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Monthly Archives: January 2011
23 January 2011
New… Newer… Newest Evangelization
We have yet to see action from the Vatican’s new office for “New Evangelization”, which was created… to.. ehem…. to… well… Archbp. Fisichella is the President of the new office to help promote a restoration of the Faith in places … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare
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22 January 2011
QUAERITUR: Nitwit priest changes the words of absolution. Wherein Fr. Z really rants.
From a reader:
I am deeply distressed over this. I went to Confession today and for
the absolution, the priest said “…and I forgive you of all your
sins…” instead of “..I absolve you of your sins..”
Is my Confession
valid and am I still … Continue reading
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – “to abound with good works”
For the upcoming 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time in the Ordinary Form.
COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR):
Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,
dirige actus nostros in beneplacito tuo,
ut in nomine dilecti Filii tui
mereamur bonis operibus abundare.
This was in the 1962MR as the Collect for the … Continue reading
Posted in WDTPRS
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Virtual Prayer for Pope Benedict Project. How you can help.
I want to try an experiment. Virtual Prayer for Pope Benedict. “Oremus pro Pontifice nostro Benedicto!”
I have a recording of the Prayer for the Pope on the Z-Cam’s live stream. It rotates through the playlist. But I make the responses … Continue reading
21 January 2011
PZ Myers, low life
I picked this up from CMR. He didn’t provide a link, for reasons which will be obvious. Posting like this is rather like picking up after some large dog during walkies.
You will unfortunately remember PZ Myers, pond scum, who … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Do we need a “Syllabus” on the Council?
The UK’s best Catholic weekly (which still has its digital subscription special going, a year for a “tenner”!) the Catholic Herald has an article by William Oddie about the proposal made by Bp. Athanasius Schneider about a Syllabus both of … Continue reading
Benedict XVI’s 2nd volume of ‘Jesus of Nazareth’ coming soon!
The second volume of the Holy Father’s work Jesus of Nazareth will be released for Lent 2011, with a date of 15 March.
This volume will focus on the period the Lord’s life from the entrance into Jerusalem to His resurrection.
The … Continue reading
PODCAzT 116: Bp. Athanasius Schneider’s proposal for a “Syllabus” on the correct interpretation of Vatican II
His Excellency Most Rev. Athanasius Schneider, auxiliary bishop in Karaganda, Kazakhstan, has made quite a splash over the last few years.
He first caught people’s eyes at the Synod on the Eucharist in 205 in Rome where he gave an intervention, … Continue reading
Notise anything odd about the hedline?
Someone in Green Bey nodded:
I’m not sure I would want to visit Chicaco.
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20 January 2011
REQUEST: Your ideas for an Instruction on Summorum Pontificum
Yesterday I wrote that the long-expected Instruction on Summorum Pontificum is on its way.
Unfortunately, the comments under that entry are… shall we say… not well-focused.
Under this entry, however, I hope for something far better.
Here is task for you, if you … Continue reading
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
82 Comments
19 January 2011
Developments with wheat, celiac
I have written about hosts and wheat and celiac (here and here, etc.).
For the consecration to be valid, the hosts must be made from wheat flour. Not wheat… not valid.
This comes from e! Science News with my emphases and comments.
Study … Continue reading
Denis Leary – scum
From The Catholic League.
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Benedict XVI on the ‘pillars of Christian unity’
His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI during his General Audience, in the context of a week dedicated to Christian Unity spoke of the “four pillars” of Christian Unity.
After all, Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity.
From CNA with my emphases … Continue reading
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity
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Bp. Tobin (D. Providence) on Pres. Obama’s speech in Tucson! NOT impressed!
The newspaper of the Diocese of Providence, RI, has a column by His Excellency
Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin. We have heard from Bp. Tobin before (here and here).
My emphases and comments.
The President’s Speech; Why I Wasn’t Impressed
BY BISHOP THOMAS J. … Continue reading
