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Monthly Archives: February 2010
25 February 2010
QUAERITUR: Can laypeople own a monstrance?
From a reader:
I trust your judgment and I would like to know if it is ok to own a miniature monstrance. Sites online sell them. [Image attached for reference.] It’s a miniature monstrance which is not the same as one … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged consecration, monstrance, ostensorium, reliquary
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Registration update
I just approved a passel of registrations which had piled up during my recent travel. Sorry about the delay.
However, there were some which I did not approve. I won’t approve a registration which offers absolutely nothing recognizable in the name … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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24 February 2010
Another brick in the Wall of Solomon
Time and time again I read about how archeologists discover things which confirm "tales" from ancient authors or from Scripture, putting skeptics and scoffers in their lonely place.
I picked this up from The Sacred Page:
Archaeologist sees proof for Bible in … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Thugs at the Cathedral of Chicago
From LifeSite:
Monday February 22, 2010
Gay Mob Protests Wedding Vow Renewal at Chicago Cathedral
by James Tillman
CHICAGO, February 22, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Last Valentine’s day, Feb 14, Chicago’s Holy Name Cathedral offered married couples a chance to celebrate their spousal fidelity by … Continue reading
Availability of the TLM in Italy
Rorate has this interesting post about the availability of the TLM in Italy.
The current situation for the TLM in Italy
(This set of statistics – taken from Unavox via Messa in Latino – counts 64 places throughout Italy where the Traditional … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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WDTPRS – Wednesday 1st Week of Lent – Oratio super populum (2002MR)
ORATIO SUPER POPULUM (2002MR):Tuere, Domine, populum tuum,et ab omnibus peccatis clementer emunda,quia nulla ei nocebit adversitas,si nulla ei dominetur iniquitas.
This "Prayer over the people" was in the Liber sacramentorum Augustodunensis for Ash Wednesday, and it seems to have been inspired … Continue reading
23 February 2010
Post hoc ergo … wellll… maybe not so much.
From a reader:
Hi, Father. It is rather interesting that after dropping the priests from their cruises, Celebrity now has this PR nightmare of 350 people sick on their cruise ship!
http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/02/22/1494621/cruise-line-300-sick-aboard-ship.html
And no priest to give anyone Last Rites!
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Research
Time to search the stacks of the good theological library at St Paul Seminary in St Paul.
In my day this seminary was pretty dreadful, but HUGE improvements have been made.
And so…
UPDATE:
A nice surprise. One of the seminarians had … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Supper: Chinese!
Tonight before heading tovthe library I am taking in an early supper at a very good Chinese spot on the east side if St Paul.
Shanghai juicy dumplings.
As you can see before even thinking about a photo I ate one. … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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When neglect is your ally
I don’t recall if this quote was from the book or the movie version of The Count of Montecristo but went the old priest in the prison is giving lessons to Dantes, he says of their relative freedom to carry … Continue reading
Prayer request for priests
Would you in your charity please say a prayer for priests who are looking for another diocese?
I have had several requests on these lines lately. It strikes me that you might lend a spiritual hand, especially in that this is … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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ante diem vii kalendas martias
This is interesting, from RogueClassicism. I wrote about the Roman god Terminus the other day:
ante diem vii kalendas martias
Traditional end of the Roman year (followed by a period of intercalation)
Terminalia — a festival in honour of Terminus, the divinity who … Continue reading
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D. Scranton: new bishop!
From CNA:
Bishop-elect Joseph BamberaRelated articles:
Vatican City, Feb 23, 2010 / 11:59 am (CNA).- Pope Benedict appointed a replacement today for the diocese left vacant by the unexpected resignation of Bishop Joseph Martino last August. Msgr. Joseph C. Bambera was chosen … Continue reading
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