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Monthly Archives: May 2011
31 May 2011
A new batch
I have ticked a few things off my To Do List for the day and can now settle down to read a bit.
I need, inter alia, to make some more notes about Augustine’s commentary on 1 John, which we will … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, Preserved Killick, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk
Tagged mystic monk, Penjing, Preserved Killick, tea
7 Comments
A question for the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
QUAERITUR:
Msgr. Guido Pozzo
Secretary of the
Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”
Palazzo del Sant’Uffizio
00120 Vatican City
Reverend and Dear Monsignor,
The Instruction Universae Ecclesiae states in par. 8 that “the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum constitutes an important expression of the Magisterium of the Roman Pontiff and … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Pontifical Commission "Ecclesia Dei", SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, UE 8, Universae Ecclesiae
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About Universae Ecclesiae and the Latin language
Over at Over at Fr Hunwicke’s Liturgical Notes I noted this from a few days ago. A good read and with my own emphases and comments:
Universae ecclesiae, C S Lewis, and Bl John XXIII
I referred not long ago to the … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Apostolic Constitution, Bl John XXIII, C.S. Lewis, can. 249, Screwtape, Veterum Sapientia
19 Comments
Prof. Peter’s and a scary thought about can. 1387
The Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has posted something that shook me a little, when I think of the implications it could have for priests who are less than committed to the Church’s moral teachings. He has an article in … Continue reading
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged can. 1387, crime of sollicitation, Ed Peters, Sixth Commandment
18 Comments
QUAERITUR: To veil or not to veil.
From a reader:
I’m debating whether or not to start veiling at the Novus Ordo Mass I attend. [She is obviously talking about wearing a chapel veil or head covering in church during Mass.]
I find going to Mass puts me in … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged chapel veils, head coverings
124 Comments
QUAERITUR: Does the debate over liturgy overlook the plight of the Church and the world?
The Instruction Universae Ecclesiae 8, on the implementation of the provisions of Summorum Pontificum (the emancipation proclamation for the older form of the Roman Rite), states that the Extraordinary Form, the Usus Antiquior, is a treasure for all.
With that in … Continue reading
WDTPRS is (mostly) a Kumbaya Free Zone
From the great Laudator:
Perhaps the song Kumbaya is not really an African-American spiritual dating from the 1930s, but rather a vestige of an ancient Greek skolion, a drinking song. Could kumbaya be a corruption of the plural of Greek ??????? … Continue reading
Benedict XVI speaks to the new Council for “New Evangelization”
From CNA:
Crisis of ‘indifference’ shows need for New Evangelization, Pope says
Vatican City, May 30, 2011 / 10:47 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Benedict stressed the urgency of evangelizing modern society, saying that Christians today face the task of reaching a world … Continue reading
30 May 2011
QUAERITUR: Rogation Days (reason #746 for Summorum Pontificum)
Rogation Days were on the traditional Roman calendar for 25 April (Major Rogation Day) and the three days before Ascension THURSDAY (Minor).
“Rogation” comes from rogo “to ask”.
For the Major days, the Greater Litanies were recited and there could be a … Continue reading
Just say no to liturgical dance
With a tip of the biretta o{]:¬) to Patrick Madrid, I share this from Stephen Colbert, as an exemplification of just how ridiculous liturgical dance really is.
Not “can be”… is.
Technorati Tags: liturgical dance, Stephen Colbert
Posted in Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged liturgical dance, Stephen Colbert
47 Comments
A look at the posture and manner of receiving Holy Communion
From the website of the newspaper the Catholic Herald of the Diocese of Madison, where H.E. Most Rev. Robert Morlino reigns, comes this piece about the manner of reception of Holy Communion. I must add, as the writer does not, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Universae Ecclesiae
Tagged Bp. Morlino, Communion in the hand, D. Madison, decorum, Eucharisticum mysterium, GIRM, Memoriale Domini, Redemptionis Sacramentum, Universae Ecclesiae
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Houston: dedication of new Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
I read at the site Ordinarite Portal, for the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham set up under the provisions of Anglicanorum coetibus – Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity – that on 28 May H.E. Daniel Card. … Continue reading

























