Daily Archives: 8 October 2008

I love this Pope

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf
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White House lighted pink for breast cancer awareness

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Did anyone see the remarkable images of the White House illuminated with pink light to highlight breast cancer awareness?
First Lady Laura Bush, a class act, has made this an issue for this month of October.

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Mass at the top of this hour

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I’ll be saying Mass, with the 1962 Missale, at the top of this hour (thus at 22:00 GMT).
Please unite your prayers to the Holy Sacrifice for whatever your intentions may be.
Ask your guardian angels to be present.
Remember, that a single … Continue reading →

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Reading Camille Paglia on Sarah Palin

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I really enjoy reading Camille Paglia.  Sure some of her ideas are horrifying.  But she is far scarier to modern feminists than she is to me, or probably ought to be to you.
And, boy, can she write.   Though I suspect … Continue reading →

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Defying stupidity

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

A lighter moment:

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QUAERITUR: In what color are priests to be buried?

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
Fr. Z.
Do you know what the traditional color chasuble is for priests to be buried in (i.e. not necessarily what is done now, but what was most often done in the past)? 
I need to write out my … Continue reading →

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Seattle Times: “there were some long days of waiting”

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I was alerted to an interesting article in the Seattle Times.

Seattle’s first parish centered on traditional Latin Mass
By Janet I. Tu
Seattle Times religion reporter
It was a big day Sunday for the couple of hundred devout Catholics gathered at the Josephinum … Continue reading →

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From a seminarian: “priests of the future are excited about tradition”

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is a note from a seminarian, whose identity I am preserving at his request.
It is a tie in with my entry here reacting to Damian Thompson’s post at Holy Smoke.
My emphases and comments.
Dear Father,
First off, I … Continue reading →

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“That one” and sheer idiocy

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The use of "that one" by Sen. McCain to indicate Sen. Obama last night during the Presidential debate has created some controversy.
Some idiots are making a big deal of this, even insinuating that there is something "racist" in saying "that … Continue reading →

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Honey and Vinegar

Posted on 8 October 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From an old WDTPRS article:
According to the Louis de la Rivière in his Vie de saint François de Sales (1624 – p. 584), the doctor and bishop of Geneva of St. Francis de Sales (+1622) told friend and prodigy Jean … Continue reading →

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