"Water, Water Everywhere" on the Feast of St. John the Baptist
“My brothers, count it all joy when you shall undergo various trials…” (James 1:2) “Through many tribulations we must enter the kingdom of God.” (Acts 14:21)
Once again I must crave my readers’ indulgence and ask their forgiveness for having allowed a lapse of a little over a month since the last time I updated my website, just as I was leaving on the May 14-28 segment of my ongoing “megatour.”
This latest segment consisted of a speaking tour of nine cities in six Midwestern states, in which I put another 3,000 miles on my car. It involved not only giving an updated version of my talk on “Counterfeit Catholicism” in Pittsburgh PA, Grand Rapids MI, Chicago and Rockford IL, and Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Eau Claire WI. It also included: a) a highly controversial public debate between Mr. Kenneth Bird and myself on the topic of which “traditionalist” clergy are properly authorized to function during the current crisis, b) my participation in the protest at the University of Notre Dame on the Sunday President Obama was delivering the commencement address and receiving an honorary doctorate in laws from the school, c) many, many hours of intensely fruitful private discussions about “counterfeit Catholicism” over meals with brilliant, three-time presidential candidate Dr. Alan Keyes during the three days we were together in South Bend, d) my also delivering in South Bend an updated rendition of my all-day “Wake Up, America!” seminar (which I hadn’t given for nine years), e) a lengthy and productive meeting in Minnesota with Michael Matt, editor of The Remnant and former colleague (and former student of mine, at Christendom College, back in the late 1980’s) regarding our doctrinal differences, and much, much more – regarding all of which I’m eager to report to you.
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