Monthly Archives: May 2010

PRAYERCAzT: Vespers – Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary (BrevRom)

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

No frills vespers from the Breviarium Romanum, though I sing the hymn Ave maris stella.

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The Blessed Virgin compared to the Air we Breathe.Gerard Manley Hopkins, 1918
Wild air, world-mothering air,Nestling me everywhere,That each eyelash or hairGirdles; goes home betwixtThe fleeciest, … Continue reading →

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The bitterness of hell, amplified by those whom the damned has caused to fall

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From CNA comes an interesting point about the Four Last Things, which you should be thinking of constantly and your evening examination of conscience.
We have heard straight talk from Msgr. Scicluna before, about graviora delicta committed by priests who harm … Continue reading →

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Israel Stations Nuclear Missile Subs off Iran

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This is from National Terror Alert boiling down an article in The Times…
Israel Stations Nuclear Missile Subs off Iran
May 30, 2010 by national 
Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near … Continue reading →

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Card. Pell: In praying to the Omnipotent God we mustn’t “talk in the same way we do at a barbecue”

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

UPDATE 1 June 0455 GMT:
I have learned that the reporter did not get it wrong.  There are indeed bound copies of the new translation of the Roman Missal with gilt-edged pages.   There were presentation copies for the Holy Father and … Continue reading →

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Apostolic Visitation in Ireland

Posted on 31 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

As a follow up to the entry about the problems at the seminary in Maynooth, Ireland.. which if memory serves is triste scriptu the only seminary in Ireland… Ireland…
This is from the VIS:
PRESS RELEASE OF THE HOLY SEE ON THE … Continue reading →

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Do you get this?

Posted on 30 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Am I simple and unsophisticated, or is this authentically daft?
From the "arts" section of Hell’s Bible…
700-Hour Silent Opera Reaches Finale at MoMA
At 5 p.m. Monday the longest piece of performance art on record, and certainly the one with the largest … Continue reading →

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Problems in the seminary at Maynooth, Ireland

Posted on 30 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I received a note from a Irish priest friend about articles in the Irish Daily Mail concerning problems at the seminary in Maynooth.  I had planned to write about it, but others have done some of the heavy lifting already.
This … Continue reading →

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100 year old Medal of Honor winner dies

Posted on 30 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Consider that this is Memorial Day weekend.
With a biretta tip to Sancte Pater this from the San Diego Union Tribune.
John Finn, hero at Pearl Harbor, dies at 100
Ex-sailor was oldest living Medal of Honor recipient
By Blanca Gonzalez, UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF … Continue reading →

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Sunday Supper – 3

Posted on 30 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

On Sundays people should, if they can, get together for a nice meal, something a little different.
I didn’t poll on this one, because I knew what I was going to make.
It was time to crack, once again, Julia Child’s Mastering … Continue reading →

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4-12 June – NYC

Posted on 30 May 2010 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I will be in NYC from Friday 4 June until Saturday 12 June.
On the evening of Friday 4 June I will have the 6:30 pm Missa Cantata in the Extraordinary Form at Holy Innocents.
On 11 June I will speak … Continue reading →

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