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Monthly Archives: October 2010
23 October 2010
Bishop assaulted in Canada
I suspect this sort of thing is going to happen more and more frequently.
From CBC:
B.C. bishop severely beaten
One person is in custody after the Roman Catholic bishop of Kamloops, B.C., was severely beaten at the city’s cathedral.
RCMP were called to … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
30 Comments
QUAERITUR: Late evening Sunday Masses
From a reader:
Several churches in my area hold Sunday Mass in the evening, in addition to in the morning. Is it permissible to attend these Masses if we cannot make morning Mass, or is it even permissible to hold Mass … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
55 Comments
Body scanners unveiled at JFK Airport; Napolitano doesn’t volunteer
From the NY Daily News:
Body scanners unveiled at JFK Airport; Homeland Security Sect. Janet Napolitano doesn’t volunteer
BY Christina Boyle
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Airline passengers might want to consider a trip to the gym before heading to the airport now that high-tech … Continue reading
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, Lighter fare
Tagged Janet Napolitano, JFK, scanners
23 Comments
QUAERITUR: Masses for things instead of for people
From a reader:
Father, is it appropriate for a person to ask a priest to offer Mass for a non-human intention, like “for a bountiful harvest” or “for good weather”? Canon law says (c. 901) that a priest can offer Mass … Continue reading
WDTPRS 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time: “In His will is our peace.”
In Canto III of the Paradiso of the Divine Comedy the poet Dante is in the Heaven of the Moon. He encounters the soul of Piccarda. Dante queries her about the happiness of the blessed in heaven wondering if somehow, even in heaven, souls might be disappointed that they do not have a higher place in celestial realm.
In response Piccarda utters one of the greatest phrases ever penned and or recited (l. 85): Continue reading
Fun internet retro-ads for internet stuff
I picked this up from His Hermeneuticalness Fr. Finigan, whom I wish would turn on his Skype more often.
Retronaut images
A little fun for Saturday. A correspondent kindly sent me a link to these clever Anachronistic Internet Ads.
Have a look at … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: decree about excommunications of SSPX bishops
I have received several emails asking about the juridical effect of the lifting of the excommunications of the SSPX bishops in January 2009.
Some are saying that the decree means that there never were excommunications in the first place, some are … Continue reading
22 October 2010
QUAERITUR: Bishop requiring exclusive use of the Extraordinary Form
From a reader:
I have a purely hypothetical question. I know all priests may say the
Extraordinary Form of the Mass without special permission of their
bishops (i.e. It is up to the priest if he wishes to say it), but
would it be … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Lighter fare
35 Comments
QUAERITUR: Requiem on Sunday
From a reader:
Father, is it ever allowed in the Extraordinary Form that a Requiem
Mass be celebrated on a Sunday?
Perhaps for a private Mass. If I, for example, were to learn of the death of a friend, I wouldn’t hesitate to … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged All Souls, funerals, Requiem Mass
11 Comments
Some recent posts of interest
Some recent posts of interest:
The Pope’s hinge-men: a proposal about cardinals.
Sts. Nunilo and Alodia, pray for us!
Anglican Archbp. Williams wants a joint commission to oversee Anglican conversions
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QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX just being stubborn?
A really old thing!
NPR fired … Continue reading
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SUNDAY SUPPER: Monday Edition
For this week’s Sunday Supper, I will on Sunday be making supper for 8 on Monday. Is that how to put it? The making is on Sunday, with prep on Saturday, while the eating will be on Monday.
It is my … Continue reading
The Pope’s hinge-men: a proposal about cardinals.
A great deal hinges on the naming of cardinals. The very word comes from Latin cardo, “hinge”. Cardinals are the Pope’s hingemen.
Phil Lawler made a proposal about the naming of new cardinals. Here is a key passage.
Rather than appointing the … Continue reading
Will the tables turn?
Have any of you seen this video ad from a group called Citizens Against Government Waste?
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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