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Monthly Archives: April 2010
26 April 2010
“It was a Mass that fosters vocations.”
Many of you have expressed how you wish you could have attended the Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. You have probably read various accounts posted in the Catholic blogosphere.
Here is from from The … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
12 Comments
Request from Fr. Z: go now to thank Bp. Slattery
The Diocese of Tulsa has created a page with Bp. Slattery’s sermon and also a moderated combox for comments. You don’t have to register.
May I request you readers to go over to that site, boost their stats in a way … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
44 Comments
Inhabiting the digital universe with a believing heart
I read the following from VIS. It is here in Italian:
INHABITING THE DIGITAL UNIVERSE WITH A BELIEVING HEART
VATICAN CITY, 24 APR 2010 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father addressed participants in the congress: "Digital Witnesses. Faces and languages in … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
1 Comment
If on the East coast, then why not the West coast?
L.A. Catholic wrote about the spectacular Traditional Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington DC and then mused:
Wonder when the Latin Mass will next be celebrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels here … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
39 Comments
Lunch… Chinese Noodles!
There are advantages to being in Chinatown!
The is a small walkdown place where noodles are made on the spot… right out of central casting: Chinatown Express!
They make dumplings too! Must try soon.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
11 Comments
An example of a journalistic rush to judgment
A curious piece in the Financial News with a stupid headline:
Vatican backs new equities index
Phil Craig26 Apr 2010
Investors are being invited to put money into a new Catholic equities index that is being backed by the Vatican, at a time … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, SESSIUNCULA
7 Comments
Straight from the void between their ears….
Our friends at Rorate have captured a photo of what appears to be the prelude to what may be an invasion of Earth by the Zorkons.
The red cube, according to Messa in Latino, is what is currently used as the … Continue reading
Posted in Throwing a Nutty
44 Comments
Hell is definitely cooler than heaven
From the Laudator:
H. Allen Smith, "The Achievement of H.T. Wensel," in Clifton Fadiman, ed., The Mathematical Magpie (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962), pp. 141-142 (at 142): The exact temperature of hell cannot be computed, but it must be less … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
19 Comments
The UK’s Foreign Office and John 15:18
A couple days I noticed a story in the Daily Telegraph about the memos circulating in the UK’s Foreign Office about the Pope’s upcoming visit.
Here is a taste.
Ministers apologise for insult to Pope
The Government has apologised to the Pope over … Continue reading
25 April 2010
Time to relax
I had the 7:30 pm Mass. Now it is time to meet friends, eat, and relax!
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
17 Comments
Pope Benedict may issue apology at close of Year for Priests
We will do this, and the Church’s detractors will say, as usual, that it isn’t enough.
Watch the vocabulary in this piece from The Independent.
My emphases and comments.
Pope will make historic apology for abuse
Vatican hopes unprecedented act … Continue reading
Bp. Slattery’s Sermon in Washington DC – unforgettable
Here is the audio of Bp. Edward Slattery’s marvelous sermon at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
Amazing.
Bp. Slattery, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, stepped up and made himself available to be celebrant for the Pontifical Mass in the older, traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Classic Posts, Our Catholic Identity, Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA, Sermons
Tagged Bp. Slattery, Oklahoma, Tulsa
48 Comments
Sunday Mass
I am at St. Mary’s in Washington where the TLM has been celebrated for many years.
Bp Slattery is here as well. I was hoping to hear the bishop preach, especially after what we heard yesterday. But … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
17 Comments
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter – Collect (2002MR)
Let’s have a glance at the Collect for the 4th Sunday of Easter according to the newer form of the Mass of the Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo.
COLLECT (2002 Missale Romanum): Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, … Continue reading
Posted in WDTPRS
4 Comments
