Monthly Archives: March 2010

28 March 2010

What’s wrong with this picture

I thought this was unusual. An ad on an NYC subway car.

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Sunday … Palms … Passion

Did you have a sung Passion?

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27 March 2010

LA education conference closing “liturgy” or reason #65648 for Summorum Pontificum

Over at CMR we may have seen the coining of a new term.  New?  Old?  I don’t know, but it is good.
Liturgesy: Heresy expressed in the form of Liturgy
We are treated to this, from the closing of the Three … Continue reading

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“using the victims of clerical child abuse to fight internal political battles”

Some analysis from the UK by Damian Thompson with my emphases and comments:

Some liberal Catholics are thinking: It’s payback time, Ratzinger!
By Damian Thompson
There is still no good evidence that Pope Benedict XVI is seriously implicated in the atrocious child … Continue reading

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Do NOT try this at home!

WARNING!
Episcopal gloves and…

…baklava.

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Out and about

It chilly breezy in Manhattan today, but sunny. It is nice to stretch the legs.

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A reminder from Fr. Z

GO TO CONFESSION!
Stow the excuses.
Examine your conscience. 
Go.

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The leader of Planned Parenthood thanks the liberal nuns

Before reading more, read this if you haven’t done so already:
A magisterium of nuns
Now from CNA with my emphases and comments…
Planned Parenthood head thanks religious sisters for ‘critical support’ of health care bill
Washington D.C., Mar 27, 2010 / 07:28 am … Continue reading

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WDTPRS – Palm Sunday (2002MR)

What Does the Prayer Really Say?  Palm Sunday – Station: St. John Lateran
 
Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week.  The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people … Continue reading

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26 March 2010

The poisons that lurk in the mud

In Robert Graves I, Claudius, the old emperor decides to let Nero be his heir knowing well that Nero will be so bad that people will cry for reform and the Republic to return.  In his cups, the old Claudius … Continue reading

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Archbp. Nichols about Pope Benedict’s handling of the abuse procedure

This is via Damian Thompson:
Cardinal Ratzinger acted powerfully against abusers, says Archbishop Vincent Nichols
By Damian Thompson 
At last – Archbishop Vincent Nichols, writing in The Times, has explained how far-reaching the former Cardinal Ratzinger’s reforms of Vatican procedures were … Continue reading

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Perhaps the most stunning understatement ever

"Father Maciel can no longer be considered a model of Christian life, the Legionaries of Christ have said about their founder."
Perhaps the most stunning understatement ever.
Biretta tip to the persistent Anna Arco.

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25 March 2010

WDTPRS: Annunciation – Lady Day

This is the very Feast of the Incarnation.
Today we celebrate that moment when our Lord elevated our humanity by taking our human nature into an indestructible bond with His Divinity.  In the Incarnation God opened for us the path to … Continue reading

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Great research tools now online: A.S.S. and A.A.S.

This is pretty big.
I have griped about the Holy See’s website.
Here is a new feature worth praising.
The texts of the Acta Apostolicae Sedis and the Acta Sanctae Sedis etc, are now online.

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CNS: Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser

In case you didn’t see this, John Thavis, of the Rome office of CNS has this:
Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser
By John ThavisCatholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican defended a decision not to laicize a … Continue reading

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