Monthly Archives: June 2009

QUAERITUR: promoting reverence at Communion

From a priest reader:
Quick question with regard to GIRM #281.
"Holy Communion has a more complete as … Continue reading

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Response to America Magazine’s Editorial “Community of Disciples” (22 June 2009)

ORIGINALLY POSTED ON 18 JUNE
They are at it again with the same old … Continue reading

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Chinese Lunch!

I am at the Grand Sichuan on 9th (between 24th & 25th) for lunch. I remember … Continue reading

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Westminster Cathedral’s main altar

From the blog Holy Smoke by Damian Thompson:

The big free-standing altar [read: "picnic table"] that cluttered … Continue reading

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QUAERITUR: Old & new calendar – feast of St. John Vianney

From a reader:
I have a question for you regarding the celebration of feasts that fall on … Continue reading

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QUAERITUR: Confessions forbidden on Sunday?

From a reader:
We had a visiting priest today who refused to hear confessions because the CIC … Continue reading

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New Sottosegretario for the CDF

It was announced that…
 - Appointed Msgr. Damiano Marzotto Caotorta, bureau chief of the Congregation for the … Continue reading

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An audio homily of the day

I have often been tempted to start a daily audio homily.
I am tempted, I say.
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“Prolong, prolong that tide of song, O leafy nightingale and thrush!”

I love this time of year, with the long lingering evenings, especially with a breeze soughing … Continue reading

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Humbling experience

I went to the Morgan Library tonight.
There is wonderful exhibit there of illuminated Medieval manuscripts. … Continue reading

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