Monthly Archives: January 2006

31 Jan: St. John Bosco

Posted on 31 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
These days a horrible war has been declared on boys and young men in common culture, which is riddled with the rot of a degrading type of feminism and, now, effeminacy among men in the form of homosexual traits. Pray to St. John Bosco in this time of need, especially that boys and men who have need of good and wholesome father figures may find them soon. Continue reading →

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Allocution to the Roman Rota

Posted on 31 January 2006 by Tim Ferguson

Following tradition, Pope Benedict addressed himself at the beginning of the year to the judges and … Continue reading →

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A new defense of Pius XII

Posted on 30 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Ronald J. Rychlak ("Rishlak") has produced another good book in defense of THE TRUTH.  You might … Continue reading →

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The Roman Cannon?

Posted on 30 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

You know about the Roman Canon.  You know about canons in Rome.  Here is an interesting … Continue reading →

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4th Sunday of Ordinary Time: Super oblata (2)

Posted on 30 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
…the document of the USCCB called Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship (BLS), when treating the position of altars, in footnote 73 (once note 75) in its online version mistranslates the Latin of the General Instruction of the Roman Missal (GIRM) par. 299. The English mistranslation in BLS of the Latin description of the placement of the altar is skewed so as to impose versus populum celebrations of Mass, which the Latin does not say. The mistranslation was published in November 2000 and remains online now despite the fact that the Latin of that very paragraph 299 in the GIRM had been specifically explained and clarified by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments (CDWDS – Prot. No. 2036/00/L – 25 September 2000) before the American bishops promulgated BLS. Those who wrote BLS and submitted it to the bishops for approval had to have known about that clarification by the CDWDS and so they must have submitted the mistranslation on purpose. Continue reading →

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27-28 Jan: Minnesota defeats Wisconsin

Posted on 29 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
Rah! Rah! Ski-U-Mah. Rah! Rah! Rah!
March on, March on to Victory.
Loyal Sons of the Varsity.
Fight on, Fight on for Minnesota.
For the glory of the Old Maroon and Gold. Continue reading →

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恭喜发财 – Gongxi facai!

Posted on 29 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Happy New Year 2006!
I had a wonderful experience today. I went with a … Continue reading →

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28 January: St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor

Posted on 28 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
O God, who made blessed Thomas
outstanding in zeal for holiness and diligent in application to doctrine,
grant to us, we beg You,
both to fix our eyes by our intellect carefully on the things which he taught,
and also to fulfill by our imitation the things which he accomplished in action. Continue reading →

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O Happy Michigan

Posted on 27 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Things are really looking up in Michigan, aren’t they. Think about it. First, they … Continue reading →

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27 Jan: St. Angela Merici

Posted on 27 January 2006 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

EXCERPT:
To my astonishment, in the 6th, 7th and 8th grade classes I could no find a single child… not a single child… who could tell me even the name of ONE of the sacraments, much less what a sacrament is or, imagine, what a sacramental is. So, I spent a little time in each class explaining what a sacrament is. I figured that if the kids were going to HOLY COMMUNION at school Masses, they might as well know that “that piece of bread thing”* was a sacrament. Continue reading →

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