I am always struck by the Mass of a Virgin Not a Martyr, specifically the Introit, which is:
Thou has loved justice and hated iniquity: therefore God, Thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Psalm 44: 8
First of all, this is a very virile concept and verse to apply to Virgins-Not-Martyrs, of all people. We should be informed by this.
Also, ISN’T. IT. INTERESTING. that scripture says that people who HATE iniquity (immoral or grossly unfair behavior) and love JUSTICE, will be happy, joyful people. The world, today with Antipope “FtR” PERVost, and previously Bergoglio as its spokesman and main propagandist, tries constantly to paint such people as miserable, fundamentally unhappy, mean-spirited, joyless people. I myself am painted constantly thus – what a miserable harpy that Barnhardt is! Clearly she has no friends, and will die a miserable spinster because of her miserable comportment, joylessness, and shrewish, omni-critical worldview!
For those who have visited the “Van Down By the River/Creek”, yes, we share in the laugh.
The reason that people who hate iniquity and love justice are capable of joy and true happiness is, I think, because people who hate the bad and love the good do not go through life trying to hold or reconcile contradictory, irrational premises or positions simultaneously.
For the person who hates evil and loves good, there does not exist the soul-crushing tension that must come with denying the principle of non-contradiction as a defining characteristic of their person, nor the constant juggling of their own hypocrisies. Being a hypocrite is EXHAUSTING for anyone who has not completely descended into full-blown Diabolical Narcissism/psychopathy. This is why DNs are described, and sometimes describe themselves as being incapable of or never truly having known happiness.
In case you hadn’t noticed, post-western, post-Christian, post-human culture, and most certainly whatever “church” Antipope PERVost and Bergoglio and their ilk are busily constructing before our very eyes (let’s call it the Synodomitical Antichurch), are built entirely upon a foundation of denying that there is One Objective Knowable Truth, and a denial of the principle of non-contradiction.
The existential tension of this abject madness does, without question, bleed every bit of joy and gladness out of the human soul. All that it can ever yield is SENSUAL, MATERIAL “pleasure”, which inevitably descends into narcissism, sterility and nihilism.
Beware ANYONE who says “there’s no state of emergency.”
And at this point, I’m growing AWFULLY suspicious of people who claim to not understand why the bishops and faggot priests and dyke anti-nuns are doing things that are clearly destructive to the Catholic Church, the Faith, and to what little is left of Christian Civilization.
The pearl clutching and performative incredulity at this point smacks strongly of phonus bolonus.
This goes out to the Barnhardt Podcast listener who complains after every episode that The Tombstone Four laugh during the podcast.
We aren’t stopping. St. Lawrence was cutting up AS HE WAS BEING TORTURED TO DEATH. I hope that I can make people smile in the hour of my death, too. So we’re certainly not going to stop laughing while we’re all still very much alive and in the fight.
“All the days of the oppressed are wretched, but the cheerful heart has a continual feast.”– Proverbs 15:15
Strength and beauty are her clothing, and she shall laugh in the latter day. —Proverbs 31:25
If I should be granted the grace of martyrdom, I should like, very, very much, to crack a good joke or two at some point during the proceedings, like St. Lawrence.
It should amaze more people that rulers in modern countries can tell a man “Kill or be killed for me. You have no choice.” And to back that order with the threat of violence.
We all think it is completely normal. Even when rulers were voted in by people who could not name who… https://t.co/PdemcVRzcl
— William M Briggs – Statistician to the Stars! (@FamedCelebrity) August 8, 2026
“If you want Christ to love you and help you, you must love Him and always make every endeavor to please Him. Do not waver in your purpose because even if all the saints and every single creature were to abandon you, He will always be near you, no matter what your needs may be.”
Transfiguration of Christ, Paolo Veronese, ARSH 1555-56, Cathedral of Santa Maria, Montagnana
This is paragraph 15 from “Sermon on the Transfiguration of our Lord and God and Savior, Jesus Christ” by St. Ephraim the Syrian. It seems to me that a simple verbatim recitation of this would make a spectacular sermon or homily by itself, Fathers.
“The facts themselves bear witness and His divine acts of power teach those who doubt that He is true God, and His sufferings show that He is true man. And if those who are feeble in understanding are not fully assured, they will pay the penalty on His dread day.
If He were not flesh, why was Mary introduced at all? And if He were not God, whom was Gabriel calling Lord?
If He were not flesh, who was lying in the manger? And if He were not God, whom did the Angels come down and glorify?
If He were not flesh, who was wrapped in swaddling clothes? And if He were not God, whom did the shepherds worship?
If He were not flesh, whom did Joseph circumcise? And if He were not God, in whose honor did the star speed through the heavens?
If He were not flesh, whom did Mary suckle? And if He were not God, to whom did the Magi offer gifts?
If He were not flesh, whom did Simeon carry in his arms? And if He were not God, to whom did he say, “Let me depart in peace”?
If He were not flesh, whom did Joseph take and flee into Egypt? And if He were not God, in whom were words “Out of Egypt I have called My Son” fulfilled?
If He were not flesh, whom did John baptize? And if He were not God, to whom did the Father from heaven say, “This is My beloved Son, in Whom I am well-pleased”?
If He were not flesh, who fasted and hungered in the desert? And if He were not God, whom did the Angels come down and serve?
If He were not flesh, who was invited to the wedding in Cana of Galilee? And if He were not God, who turned the water into wine?
If He were not flesh, in whose hands were the loaves? And if He were not God, who satisfied crowds and thousands in the desert, not counting women and children, from five loaves and two fishes?
If He were not flesh, who fell asleep in the boat? And if He were not God, who rebuked the winds and the sea?
If He were not flesh, with whom did Simon the Pharisee eat? And if He were not God, who pardoned the offenses of the sinful woman?
If He were not flesh, who sat by the well, worn out by the journey? And if He were not God, who gave living water to the woman of Samaria and reprehended her because she had had five husbands?
If He were not flesh, who wore human garments? And if He were not God, who did acts of power and wonders?
If He were not flesh, who spat on the ground and made clay? And if He were not God, who through the clay compelled the eyes to see?
If He were not flesh, who wept at Lazarus’ grave? And if He were not God, who by His command brought out one four days dead?
If He were not flesh, who sat on the foal? And if He were not God, whom did the crowds go out to meet with glory?
If He were not flesh, whom did the Jews arrest? And if He were not God, who gave an order to the earth and threw them onto their faces?
If He were not flesh, who was struck with a blow? And if He were not God, who cured the ear that had been cut off by Peter and restored it to its place?
If He were not flesh, who received spittings on His face? And if He were not God, who breathed the Holy Spirit into the faces of His Apostles?
If He were not flesh, who stood before Pilate at the judgement seat? And if He were not God, who made Pilate’s wife afraid by a dream?
If He were not flesh, whose garments did the soldiers strip off and divide? And if He were not God, how was the sun darkened at the cross?
If He were not flesh, who was hung on the cross? And if He were not God, who shook the earth from its foundations?
If He were not flesh, whose hands and feet were transfixed by nails? And if He were not God, how was the veil of the temple rent, the rocks broken and the graves opened?
If He were not flesh, who cried out, “My God, my God, why have you abandoned Me”? And if He were not God, who said “Father, forgive them”?
If He were not flesh, who was hung on a cross with the thieves? And if He were not God, how did He say to the thief, “Today you will be with Me in Paradise”?
If He were not flesh, to whom did they offer vinegar and gall? And if He were not God, on hearing whose voice did Hades tremble?
If He were not flesh, whose side did the lance pierce, and blood and water came out? And if He were not God, who smashed to gates of Hades and tear apart it bonds? And at whose command did the imprisoned dead come out?
If He were not flesh, whom did the Apostles see in the upper room? And if He were not God, how did He enter when the doors were shut?
If He were not flesh, the marks of the nails and the lance in whose hands and side did Thomas handle? And if He were not God, to whom did He cry out, “My Lord and my God”?
If He were not flesh, who ate by the sea of Tiberias? And if He were not God, at whose command was the net filled?
If He were not flesh, whom did the Apostles and Angels see being taken up into heaven? And if He were not God, to whom was heaven opened, whom did the Powers worship in fear and whom did the Father invite to “Sit at my right hand”. As David said, “The Lord said to my Lord, sit at my right hand, etc.”
If He were not God and man, our salvation is a lie, and the words of the Prophets are lies.”
It all happened so fast. One minute the Tombstone Four were calmly discussing the heresy of Gallacanism and the truth of Ultramontanism, and the next thing we knew we were litigating the ending of Pretty in Pink while Sonny Crockett (not Corleone) pushed up the sleeves of his linen suit and drove away in his white Testarossa.
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(For your edification and recreation on the Feast of St. Dominic, an absolutely brilliant satire piece that burns to ash the abject nonsense argument that “we can’t know that Bergoglio or PERVost is an Antipope”. I came across this in the commbox over at NonVeniMark’s place, HERE. Really, read the whole, delicious thing, including the “advertisement” for “Catastrophe Magazine” (aka Crisis) and Galatians 3:1, G3:1 (aka 1Peter5). Here’s G3:1… it’s PERFECT:
O senseless Galatians, who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been set forth, crucified among you? O insensati Galatae, quis vos fascinavit non obedire veritati, ante quorum oculos Jesus Christus praescriptus est, in vobis crucifixus?
Here’s just a nibble, but you must read the whole thing. And share.
Pope Susan (born Karen McNuggets), after the conclave of 2047.
Contextual Introduction
It is the year 2051 CE.
Karen McNuggets was elected to the See of Rome a few years ago, and took the name ‘Pope Susan.’ Since then, Pope Susan has begun radically changing everything in the Church.
Some were dismayed by this turn of events, and began promoting a horrible conspiracy theory – that Susan is a woman, and therefore not the Pope.
They refer to texts such as that of Caesar Badii, 1921 commentary on the Code of Canon Law:
‘The law now in force for the election of the Roman Pontiff is reduced to these points:…
‘Barred as incapable of being validly elected are the following: women, children who have not reached the age of reason, those suffering from habitual insanity, the unbaptized, heretics and schismatics.’1 (Emphasis added)
However, some of the most faithful conservative Catholics, wishing to return to the balanced and moderate principles laid out by Pope St Francis the Great, have taken great scandal and anxiety at the presumption of such claims – which have come to be known as Susanvacantism.
These faithful (and moderate) conservatives feel that Susanvacantism is dangerous, and that it is their duty to warn their fellow Catholics.
One such faithful and moderate (and balanced) conservative is Fredrik Tunaphisch, the editor of Catastrophe Magazine.
Catastrophe Magazine, along with other similar anti-Susan outlets like Galatians 3.1 (and to a lesser extent The Leftovers) have charted a sensible, prudent course – making sure that they are resolutely neither cold nor hot.
The Spiritual Dangers of Susanvacantism
Everyone knows that Catholicism online is a different world to what you find in real life.
If, for example, you went to a typical Catholic parish and asked everyone, ‘Is Susan the pope?’ you’d probably get 100% of the congregation saying ‘Yes.’ You’d also get some odd looks for asking such a stupid question.
Yet if you spend time on engaging with Catholics on Y (formerly X [formerly Twitter]) and elsewhere, it won’t be long before you encounter someone insisting that ‘Pope Susan isn’t really the pope.’
While this view might sound crazy to the average, normal Catholic, it’s understandable to anyone paying attention to Church politics today.
A small – but growing – group of Catholics deny that Susan is the pope.
While this idea option might be tempting, it’s incredibly dangerous to the soul.
Denying the legitimacy of Susan’s papacy means that there is no valid pope – the see of Rome is vacant. This position rests on these two ideas:
That Susan is a woman.
But who are they to say that Susan is a woman?
It’s a well-known provision of Canon Law that the first see is judged by no-one. It is not for mere laymen to be assuming the gender of the pope (let alone judging it).
This would require several warnings, as well as a declaration from the college of Cardinals.
At present, Susan is at most an occult woman or suspect of being a woman – but until there has been a declaration by authority, we are naturally unable to notice, judge or act on any such idea. This would be private judgment on steroids. This is just like Martin Luther all over again.
That a woman is incapable of being pope.
But while this is a venerable theological thesis, taught by theologians and canonists, has it ever been declared infallibly by the extraordinary magisterium of the Church or by a pope ex cathedra?
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Folks, it starts strong, and then JUST. GETS. BETTER.
St. Clare of Assisi, whose feast is today..
