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Monthly Archives: April 2009
28 April 2009
Z-Feeder Feed
I can hear some of you now… after I post questions about liturgy or my pondered insights…
"But Father! But Father!", you say in frustration. "Who cares about the liturgy! What’s up at the feeder?"
What is up at the feeder, you … Continue reading
Prayer request for Card. Cañizares
Apparently Card. Cañizares, Prefect of the CDW, has been hospitalized with thrombophlebitis. Given that he is in hospitalized in Rome, would you stop now, and in your charity, say a prayer for his swift and complete recovery?
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
19 Comments
Ziegelstein auf Ziegelstein
From a reader:
I’m happy to pass along to you something in the brick-by-brick category. The administration of the International Theological Institute, an ecclesiastical theological faculty in Austria, invited a priest of the congregation Servi Jesu et Mariae to offer a … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
12 Comments
QUAERITUR: substituting for a subdeacon
From a seminarian reader, rewritten for anonymity:
I was told that having a layman (including a seminarian/acolyte) serve as a sub-deacon constitutes an abuse. Sed contra, the FSSP regularly has seminarian sub-deacons. Do you know of any official documents which … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Classic Posts, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Solemn Mass, subdeacon, TLM
41 Comments
QUAERITUR: I was supposed to love the TLM, but I hated it!
From a reader with my emphases and comments:
I’ve been following your blog quite attentively for a few months now and all my reading convinced me that I needed to give the Extraordinary Form of the Mass a try ASAP. This … Continue reading
Prayer request
Please stop now and pray for Fr. "J", who is in need.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
22 Comments
WDTPRS congratulates Amb. Glendon
I congratulate former the US Ambassador to the Holy See Mary Ann Glendon for her decision to decline Notre Dame’s Laetare medal.
She has set a good example at a serious moment of decision for Catholics in the United States.
As the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
19 Comments
QUAERITUR: a proper genuflection
From a reader:
I happened to note in O’Connell, II, 1940, p. 23: "… the Celebrant, when genuflecting at the foot of the altar (especially when genuflecting on the step), must not turn sideways, but directly face the tabernacle." … Continue reading
27 April 2009
Springfield, IL: TLM comeback
From the Springfield Journal Record with my emphases and comments.
Mass trend: Latin making a comeback locally
By STEVEN SPEARIECorrespondentPosted Apr 26, 2009 @ 12:00 AMSPRINGFIELD —
Early on a Saturday morning under the watchful gaze of archangels and the Gospel writers in … Continue reading
26 April 2009
A great image
Archbishop Burke in Lourdes
Technorati Tags: Archbishop Burke, Lourdes
His Hermeneuticalness reviews a review
His Hermeneuticalness reviews a review. Let’s have a look at the great Fr. Tim Fingan’s latest interesting entry.
A recent book by John Baldovin SJ, "Reforming the Liturgy: A Response to the Critics", published by the Liturgical Press of Collegeville, Minnesota, … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Catholic Herald, Finigan, liturgy, reform, Reid, Sacrosanctum Conciliu, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
29 Comments
QUAERITUR: Can I attend an SSPX ordination
From a reader (edited):
I wanted to ask you about attendance at relative’s ordination. My relative is going to be ordained a priest for the SSPX. We have not gone to the weddings which have been in the Society, … Continue reading
