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Monthly Archives: May 2010
27 May 2010
Watch for this link in the liberal media
Today’s email inbox has the feeling of the traditional night of the week a thug comes home after a few with the guys and beats the tar out of the wife and kids.
The clerical abuse of children is the prized … Continue reading
More bigotry from the New York Times
Nicholas Kristof has written blasphemous and historically inaccurate pieces for his mack Hell’s Bible. He now turns attention to the situation of a Catholic woman religious who, as a hospital administrator in Arizona, approved the killing of unborn child through … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
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Grave desecration
Pretty sad and steamed about this following story from CNA:
St. Michael statue stolen from US Marine’s gravestone in New York
Allegany, N.Y., May 27, 2010 / 10:47 am (CNA).- Police are investigating the theft of a marble statue of St. Michael … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Brick by “ad orientem” brick in Seattle
For your "brick by brick" file… from a reader:
Dear father, with all the negative publicity that the Archdiocese of Seattle has received lately with Fr. Ryan’s public dissent and Fr. Jan Larsen’s column, it is refreshing to know that at … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, WDTPRS KUDOS
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What group of blog commenters do you belong to?
Matthew Warner offered this on the site of the National Catholic Register. After comparing blog comments to graffiti (perhaps he is a facebook devotee with a "wall") he sallies forth to identity 10 types of commenters…. or should it be commentators? … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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It’s not about the money… well… not just about the money
There was story recently that, mirabile dictu, the Obama administration filed a brief with the Supreme Court backing Holy See’s claim of immunity from a lawsuit brought against an alleged pedophile priest in the United States.
You have to wonder what … Continue reading
NYC 3 June – Corpus Christi Mass and Procession – Eucharistic procession on Broadway, literally
The Blessed Sacrament on Broadway, literally on Broadway… on the street itself.
CORPUS CHRISTI PROCESSION MARKS END YEAR FOR PRIESTS
New York, May 25th – Manhattan’s historic Church of the Holy Innocents will mark the final First Thursday of the Year for … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick
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Bishops and priests must do public penance
Some time ago I posted this entry about bishops and priests doing public penance.
Is it time for bishops and priests to do public penance for, well, the crimes of bishops and priests?
I have often written that the way we worship … Continue reading
26 May 2010
26 May 1991 – Ordination
A video excerpt from my ordination in Rome in 1991.
Imposition of hands.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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WDTPRS: Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself (Part 2 – 2002MR)
Since this is a time of year when new priests are being ordained, and many priests are observing their own anniversaries, and since the Year of the Priest is drawing to its close, let’s have a WDTPRS look at the … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS, Year of Priests
Tagged Pro seipso sacerdote
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25 May 2010
UK: Bishop with priests using new translation – wordy but a huge improvement
Fr Michael Brown of Forest Murmurs:
I`m on the diocesan clergy retreat at Ushaw this week so this is just a quick post. Some priest bloggers have discussed recently using the new translation of the OF Mass before the official launch … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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CORRECTION to PODCAzT 102 on the new translation of the 1st Eucharistic Prayer
I received word from a couple people via email that in my reading of the new translation of the Roman Canon I omitted the name of St. Anastasia, which surprises me. This was an odd lapsus linguae given the fact … Continue reading
Posted in PODCAzT
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The Feeder Feed
I had an odd experience today.
I went out to put more grape jelly in the little cups on the bird feeder apparatus.
As I was doing so, I heard directly behind me – but close – a loud strange ratchety sound, … Continue reading
WDTPRS: Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself (Part 1 – 1962MR)
In the traditional, Extraordinary Form a priest can add orations for the anniversary of his ordination, Pro seipso sacerdote.
The 2002MR has three formularies Pro seipso sacerdote while the 1962MR has but one.Since this is a time of year when … Continue reading
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS, Year of Priests
Tagged Pro seipso sacerdote
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WDTPRS: Whit Tuesday
According to the older, traditional Roman calendar, today is Tuesday in the Octave of Pentecost.
The octave of Pentecost was lamentably killed off by the cutters and snippers of the Consilium in the post-Conciliar reform of the Roman liturgy.
Here is … Continue reading
