Daily Archives: 20 December 2008

An interesting review of the Twilight movie

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I found an interesting review on the site of Our Sunday Visitor.  It is about this new vampire movie, Twilight, based on a series of books I have neither read nor know much about, other than that they are aimed … Continue reading →

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Adopt a Troop

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Please consider participating in this worthy effort called Adopt a Troop

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If you can bear the cold.. The Ursids are coming

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

SPACE WEATHER ALERT:
RADIO METEORS: The Ursid meteor shower caused by Comet … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 20 December COLLECT (2002MR) – it’s “ineffable”

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Here is the (ineffable) Collect for 20 December, during this period of intense prayer and longing for the Lord’s Coming.
COLLECT: Deus, aeterna maiestas, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: 20 December – O Clavis David

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

We continue our look at the O Antiphons with today’s O Clavis David
LATIN: O clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel: qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ vinctum de domo carceris, sedentem in tenebris. … Continue reading →

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Harmonizing the traditional calendar with the post-Conciliar

Posted on 20 December 2008 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I had an e-mail from the fine folks at  Messa in latino, an Italian site.  They wrote about the use of the traditional Roman calendar.  
You willr ecall that the conference of Bishops in England and Wales decided to move … Continue reading →

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