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#11

General Discussion / Re: King St. Louis IX's letter...

Last post by WilburLHoward - March 02, 2026, 08:30:41 AM

Read his letter of advice to his eldest son:

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And his biographies by two of his Dominican confessors.

Very insightful discussion. I appreciate the thoughtful points shared here.

#12

General Discussion / Bishop Schneider Appeals to Po...

Last post by justjeff - February 25, 2026, 04:33:07 PM

Bishop Schneider Appeals to Pope Leo XIV to Build a Bridge with the SSPX

This appears to be another historic battle in the ongoing spiritual war in the life of the Church.

May Our Lord shower even more His people with His graces of wisdom, understanding, counsel, fortitude, knowledge, piety and fear of the Lord.

#13

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:54:26 PM

though it is still at 0%.

Maybe ∄ any seeders.

Yeah, I eventually came to that conclusion.

That's ok, however. I got a pretty good idea of what they were about from the trialers on youtube. Unfortunately, it looks like the typical rebellions against the Church by those Satan has achieved significant influence over.

#14

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by Geremia - February 12, 2026, 04:33:32 AM

though it is still at 0%.

Maybe ∄ any seeders.

#15

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:25:43 AM

I'm not sure how to use magnet links.

Use a torrent program like qBittorrent.

Thanks. I have a portable copy of qbittorrent. I had just never used a magnet file before. cutting & pasting
magnet:?xt=urn:btih:5e86f29c68d4261b4bcb61947a8d9732f8003557 seems to have worked, though it is still at 0%.

#16

Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by justjeff - February 12, 2026, 03:14:27 AM

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass.

PHONETICA LATINÆ - How to pronounce Latin by Ray Cui is a good resource; it has Ecclesiastical (and "Classical" 🤮) pronunciations.

That looks very helpful. Thank you very much!

#17

Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 06:34:11 PM

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass.

PHONETICA LATINÆ - How to pronounce Latin by Ray Cui is a good resource; it has Ecclesiastical (and "Classical" 🤮) pronunciations.

#18

Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by justjeff - February 11, 2026, 04:29:08 PM

Thank you very much for all of the information and, of course, the resources.

a main reason I wanted to learn (some?) Latin was to be able to read along in the missal without having to go back and forth with the English translation.

For that purpose, I used Byrne, Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course.

I have been asked to fill in as an altar server this weekend for a friend who went into the hospital. Fortunately, his operation went well & hopefully he will be out of the ICU today.

I'm thinking that I will be needing a little bit of a crash course on Latin pronunciation for the responses at Mass. Do you think I would be better off with Fr. Most's audio for that, or perhaps the Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course or something else?

#19

Catholic Resources / Re: Learning Latin resources

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 03:11:32 AM

reading the early Church Fathers, like Augustine is much more complex and difficult than what was typical Church Latin in the Middle Ages.

Yes, St. Augustine's Latin is more similar to classical Latin than the ecclesiastical Latin that St. Jerome initiated. St. Thomas Aquinas's Latin is actually the easiest; cf. Dr. Jeremy Holmes reading St. Thomas Aquinas's Compendium in Latin and explaining its grammar ex tempore in Latin.
You'd be interested in Latinist Christine Mohrman's Liturgical Latin: Its Origins and Character: Three Lectures.

a main reason I wanted to learn (some?) Latin was to be able to read along in the missal without having to go back and forth with the English translation.

For that purpose, I used Byrne, Simplicissimus Ecclesiastical Latin Course.

#20

Anti-Modernism / Re: «Rebel Hearts» (2021)

Last post by Geremia - February 11, 2026, 12:17:04 AM

I'm not sure how to use magnet links.

Use a torrent program like qBittorrent.