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Monthly Archives: August 2009
23 August 2009
A Sunday sermon
In the wake of many disappointments we have all seen in the press, continually see from people who should know better, concerning even Christians, Catholics, even whole Christian communities which betray both reason and Scripture and Christian Tradition, here is … Continue reading
Posted in Sermons, The future and our choices
5 Comments
QUAERITUR: oddities from a priest during Mass, invalid consecration?
From a reader:
I have a question about the validity of the consecration. I attended two NO Masses this week and as each priest said, "…broke the bread…", they broke the bread with an audible crack. One priest held the two … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
16 Comments
22 August 2009
The next step
The Holy Father issued Summorum Pontificum.
Card. Castrillon of the PCED offered the SSPS a list of conditions.
The Holy Father lifted the excommunications. The PCED has been placed under the CDF.
Now… with a … Continue reading
Saturday? Find an exhibit!
I am at the Minneapolis Institute of Art to see an exhibit of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
14 Comments
U.S. bishops launch website on new Mass translation
For the most part we have not seen the Church’s leadership using the internet all that effectively. I think the situation will be improving.
Here is one enormous improvement.
From CNA:
U.S. bishops launch website on new Mass translation
Washington D.C., Aug 21, 2009 … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
44 Comments
21 August 2009
Do not spend money to see this movie
Avoid Inglorious Basterds by Quentin Tarantino.
It will be 7 hours of your life… er… well, 2 and a half hours of your life that seem like 7… which you will never get back.
Ironically, the person who took me to see … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
28 Comments
Follow Fr. Z on Twitter
If you use Twitter, you might think to follow @fatherz
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
3 Comments
The next stage for the Holy Father’s wrist
CNA:
Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug 21, 2009 / 10:20 am (CNA).- The Holy See’s Press Office has issued a statement today announcing that the Pope Benedict XVI’s personal physician, Dr. Patrizio Polisca, has removed the cast from the Holy Father’s right … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
23 Comments
Archd. of Westminster checks The Bitter Pill
From Damian Thompson:
The Tablet [The Bitter Pill or... considering their complacency about certain issues, perhaps RU-486] has been sternly corrected by Bishop Alan Hopes, auxiliary of Westminster diocese, for an editorial a couple of weeks ago in which it suggested … Continue reading
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
7 Comments
grrr update
After having some successes with the desktop dashed to the dust of despair, I managed to get in enough to initiate a backup to a large external hard drive.
I will set this problem to one side now for a couple … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
1 Comment
20 August 2009
oh… OH!
I violated a strict kitchen rule tonight.
After supper when cleaning up I had some hot chilies left over. I put them away.
When you handle hot peppers you should always, right away, wash your hands.
As I was saying, I put the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
43 Comments
Feeder feed
While I have been writing an article and fixing a computer and doing may other things, the feeder has been SUPER busy today.
The Goldfinch Eating Team is DEMOLISHING socks full of thistle seed.
You can almost see the level dropping.
Many female … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Feeder Feed
9 Comments
QUAERITUR: I comment on noise in church, the priest reacts badly
From a reader:
My family always prays after the Novus Ordo Mass at our little country church (fits about 150) the prayers commonly recited after the Low Mass. Unfortunately, once the last note fades from the recessional, all other parishioners jump … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, SESSIUNCULA
51 Comments
Winds of change
In my native place, Minneapolis, where Episcopalians/Anglicans first decided to "ordain" women, it seems that my former confessional splinter group the Lutheran Church – no wait – there is no Lutheran Church…. the ELCA, is debating the issue of openly … Continue reading
Posted in I'm just askin'..., SESSIUNCULA
29 Comments
The Tablet seems to be okay with state funded abortion. Surprised?
From CNA comes this unsurprising piece. Here is a taste:
London, England, Aug 18, 2009 / 02:42 am (CNA).- A Catholic newspaper in Britain has drawn harsh criticism for claiming that the U.S. bishops’ concerns about abortion coverage in proposed health … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
11 Comments
