Daily Archives: 21 May 2011

Starship Supper … awful… wonderful…

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

There is a reader here who really liked the 1997 movie Starship Troopers.
It was incredibly loosely based on the Heinlein novel we oooolllld people read when we were kids.  And when I say loose, I mean loose.
There is now a … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: TLM with female servers at U. Cambridge v. Universae Ecclesiae 28

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Instruction on Summorum Pontificum called Universae Ecclesiae, in paragraph 28, excludes service at the altar by females for the Extraordinary Form.
You will recall that the chaplain at the University of Cambridge’s Fisher House, Fr. McCoy, decided to have celebrations … Continue reading →

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Mickens of The Pill K.O.’s “Universae Ecclesiae”!

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Robert Mickens of The Pill (aka The Tablet aka RU486), found something really wrong with Universae Ecclesiae, something truly disturbing.
Some puir slow-witted gowk in the CDF or Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei” screwed up the title or “incipit” of the Instruction … Continue reading →

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WDTPRS: Secret for Votive Mass of Mary on Saturday: a densely-packed lovely little theological gem

Posted on 21 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

This morning’s Mass included a prayer I’ve said numberless times over the last nearly 20 (in a few days) years.  In the traditional Roman calendar today the priest can say a Votive Mass of Holy Mary on Saturday, Sancta Maria … Continue reading →

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