Monthly Archives: August 2010

31 August 2010

A different take on “active participation”

I hear there was recently another attempted ordination of a wymyn in Arizona.

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WDTPRS POLL: sanctuary design for Pope Benedict’s visit to England

UPDATE: 1 Sept 17:52 GMT:
I see that England’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald has linked to this post.  Perhaps you readers might reciprocate and contribute well-considered and respectful comments in the discussion over there as well.
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I dunno…  I need … Continue reading

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Looking again at “active participation”

In Faith Magazine there is an article about active participation in the liturgy.  Let’s have a look with my emphases and comments.
 
‘With hearts and hands and voices’full, conscious and active participation in the liturgy
by Rita Thiron [Who is, I … Continue reading

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E-Mail issue

A note to friends who also read this blog: I have had an email problem. 
While on the road this weekend, my internet provider changed outgoing server settings.  Result: I could not send anything out. 
It took a while to … Continue reading

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30 August 2010

It is hardly ever killing time

On domestic flights one of two things will fill my time.
I either fall more or less instantly to sleep – rather in the manner of Capt. Aubrey – or I read.
Todayen route I was able to devour … Continue reading

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Wholly Ours

In a conversation with a friend today it became clearer and clearer to me how the Second Vatican Council’s document on liturgy, Sacrosanctum Concilium, is entirely the property of … on the side of the traditional/conversative argument.
The usual narrative which … Continue reading

Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill | Tagged | 116 Comments

Where you are

I did a quick snapshot of some of the places you are when you come to visit WDTPRS.
I cut out the "unknown" and entries that were too vague, such as "Canada" or "Germany".
These are approximations of locations in many cases.
Metairie, … Continue reading

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What is your good news?

Have any good news for us today?
I was able to spend some time with friends in KC, MO, meet with Bp. Finn, and help a priest friend by taking one of his four Sunday Masses.

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29 August 2010

REVIEW: Mystic Monk Coffee

was so impressed by the proposed plans for the new Carmelite Monastery in Wyoming, that I decided to check out Mystic Monk Coffee and help them peddle some. 
Pounds and Grounds and Compounds … Continue reading

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WDTPRS: 14th Sunday after Pentecost

Today’s prayer survived the snipping and pasting of the Consilium and the late Rev. Annibale Bugnini’s liturgical experts to be used on Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent.
COLLECT (1962MR):
Custodi, … Continue reading

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28 August 2010

QUAERITUR: In the USA is it against the law to kneel for Communion?

From a reader:
I know this may seem a bit odd, but  I was hoping to get your perspective on the U.S. GIRM 160, which states:  "The norm for reception of holy Communion in the dioceses of the United States is … Continue reading

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How St. Augustine came to be in Hippo

St. Augustine was born and raised in the North African backwater of Thagaste, in what is today northern Algeria.  He studied in Carthage.  He worked and was baptized in Milan.  He returned to Thagaste.
How did he wind up what became … Continue reading

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If you live long enough…

… you’ll see just about everything.
Brick by brick.
I have nothing else worthwhile to add to that.
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Augustine’s Bones

Yesterday, I posted about the bones of St. Monnica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo.  Today we move to the mortal remains of her sainted son.
Augustine died on 28 August 430.
Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s … Continue reading

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27 August 2010

St. Monica: “put my body anywhere”

This is the chapel in the church of St. Augustine in Rome where the mortal remains of St. Monica (+387), the mother of Augustine of Hippo now rest. 
To the right is a shot of the chapel on the day … Continue reading

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