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We are pleased to welcome you to The Daily P.E.E.P., which is nothing short of the culmination of all that we believe and profess as members of the one, holy Roman Church Catholick, as amateur philosophers, students of theology, and as men of the world. The parametres of The Daily P.E.E.P. are difficult to define. Our interests are broad and span nearly every facet of existence. However, our primary interest is in Roman Catholick theology, dogmatick and moral – by no means as academicks, but as interested parties seeking truth.

Nevertheless, the gamut of life provides one with numerous opportunities for reflection on any number of eclectick issues. Thus, not desirous for the bonds of specificity, we have striven to oppose any attempts to assign limits and borders to our subject matter. We have tried to introduce commentary on that which is philosophical, social, political, cultural, historical, biographical, artistick, musical, theatrical, poetick, literary, architectural, and even culinary (as well as purposeless miscellany); whilst employing our holy creed as a critical model for the sum.

It is through the lens of Mother Church and in light of His most Precious Blood that we judge this orb of clay, its denizens, and all they do. Quick and dead alike shall be weighed against orthodox persuasion and the saintly odour of tradition. In all things we humbly ask God's blessing and guidance, lest we fall into error and sin. Pro ecclesia et pontifice.

Honoured to remain thy obedient servant,
Adam Mitchell Bernard Bond, Esq.

What the Barbarians Didn’t Do…

At the end of June I wrote an entry on The Bees of Barberini, speaking specifically of Maffeo Vincenzo Barberini, later Pope Urban VIII. At the beginning of that article I quoted Pasquino, who said, ‘Quod non fecerunt barbari, fecerunt Barberini’ or ‘What the barbarians didn’t do, the Barberini did’. A few months ago the so-called barbarism of the Barberini pope was brought to my attention by Fr John Hunwicke of Liturgical Notes.

Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera

Could Antonio Cardinal Cañizares Llovera be the next Prefect for the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments? According to the Spanish Press this is a certainty and the fact remains that we only have two choices — Llovera and Ranjith. Should we be happy if he is chosen? The answer is a resounding, yes!

We Live In a Moment of History

Today marks the first anniversary of the document which — coming from the august pen of our Supreme Pontiff, Papa Benedictus Sextus Decimus — declared that the Missale Romanum of Blessed Pope John XXIII had, in fact, never been abrogated and q.e.d. could be celebrated by any priest without permission of his local bishop.

Gratias Tibi Ago

Thank you, Papa, for the breath of fresh air that was your Apostolic Letter, Summorum Pontificum. On this first anniversary of its signing we salute and toast you, and pray for continued vigilance in the cause of reform. In thanksgiving and adoration to God we raise our voices in solemn Te Deum, that the fruits of your labours may be known.

    Gloriously Reigning

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    Oratio pro summo Pontifice


    Oremus pro Pontifice nostro BENEDICTO. Dominus conservet eum, et vivificet eum, et beatum faciat eum in terra, et non tradat eum in animam inimicorum ejus.

    Let us pray for BENEDICT, our Pope. May the Lord preserve him, and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.

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