pilgrimage of grace

OK, I give up on last Friday's quiz...no one, even my Yorkshire readers, ventured a guess..... so I'll just tell you the answer and why K. C. thinks it important. The map presented was of the "Pilgrimage of Grace", 1536, a rebellion in Yorkshire against Henry VIII's pillaging of the Church as well as Henry's innovations [which could be considered modest in comparison with what was to follow].

The rebellion was 'spontaneous' and was of the little people. The nobles who led it , even Robert Aske included, were mostly conscripted by the mob and told to 'lead or else!'. Their banner was the Five Wounds of Christ, and wherever they passed, the old religion was restored....

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>>>a body of priests marched at their head, bearing a banner, on which was painted the image of the crucified Saviour, with the chalice and the host; and each soldier wore on his sleeve the emblem of his holy cause - a representation of the five wounds of Christ, with the name "Jesus" in the centre. The enterprise was quaintly called "The Pilgrimage of Grace," and wherever the pilgrims appeared, their first object was to re-instate the ejected monks in their monasteries. <<< href="http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/PilgrimageofGrace.htm">http://www.tudorplace.com.ar/Documents/PilgrimageofGrace.htm

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Their army [[you kneeling Catholics in Skipton, the rebels actually laid seige to a castle in Skipton!]] eventually swelled to 30,000 and came crashing down on the town of Doncaster where the Duke of Norfok, Thomas Howard -well played as Thomas More's good friend in a Man for all Seasons- with 5,000 of the king's men stalled for time. Thru deceit/false promises the King was able to diffuse the rebellion, the rebels - always wishing to believe the best of the king - disbanded. When Henry showed no intention of keeping his promises, another smaller rebellion sprang up a few months later and was crushed. The king then placed York under marshal law, rounded up some 250 leaders of the original rebellion, including Robert Aske, and hung them, some in their own gardens.

... "Ye shall not enter into this our Pilgrimage of Grace for the commonwealth, but only for the love that ye do bear unto Almighty God his faith, and to Holy Church militant and the maintenance thereof; to the preservation of the King's person and his issue, to the purifying of the nobility, and to expulse all villein >> note 1 blood and evil councillors against the commonwealth from his Grace and his Privy Council of the same. And that ye shall not enter into our said Pilgrimage for no particular profit to yourself, nor to do any displeasure to any private person, but by counsel of the commonwealth, nor slay nor murder for no envy, but in your hearts put away all fear and dread, and take afore you the Cross of Christ, and in your hearts His faith, the restitution of the Church, the suppression of these heretics and their opinions, by all the holy contents of this book."

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Why is the "Pilgrimage of Grace" signficant? Why are the doomed Cristeros significant? Or the laity who stood with St. Athansius against a world of bishops and priests? one word - courage. What is it they saw that we don't? What is it that they had that we don't got?

Pray for courage!

K. C.

Name that town!

Who is that visitor?

This is more fun than Ham radio!

How do you read me? over!

Catechism books and Communion in the hand

It is sad that an almost surefire indicator that a youngster in our diocese is not product of our Catholic schools is when he or she receives Communion on the tongue. Such a child will be either home-schooled or from a public school.


These photos are gleaned from an elementary catechism textbook, "We Believe" used in Corpus Christi Diocese which is published by Sadler. 100% of the photos of young people and the Holy Eucharist are of hand Communion. See how a practice introduced as an option has become mandatory? See how deceitful our opponents are! They say "the Church has room for 'all kinds'" but then why does this book contain zero photos of children kneeling to receive Communion, and even zero of children receiving on the tongue?

[my source for this tells me that 99% of the children in the school where this textbook is used take Communion in the hand]

Brainwashing works!

K. C.

[images from "We Believe"

imprimatur Bishop William Bullock

2004]

Es triste que un método casi segura para determinar que un joven en nuestra diócesis no es producto de nuestras escuelas católicas es cuando él o ella recibe la Comunión en la boca. Ese niño será el hogar o la escuela de una escuela pública.

Estas fotos son extraídos de un libro de texto elemental catecismo, "creemos", utilizada en la Diócesis de Corpus Christi, que es publicado por Sadler. 100% de las fotos de los jóvenes y la Eucaristía son parte de la Comunión. Vea cómo una práctica introducida como opción se ha convertido en obligatoria? Vea cómo nuestros adversarios son engañosos! Dicen que "la Iglesia tiene espacio para" todo tipo "pero entonces ¿por qué este libro no contiene ningun foto de niños comulgando de rodillas, tanpoco de niños que reciben en la boca?

"Brainwashing" funciona!

K. C.

nurse stanek onto something

Nurse Stanek, who floored Bill O'Reilly with her description of infants being exposed to death at Chicago's Christ hospital http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2007/09/stanek_on_the_o.html, has withheld her condemnation of President Obama's selection of Sonia Sotomayor for the U. S. Supreme Court.
http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2009/05/sotomayor_plot.html

Is Sotomayor anti-abortion? NARAL is afraid that she is. We're still in a wait-and-see-mode.
Pray that Judge Sotomayor's Catholic conscience is alive and well.

If it isn't, and she turns out to be another pro-choice Catholic, we're back where we started.

K. C.

Where you are!

Who's that over in Rome? :-)

K. C.

A little courage pays off!

A midwestern parish has been quietly witnessing for 10 years!

from the Catholic Online Forum

>>>Well now, in our old Church here in the Midwest, we had Communion Rails... that weren't being used for Communion. And our Pastor a while back (some 10 years) wanted to start using them again, he mentioned it from the Pulpit one Sunday, and started it the following week. Everyone knelt for Communion; most received it on the tongue, a few in the hand... this practice still goes on at our Masses, with three new Pastors since the one that started it. Not only for First Communion, but for all Masses... with very warm reception, even by visitors to our parish services. We here, are also a growing parish, seems a lot of us Catholic's (old and young alike) see it as "all due reverence" when receiving Communion.>>>>

Irreverence of the past 40 years did not come 'from the people' it was imposed on them by good old fashioned clericalism. Therefore there was no protest when the priest dared to say the obvious, just quiet relief. K. C. has said it before, but it bears repeating: Sheep like shepherding!! Where is Don Camillo?

Raymond Arroyo was delighted!

......when he announced that the Pope had instituted Communion on the tongue, kneeling. When Mr. Arroyo [EWTN 's chief newscaster]giddily announced this almost a year ago [see link at end of post], the idea that the Pope would adopt this practice as permanent might have appeared to be only 'whistling in the dark' on the part of Arroyo and traditionalists. But look at where we now stand!

Of the over 10,000 people who have received Communion from the Holy Father over the past year, there was only one "incident" where an African man, who appeared to be somewhat mentally handicapped, took Communion in the hand. Everyone else has 'surrendered' [isn't that also an important Christian meaning for kneeling? Surrendering to Jesus Christ?]

Add to that the Pope's new prefect to the CDWDS, Cardinal Antonio Canizares, reinstalling Toledo's communion rails and recommending that they be used "because the Holy Father wants it". Not even to mention reconciling thousands of SSPX traditionalists!

As the prophets of old would literally act out their messages instead of just talking, the Pope's kneeler has a terrifying message for the Church's liturgical 'experts':
Repent ! Or dust off your resumes!

K. C.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeiE-lznSYE