What Does The Prayer Really Say?
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You might recall the discourse on the consecration of a chalice in which I, inter alia, described 

"If a spider should fiendishly jump into the chalice after the consecration, and the priest can’t bring himself to drink it down, it is to be fished out with a pin, burned and, yes, put down the sacrarium."

These things really do happen.

WDTPRSer Maureen wrote to tell me this:

Hermeneutic of Continuity posted about how Mementoes of the English Martyrs was up on archive.org. This is pretty cool, as it is a sort of daybook with different martyr stuff for every day in the calendar.

Anyway, it notes on the page for March 1st, that Ven. Stephen Rowsam (in addition to having visions and having birds circle him singing while he prayed, sorta like Snow White) one time did have a spider fall in his chalice!

"Once when saying Mass a large spider covered with dirt fell from the roof into the chalice after consecration, but he consumed it from reverence to the Precious Blood."

Tonight in the crypt of St. Peter’s Basilica some young people with rather well-known prelates recited the Holy Rosary near the tomb of Pope John Paul II on the anniversary of his death.

Please say a prayer for a personal intention.

I got this notice via e-mail:

Father,

If you would be so kind, please make this information [Seton Hall University] available via your blog.

Celebration of Mass in Latin
According to the Liturgy of Vatican II
(Novus Ordo) on the following dates:

Monday, March 31, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
Monday, April 21, 2008

Celebration of a High Mass
According to the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite
(the Tridentine Mass) on the following date:

Monday, April 28, 2008

All Masses will be held in the Temporary Chapel at 6 pm
Boland Hall

I got this by e-mail:

Dear Father,

I would like to draw your attention to two new blogs,
 
http://fsspvocations.blogspot.com
http://tradvocations.blogspot.com
 
The first is a resource for those interested in the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter. The second is a resource for other vocations with other societies and religious orders using the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite, including religious communities for women.
 
These two blogs are meant to aid those seeking information into traditional religious orders and societies. Considering the large following your own blog assembled it would be very benificial for these new sites, and for vocations in general, if you would make mention of them sometime.

I have in mind today the titanic figure of Pope John Paul II who died on this day in 2005.