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Daily Archives: 31 May 2011
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
