Mary at the foot of the Cross.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 23rd Day — Mary meets Jesus carrying the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 23rd Day — Mary meets Jesus carrying the Cross.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 22nd Day — Mary during our Lord’s Public Life.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 22nd Day — Mary during our Lord’s Public Life.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFP 2020 Ascension Thursday and De Novo Catholics

43 Days (not 40?) After Easter, Jesus Ascended Mark-up your bible… Correct the maths… Jesus rose 43 days after Easter. But, when nobody is obliged this year, and since the putative reason that the Bishops conference moved the date of ascension was to encourage attendance, why have Ascension Sunday this year? Shouldn’t it be today? This is a perennial ax I grind. See just these two (but there’s many many more if you search the site): Introducing the “De Novo Catholics.” A play on the term Fr. Vincent Miceli S.J. coined of the “new Catholics” — a post-Vatican II phenomenon. When I heard it long ago, and when discussing it with Bill Marra, I thought it referred to progressives only… but as time is moving along, I see better what Dr. Marra was predicting: we’ll see a whole Church full of people who are naive, ignorant of tradition, and self-certain they know it all. We deal with it today across the board, even among those who purport themselves to be good. Even as…

BFD: Maria Magnificata 21st Day — Mary at Cana.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 21st Day — Mary at Cana.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 20th Day — The Death of St. Joseph.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 20th Day — The Death of St. Joseph.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 19th Day — Mary’s loss of Jesus for three days.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 19th Day — Mary’s loss of Jesus for three days.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 18th Day— Mary’s Life at Nazareth.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 18th Day— Mary’s Life at Nazareth.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 17th Day — The Flight into Egypt.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 17th Day — The Flight into Egypt.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 16th Day — Simeon’s Prophecy to Mary.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 16th Day — Simeon’s Prophecy to Mary.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 15th Day — Mary’s Purification.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 15th Day — Mary’s Purification.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFP May 2020 announcement - Fatima and Coronavirus

This is a short announcement reminding BFP listeners that we are still here, and that the devotionals have moved to the BF Devotionals channel. Find daily meditations on Mary there and subscribe to the separate channel one the page by clicking this link . Recently, Cindy mused on the connection between Fatima and the Coronavirus pandemic we find ourselves in. She concludes that it could only be the work of the devil that has kept us out of churches and away from the sacraments. I made similar connections on my post, An Easter without Mass in Church. There, I mentioned that the situation our bishops are in here, where they are subordinated to the state, is precisely like those in China, put there by the bad deal the Vatican made with the Communist Chinese State. In the annoucenment I mentioned this past post: China destroying crosses on Churches. China has begin removing crosses again as of a few weeks ago. I also mentioned this past post about the Vatican deal with China. Finall…

BFD: Maria Magnificata 14th Day — The Nativity.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 14th Day — The Nativity.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 12th Day — The Visitation.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 12th Day — The Visitation.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 13th Day — Mary’s time of Expectancy.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 13th Day — Mary’s time of Expectancy.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 11th Day — The Incarnation.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 11th Day — The Incarnation.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 10th Day — The Annunciation.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 10th Day — The Annunciation.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 9th Day — The Marriage of Mary.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 9th Day — The Marriage of Mary.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 8th Day — Mary’s Espousals.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 8th Day — Mary’s Espousals.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 7th Day — Mary’s Life in the Temple.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 7th Day — Mary’s Life in the Temple.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 6th Day —The Presentation of Mary in the Temple.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 6th Day —The Presentation of Mary in the Temple.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 5th Day — The Birth of Mary.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 5th Day — The Birth of Mary.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 4th Day — God’s design in beautifying Mary.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 4th Day — God’s design in beautifying Mary.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 3d Day — Mary’s earliest Gift.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 3d Day — Mary’s earliest Gift.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 2nd Day — Mary’s First Graces.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 2nd Day — Mary’s First Graces.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Maria Magnificata 1st Day — Mary’s Immaculate Conception.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Maria Magnificata 31 days of meditations on the Blessed Mother Mary appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to text) for meditation titiled 1st Day — Mary’s Immaculate Conception.. The index to the entire series can be found at this page on Bellarmine Forum.

BFD: Lent Day 46: Easter Eve — The Entombment.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 46: Easter Eve — The Entombment.)

BFD: Lent Day 45: Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 45: Good Friday — The Descent from the Cross.)

BFD: Lent Day 44: Maundy Thursday— Jesus’ Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 44: Maundy Thursday— Jesus’ Mystical Death in the Blessed Eucharist.)

BFD: Lent Day 43: Wednesday in Holy Week — The Death of Jesus.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 43: Wednesday in Holy Week — The Death of Jesus.)

BFD: Lent Day 42: Tuesday in Holy Week— The Thirst upon the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 42: Tuesday in Holy Week— The Thirst upon the Cross.)

BFD: Lent Day 41: Monday in Holy Week — The Dereliction of Jesus on the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 41: Monday in Holy Week — The Dereliction of Jesus on the Cross.)

BFD: Lent Day 40: The Sixth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Commends His Disciples to His Holy Mother’s Care.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 40: The Sixth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Commends His Disciples to His Holy Mother’s Care.)

BFD: Lent Day 39: Saturday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — The Good Thief.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 39: Saturday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — The Good Thief.)

BFD: Lent Day 38: Friday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent— The Deriding of Jesus.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 38: Friday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent— The Deriding of Jesus.)

BFD: Lent Day 37: Thursday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 37: Thursday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus is Nailed to the Cross.)

BFD: Lent Day 36: Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Simon of Cyrene.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 36: Wednesday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Simon of Cyrene.)

BFD: Lent Day 35: Tuesday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Meets His Holy Mother.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 35: Tuesday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Meets His Holy Mother.)

BFD: Lent Day 34: Monday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Via Dolorosa.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 34: Monday after the Fifth Sunday in Lent — Via Dolorosa.)

BFD: Lent Day 33: The Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Sets Out on the Way to Calvary.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 33: The Fifth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Sets Out on the Way to Calvary.)

BFD: Lent Day 32: Saturday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent— The Condemnation to Death.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 32: Saturday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent— The Condemnation to Death.)

BFD: Lent Day 31: Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent— Ecce Homo.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 31: Friday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent— Ecce Homo.)

BFD: Lent Day 30: Thursday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — The Crowning with Thorns.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 30: Thursday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — The Crowning with Thorns.)

BFD: Lent Day 29: Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — The Scourging.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 29: Wednesday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — The Scourging.)

BFD: Lent Day 28: Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — Barabbas or Jesus?

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 28: Tuesday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — Barabbas or Jesus?)

BFD: Lent Day 27: Monday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Before Herod.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 27: Monday after the Fourth Sunday in Lent — Jesus Before Herod.)

BFD: Lent Day 26: The Fourth Sunday in Lent— Jesus Before Pilate.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 26: The Fourth Sunday in Lent— Jesus Before Pilate.)

BFD: Lent Day 25: Saturday after the Third Sunday in Lent — Judas’s Repentance.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 25: Saturday after the Third Sunday in Lent — Judas’s Repentance.)

BFD: Lent Day 24: Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent — Jesus is Dragged Before Pilate.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 24: Friday after the Third Sunday in Lent — Jesus is Dragged Before Pilate.)

BFD: Lent Day 23: Thursday after the Third Sunday in Lent— Jesus in the Guard-room of Caiphas.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 23: Thursday after the Third Sunday in Lent— Jesus in the Guard-room of Caiphas.)

BFD: Lent Day 22: Wednesday after the Third Sunday in Lent— St. Peter’s Repentance.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 22: Wednesday after the Third Sunday in Lent— St. Peter’s Repentance.)

BFD: Lent Day 21: Tuesday after the Third Sunday in Lent — St. Peter’s Denial of Jesus.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 21: Tuesday after the Third Sunday in Lent — St. Peter’s Denial of Jesus.)

BFD: Lent Day 20: Monday after the Third Sunday in Lent — The Condemnation of Christ.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 20: Monday after the Third Sunday in Lent — The Condemnation of Christ.)

BFD: Lent Day 19: The Third Sunday in Lent — In the Palace of Caiphas.

This episode is an audio version of Fr. Richard Clarke S.J.’s Catholic Daily lent meditations appearing on Bellarmine Forum (click to go to the original: Lent Day 19: The Third Sunday in Lent — In the Palace of Caiphas.)

BFP: The Coronavirus Should Be the End of EMHCs, But your Bishop Can't Do That

Twenty three years ago, a document from the Pope and most of Rome condemned the abuse of EHMCs ("Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion" or - illegally "Eucharistic Ministers" aka important people of future-church) , particularly their use in Masses for the reason that they confuse the faithful into seeing a parallel ministry of lay people. They warned that a Ministerial-Industrial Complex of Parallel Ordination Clouding the vision of Actual Ministry… Now, in response to the Coronavirus, health authorities tell us to wash our hands as a means to prevent the spread of the virus. The dioceses are trying to make prudent guidelines, but some of them cannot get rid of the industry of busybody lay people. This “ministry” is precisely the Cloudy Complex of Important People who have inserted themselves into pastoral activity today. Instead of removing extra hands from the mix, some dioceses are mandating that the dirty hands of lay people willl continue distribution, and tell us that…

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