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Monthly Archives: April 2010
19 April 2010
Benedict XVI to young Maltese
The Holy Father gave this address today with my emphases and comments:
Żgħażagħ Maltin u Għawdxin, jien kuntent ħafna li ninsab maghkom,
[Dear young people of Malta and Gozo, I am very happy to be with you,]
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Saint Paul, as a young man, … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Your good news
Please give us a lift today and post your good news!
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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“Where willows harmonize the wind”
A biretta tip o{]:¬) to the Laudator with my additions:
韋 應 物 Wei Ying-wu (c. 737–791), East of the Town (tr. Witter Bynner, ellipses in original):
From office confinement all year long,I have come out of … Continue reading
Internal forum/confession and reporting crimes to the state
My friend Fr. Ray Blake, parish priest in Brighton at St. Mary Magdalen has a very good entry on his blog. To a degree it represents also some of my own reflections in the last few days.
Let’s have a look:
Cardinal … Continue reading
A look at Fr. Pfleger’s parish in Chicago
I am amazed that Fr. Pfleger continues in his office of pastor at St. Sabina Church in Chicago.
A reader sent me this:
A day or two ago I decided to see what St. Sabina’s website has to offer http://www.saintsabina.org/. … Continue reading
18 April 2010
PODCAzT 100: Benedict XVI, Pius XII, Justin Martyr and Fr. Z rants about liturgical abuse
Here is PODCAzT 100. I wasn’t feeling very creative today, so I set out with the intention of simply reading to you about St. Justin Martyr (+165). A selection of his 1st Apology is in the Liturgy of the Hours … Continue reading
“I saw the Pope weep.”
"Ho visto il Papa piangere"
"I saw the Pope weep."
There is a story in Italian in La Stampa about the meeting of Pope Benedict XVI in Malta with victims of clerical abuse when they were children.
I teased out his quotes.
One … Continue reading
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Easter – COLLECT (2002MR)
COLLECT: (2002 Missale Romanum): Semper exsultet populus tuus, Deus, renovata animae iuventute, ut, qui nunc laetatur in adoptionis se gloriam restitutum, resurrectionis diem spe certae gratulationis exspectet.
The genitives, adoptionis…resurrectionis… gratulationis, give the end of this collect a very cohesive feeling.
LITERAL … Continue reading
Posted in EASTER, WDTPRS
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WDTPRS voicemail
I have two phone numbers, one in the USA and one in the UK, through which people can leave me voicemail.
However, I have been having problems with retrieval of the voicemail.
I have hopefully solved the problem.
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Oldie PODCAzT for Good Shepherd Sunday
An oldie PODCAzT about the Good Shepherd, for Good Shepherd Sunday.
085 09-05-03 Gregory the Great on the Good Shepherd
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Pope Benedict in Malta meets with victims of clerical sexual abuse
From The Times of Malta:
One of the eight child abuse victims who met the Pope this afternoon said that the meeting had given the group peace in their hearts.
The group, now in their 30s and 40s, had a 35-minute meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Clerical Sexual Abuse of Children, Pope of Christian Unity, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Malta
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Op-ed piece in the NYT
People are feverishly sending me links to the op-ed piece by Nicholas Kristof in Hell’s Bible (aka The New York Times). Stop sending links.
No, I will not fisk it.
First, it is blasphemous and sinful.
Second, it is riddled with … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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PRAYERCAzT: Matins and Lauds (BrevRom)
No frills Matins and Lauds from the Breviarium Romanum.
If you lay people don’t get what is involved in clergy reading the office every day, this might give you an idea of what the older, traditional form of the office was … Continue reading
Posted in PODCAzT
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17 April 2010
evening light
I love evening light. It suggests possibilities. It calls to my mind time in chapels, motes in the sun, ballgames, preparing supper for friends.
I once freaked out the person looking in on my house when I went away for a … Continue reading
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PRAYERCAzT: 1st Vespers & Compline (BrevRom)
No frills, but sung hymn in Vespers. About half way through Compline I decided to sing some of it. It’s been a while.
