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Monthly Archives: June 2011
19 June 2011
Fatherhood remains foundational
From CNA with my emphases and comments.
Despite divorce and other threats, fatherhood remains foundational
Denver, Colo., Jun 19, 2011 / 08:42 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In an era of family breakdown and easy divorce, there is still hope for Catholic families to … Continue reading
WDTPRS Trinity Sunday – Post Communion – An explanation of the Trinity? Sure! No problem!
POST COMMUNION (2002MR):
Proficiat nobis ad salutem corporis et animae,
Domine Deus noster, huius sacramenti susceptio,
et sempiternae sanctae Trinitatis
eiusdemque individuae Unitatis confessio.
This is the Postcommunio of the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity in the 1962MR. There is a pleasant rhyme herein … Continue reading
A prayer by St. “Padre” Pio
A prayer by St. “Padre” Pio
Stay with me, Lord, for it is necessary to have You present so that I do not forget You. You know how easily I abandon You.
Stay with me, Lord, because I am weak and I … Continue reading
18 June 2011
PRAYERCAzT/PODCAzT: Trinity Sunday: singing the whole nine yards
I again inflict my singing on you for most of this project.
Quite a while back I started a PRAYERCAzT series, wherein I read and/or sang the prayers and readings for upcoming Sundays and Feasts for the Extraordinary Form. … Continue reading
WDTPRS: Trinity Sunday – wondrous in mystery – powerful in majesty
At the end of Holy Mass there is the simple but weighty rubric:
Post Missam expirat tempus paschale.
We have come back around to the Tempus per annum.
But we don’t “go green” quite yet.
Sunday is Trinity Sunday, that day many well-read and … Continue reading
About Fr. John Corapi with observations about our times
I haven’t written much about Fr. John Corapi, because I honestly don’t know much about what is going on. I don’t know the details. But I am sad to read that he is leaving active ministry. I am profoundly sad.
Fr. … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Who is bishop of the Moon?
Under the recent entry about titular sees, the question arose about which bishop would have jurisdiction over the Moon.
I think there are conflicting claims. I heard once that Rome itself had jurisdiction.
However, there is another claim.
Sometimes it is said that … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Archbp. Borders, D. Orlando, jurisdiction, moon
29 Comments
Msgr. Ralph Belluomini – RIP
In your kindness please pray for the repose of the soul of a friend of mine, Msgr. Ralph Belluomini who died recently.
He was a priest of the Diocese of Fresno, and, not a young man, he succumbed to cancer.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
7 Comments
17 June 2011
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
OLDIE PODCAzT: Friday in the Octave of Pentecost
Today is Friday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar.
This is the fifth … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Bishops and Titular Sees
From a reader:
Recently, you had a post up regarding Archbishop Nienstedt’s defense of traditional marriage. As a curious person, I looked up the Archbishop’s background and discovered he once held the titular see of Alton, in Illinois, when he was serving as an auxiliary bishop. … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
Tagged auxiliary bishops, cathedra, cathedrals, titual sees
43 Comments
S. California: relic of St. Anthony of Padua stolen – UPDATE!
A reader alerted me to this:
St. Anthony’s stolen religious relic sparks searches
By Mike Krumboltz
A 780-year-old treasure honoring St. Anthony of Padua has been stolen from a Southern California Catholic church.
The relic, which is normally kept under lock and key, was … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Is it sinful to go to Saturday evening Mass if you can go on Sunday?
From a reader:
Is it wrong or even sinful to attend a Saturday evening vigil Mass IF you could otherwise attend a Sunday Mass?
I ask this because at my parish there is one particular priest who has solid homilies and celebrates … Continue reading
Abortion: the paramount social justice issue
One of the greatest victories of the pro-abortion crowd, even Catholics in the pro-abortion crowd, is to divorce abortion from other social justice issues.
Abortion must be the social justice issue.
This is from CNS, with my emphases.
It goes without saying there … Continue reading
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras
Tagged abortion, Bp. Morlino, Lila Rose, Planned Parenthood, Social Justice
8 Comments
Pentecost Friday: walking away
The Gospel in today’s Mass in the Extraordinary Form, by which we celebrate the Octave of Pentecost, relates how the Lord healed the paralytic in Luke 5: 17-26:
At that time, it came to pass on one of the days, that … Continue reading
16 June 2011
QUAERITUR: Mass obligation and Traditional Anglican Communion
From a reader:
Can a Roman Catholic fulfill her Sunday Obligation at a Traditional Anglican Communion church that is part of one of the Pro-Dioceses awaiting the construction of the Ordinariate for the United States?
In the Code of Canon Law for … Continue reading
