Benedict, Vox Ecclesiae (“Benedict, Voice of the Church”), the 265th Bishop Of Rome, held the motto Cooperatores Veritatis, (Coworkers in Truth) until his death four years ago on December 31, 2022
Only God is omniscient. We work to do the best we can to understand God’s truth in a house and in houses where there are many mansions.
On the first of January , 2020, Cardinal George Pell made a both calm and impassioned plea for truth from the church in his prison journal:
“Christians have as much right to participate in public life and discussion as any other group, and we need to be active and vocal. To be cowed into silence would be shameful, and to be drowned in political correctness would be worse.”
The traditional Latin mass of January 1 almost defines goodness or the Latin Virtus (originally manliness) as raising the voice.
Psallat altitúdo cœli, Psallant
omnes ángeli * Quidquid est vírtutis
unquam Psallant in laudem Dei *
Nulla linguárum siléscat Vox et omnis
cónsonet: Sæculórum sǽculis (Let the height of heaven sing;
sing all angels; whatever has life, sing
and praise God. No tongue shall be
silent; sing, every voice: for ever and
ever.)
Let us sing.
The Truth.
As best we can,
Geoff Fox, December 31-January 1, 2025-2026, Melbourne, Australia
THE CRUCIFIED CARDINAL 