Things Are Not Always What They Seem

I share this photo of a painting I saw in Vienna’s Albertina Palace. It purports to be “Promenade in Arcueil” by Lyonel Feininger. But I wasn’t fooled.

This is nothing other than a painting of George Washington admiring the Constitution, while a young King Lincoln, unnoticed by the father of our country, plots to destroy it.

The Twelve Days of Francismas

You know the tune, you know the lyrics. But just as Francis has changed the Our Father, so too has he now given us a less rigid, more merciful Twelve Days of Francismas:

(Skipping to the last verse…)

On the twelfth day of Francismas, the Francis gave to me:

Twelve airplane pressers

Eleven lectures given

Ten Tobin tweets

Nine toady counselors

Eight drug fueled orgies

Seven suppressed trad orders

Six Francis-saints

Five…Unanswered… Dubia!

Four Dubia Cardinals

Three days of darkness

Two living popes…

…And the fulfillment of the Fatima prophesy!

Merry Francismas, everybody!

Question of the Day

Sign trolls itself:

As my wife famously said, “Mass in the Grass! The only way I’d go is if I had smoked it.”

I’m Thinking One of My Children is Ready for Homeschool

World to End October 13, 2018

I guess that settles it.

Sign Online Petition to Move Easter Sunday to Thursday

With a nod to the Catholic Movie Guy, I have finally found a way to square the circle of lamenting the senseless transfer of Ascension Thursday to Sunday, and yet showing my obedience as a Catholic to the authority of the shepherds who did it.

We must appeal to that same authority to make an even more senseless transfer of Easter Sunday to the following Thursday.

I mean, one of those feasts ought to fall on Thursday, right? And since moving feasts around doesn’t matter, it might as well be Easter Sunday. Those with rigid liturgical sensibilities could always have a commemoration of Thursday in the Octave of Easter, which in the novus ordo would be, of course, optional.

Think of the side benefits: those bishops who don’t really believe in the Resurrection could ensure fewer Catholics would be exposed to the concept. Those other bishops desiring to appeal to the cynical millennials could exploit the power of the irony of the situation. And hey, it keeps to the pontifical agenda of planned, newsworthy chaos.

So, fellow Catholics, who’s with me?

File This under Humor?

Sure. Humor. For your enjoyment, Meddling Catholics presents the Antipope Probability Calculator.

 

How humorous is it that when I used this calculator the result I got was 99%?

Major Religious Showdown Looms: This Time, the Methodists

Methodism can trace its roots to Anglicanism, which left the Church over divorce and remarriage.  Marriage survives as an institution to this day, though it is reeling.


Now they’ve gone too far.  Methodists are trying to take over the Fish Fry. 

No word from the Vatican yet. 

Meatless Friday Friday: Mexican Food Edition

Well and truly off topic and hopelessly local, but I couldn’t help but note the passing of the last remnants of the former local-legend Mexican restaurant line Casa Gallardo.  Ol’ Ramon Gallardo cashed in the franchise long ago, but several restaurants continued to operate the brand. 

Until now.

As a yoot on the mean streets of Jefferson County (yes, it explains a lot), heading north into the oh-so-high-class South St. Louis County for a meal at Casa Gallardo was like hitting Tony’s.  

I once broke up with a girl who ordered a hamburger instead of Tex-Mex.  True story. 

¡Adios, Casa Gallardo!

Aaaaaagh!

If this photo from the Post-Dispatch doesn’t get you thinking about Judgement Day, then you need to up your Lenten sacrifice.


Thankfully, these aren’t Catholic priests (not even the lady).