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Monthly Archives: December 2010
20 December 2010
I couldn’t resist.
I had to share with you this story from the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. I am not sure if this is available on the CH webpage. I found it the front page of the current print edition. … Continue reading
Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians
Putting our problems as Catholics in the modernist world in perspective, here is a story from CNA.
Priest says Muslim extremists want to rid Middle East of Christians
Cairo, Egypt, Dec 19, 2010 / 06:02 pm (CNA).- An Egyptian priest has explained … Continue reading
Posted in The Last Acceptable Prejudice, The future and our choices
Tagged Baghdad, Egypt, Islam, Sharia law, Sts. Nunilo and Alodia
11 Comments
Anything worth doing is worth over-doing.
The Motley Monk, who is a pretty good cook, has 10 tips for your Holiday Cheer and Dining.
We are instructed that these rules are the “essence of Christmas dinner” at his place.
Always avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on … Continue reading
How to deal with the pervasive problem of sacrilegious Communions
Over at Stella Borealis there is a good, common-sensical post which has … well… good common sense. These things have been said here at WDTPRS before, but repetita iuvant!
The biggest abuse at almost every parish is the nearly 100% reception … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, WDTPRS KUDOS
Tagged confession, sacrilige, sacriligious Communions
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Benedict XVI’s grim “state of the union” (Christmas) address to the Roman Curia
The Holy Father’s 2005 Christmas greetings address to the Roman Curia was one of the most important of his still short pontificate.
He has now delivered his 2010 address. It serves, among other things, as a kind of “state of … Continue reading
Refusal the Extraordinary Form could break unity with the Pope
Our friends at Rorate (happy anniversary to them) posted about a conference on traditional forms of liturgical worship held in France.
The great Msgr. Nichola Bux spoke.
I have written of Msgr. Bux before. He is a liturgical scholar who, among other … Continue reading
Fecit lunam per tempora sol cognovit occubitum suum
Perpend and be amazed.
With the help of APOD.
And read here.
Sometime after sunset tonight, [The eclipse begins on Tuesday morning, Dec. 21st, at 1:33 am EST (Monday, Dec. 20th, at 10:33 pm PST)] the Moon will go dark. This total lunar … Continue reading
19 December 2010
QUAERITUR: positive promotion of good practices rather than correction of abuses
From a reader:
You have posted numerous times regarding how to address issues of abuse within a parish in respect to how to compile evidence regarding said abuse, and by what channels to contact the local bishop or the prefect for … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Pastor changes the offertory. What do I do?
From a reader:
How should I approach my pastor about liturgical abuses he has been committing?
The recurring abuse has been his changing the Offertorium to “Lord, accept this bread and wine. It comes from the earth, and it comes from our … Continue reading
Liturgical “You” v. “Thou” – WDTPRS POLL ALERT!
There is a POLL at the end.
These days I have been comparing on a daily basis (sometimes on the blog) the new, or corrected ICEL prayers (in a couple revisions) with the Latin originals. And while comparing them to the … Continue reading
Today’s O Antiphon
Today the antiphon at Vespers for the Magnificat is “O Radix Iesse… O Root of Jesse”.
The Latin versions of each of the titles of the Messiah are: Sapientia (Wisdom), Adonai (Lord), Radix (Root), Clavis (Key), Oriens (Dawn), Rex (King), and … Continue reading
The Holy Father’s 2011 visit to Germany
Next year the German-born Benedict XVI will have his first state visit to Germany. His previous visits to Germany were apostolic visits. During the September 2011 state visit Pope Benedict is slated to address the German Parliament in the Bundestag … Continue reading
Posted in New Evangelization, Pope of Christian Unity, The Drill
Tagged Bundestag, Germany
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WDTPRS 4th Sunday of Advent (2002MR): Seeing is believing.
Today’s Collect is the Post-communion of the Feast of the Annunciation (25 March) in the 1962MR. Most of you who recite the Angelus know this prayer. This is also the prayer said traditionally after the Alma Redemptoris Mater, … Continue reading
Posted in ADVENT, WDTPRS
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Very cool webpage
The Vatican websites have a couple really cool pages.
Here is one of them.
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