{"id":84075,"date":"2026-07-01T18:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84075"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:29:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T22:29:21","slug":"odds-and-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/odds-and-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"Odds And Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The SSPX, as the society is known, is a threat to the Holy See because it represents a parallel, ultra-Catholic faith. It now has six bishops, 751 priests, 264 seminarians training in five seminaries, 145 religious brothers, 88 oblates and 250 religious sisters representing 50 nationalities, according to SSPX statistics.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a lightning strike recorded on the SSPX consecration video, which happens right when the presiding bishop receives communion. Is that a sign?<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bishop:<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Corpus Domini nostri Jesu Christi [lightning strikes here] custodiat animam meam in vitam aeternam. Amen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(May the body of our Lord Jesus Christ [lightning strikes here] guard my soul to eternal life. Amen.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8216;Beware imminent thunderstorm&#8217; message at 3:44:18\/6:21:50<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lightning strike at 3:45:07\/6:21:50<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEKnk6mMbpI\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v%3DSEKnk6mMbpI&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1783030337706000&amp;usg=AOvVaw14V72B9Q0jcMg09OOERJ5b\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SEKnk6mMbpI<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ad Jesum per Mariam,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eric Bermingham<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Episcopal Consecrations - July 1, 2026 - \u00c9c\u00f4ne\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SEKnk6mMbpI\" width=\"701\" height=\"394\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SSPX, as the society is known, is a threat to the Holy See because it represents a parallel, ultra-Catholic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84075\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}