Monthly Archives: May 2011

27 May 2011

QUAERITUR: Exposition in a school classroom

From a reader:
Is it proper to hold Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in a classroom at the high school when 30 feet out the back door is the church and our Perpetual Adoration Chapel, where the Blessed Sacrament is exposed … Continue reading

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An ineffable anecdote

During the preparation of the new translation, some defenders of the old way of doing things, the so-called “dynamic equivalence” method of translation, carped about the new goal of greater accuracy would be tooo haard for people in the pews.  … Continue reading

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26 May 2011

WDTPRS: Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself (Part 2 – 2002MR)

On the anniversary of his ordination, in the traditional form of Holy Mass with the 1962MR a priest can add orations for the anniversary of his ordination… Pro seipso sacerdote.  I wrote about those prayers here.
The 2002MR has three Mass … Continue reading

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NCR’s editor and publisher passed away: Joseph Feuerherd – R.I.P.

The National Catholic Reporter reports the death of their editor in chief and publisher.
Joseph Feuerherd, NCR editor in chief and publisher, died this morning after an 18-month battle with cancer. He was 48. Funeral arrangements are pending.
Feuerherd died at 8:41 … Continue reading

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26 May: St. Philip Neri

Did you know that St. Philip Neri is a co-patron of Rome?
COLLECT:
Deus, qui fideles tibi servos
sanctitatis gloria sublimare non desistis,
concede propitius,
ut illo nos igne Spiritus Sanctus inflammet,
quo beati Philippi cor mirabiliter penetrvit.
The only tricky word here is sublimo, which according … Continue reading

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RECENT POSTS and THANKS to Readers!

Some of you have been kind enough post greetings for my 20th anniversary of ordination.  I am very grateful for your prayers and other gestures and greetings including donations.
Some of you have sent donations, particularly as a mark of protest … Continue reading

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WDTPRS: Pro seipso sacerdote – For the priest himself (Part 1 – 1962MR)

Since this is a time of year when new priests are being ordained, and many priests are observing their own anniversaries, let’s have a WDTPRS look at the prayers Pro seipso sacerdote.
In the traditional, Extraordinary … Continue reading

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Card. Lehmann of Mainz calls people who want the old form of confirmation foolish.

I saw on the site of Andrea Tornielli that Card. Lehmann of Mainz considers Pope Benedict’s provisions in Summorum Pontificum to be foolish.
That is the only conclusion you can come to, and it is my conclusion, if you consider his … Continue reading

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It was twenty years ago today…

20 years ago, today, I was ordained by Bl. John Paul II in St. Peter’s Basilica.

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25 May 2011

Computer guts question for tech savvy readers

I have a question for knowledgeable readers.
I pulled open a computer and found this graphic/video “card”

Can someone bring me up to speed on something?
Can I pull a video card out of another computer, a card with dual heads, and plug … Continue reading

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The lighter side of cruelty to animals.

We need something a little lighter right now.
And since I am angry at a dog at the moment … more the dog’s owner… here.
Try this.  If you don’t laugh, you’re…. you’re… a Fishwrap subscriber.

I’ll bet you would get the same … Continue reading

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NCFishwrap’s editorial for women’s ordination: creepy ineducability

National catholic Reporter, Fishwrap, has an editorial today in favor of the ordination of women.
Whom did they consult as their expert?  The deposed Bishop of Toowoomba, William Morris. And for their theological “insights”?  You decide.  I have my own ideas.
Their … Continue reading

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True ecumenical gesture: Catholics, Orthodox together give Pope new Papal Tiara – WDTPRS POLL

UPDATE 26 May 0305 GMT:
From a reader:
Seeing today’s post on the new tiara made me remember that there is a list in the papal Caeremoniale Romanum of the days, other than the Pope’s coronation, when the tiara is actually used:
Quattro … Continue reading

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Editor of L’Osservatore Romano cured as a child by the intercession of St. Pius X

If you don’t ask for miracles, miracles won’t be granted.
At Palazzo Apostolico of Paolo Rodari there is a story that the present editor of the Vatican’s newspaper L’Osservatore Romano was healed when he was little through the intercession of St. … Continue reading

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Methodist “ordination” in Liverpool’s Catholic Cathedral cancelled

From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, comes this news.
Archbishop calls off Methodist ordinations
By David V Barrett on Wednesday, 25 May 2011
The controversial proposed ordination of Methodist ministers in Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral in July has been called off.
On … Continue reading

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