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Monthly Archives: September 2011
27 September 2011
“The best catechesis on the Eucharist is the Eucharist itself, celebrated well.”
Let me give you a couple hooks.
When we talk about “the Eucharist” we must keep in mind always that we are talking not only about the Blessed Sacrament, but also the celebration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Also, the Church is all … Continue reading
26 September 2011
The Holy Father’s sermon at Mass in Freiburg im Breisgau
The Holy Father’s sermon at Freiburg im Breisgau:
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
It is moving for me to be here once again to celebrate this Eucharist, this Thanksgiving, with so many people from different … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Breisgau, Freiburg im Breisgau, Heb 10:7, humilitas, Phil. 2: 6-8
3 Comments
Paolo Rodari interprets Benedict XVI’s State Visit to Germany
Paolo Rodari has an interesting analysis of the Holy Father’s visit to Germany. I am still think about what he wrote, but I thought I would get it out to the anglophone blogosphere for your opportune knowledge.
My quick translation.
Hitler and … Continue reading
“RETREEEEEAT!” Surrendering the Arsenal of the West! We need Latin!
I am always dismayed when I see that a new bishop dumbs-down his coat-of-arms, or stemma as it is called in Italian, with a modern language motto. Of course I and some jocular priest friends suggested some less-often-considered mottos here.
Any … Continue reading
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged arsenal, coat-of-arms, Latin, mottos, stemma
33 Comments
I just don’t get it. Do they hate what they claim to want to be?
Over at Coo-ees In The Cloister:
Look at this photo. What does it say to you? What questions come to mind as you look at the way these people are dressed, at the signs they are holding?
Is there any dissonance here? … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged affirmation/negation, Biological Solution, post-modernism, women's ordination, wymyn
45 Comments
From The Catholic League: SINEAD O’CONNOR—”KILL THE POPE”
From The Catholic League:
SINEAD O’CONNOR—”KILL THE POPE”
Irish singer Sinead O’Connor is warning Pope Benedict XVI not to come to Ireland, and if he does, she wants him shot. She warned on Twitter there will be a “f***in bloodbath” if the … Continue reading
RECENT POSTS OF INTEREST
Here are some recent posts of interest.
First, thank you to all the readers who have sent donations and items from my wishlist. I have an open Mass intention on Saturday and will say Mass for the intentions of you … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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The Catholic Herald on how to report on the Pope … NOT… (and a great deal on the digital edition)
Over at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, there is some amusing but serious faux advice to secular journalists about how to report on the Pope. Check it out!
Covering the Pope: a guide for journalists
Milo Yiannopoulos sheds some … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Can a miscarriage be a sin?
From a reader:
I was wondering if it was possible for a natural miscarriage to be a sin. The doctors couldn’t tell me why it happened, but statistically miscarriages are more likely when the mother is obese, as I am/was.
And while … Continue reading
The Holy Father’s address at the Konzerthaus in Freiburg im Breisgau
The Holy Father’s address at the Konzerthaus in Freiburg im Breisgau to Catholics active in the Church and Society.
Here is a highlight:
“The Church must constantly renew the effort to detach herself from the ‘worldliness’ of the world.”
And…
“The Christian faith is … Continue reading
Your good news and sermon notes.
Can you share some of your good news with the readers?
And also give us some point from the Sunday sermon you heard.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
34 Comments
25 September 2011
The West Wing and the 2008 Presidential Election
Just as a new TV series has a pilot I have often wondered at the amazing parallels between the last two seasons of The West Wing, which ended in 2006, and the 2008 presidential election. It is almost as if … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
17 Comments
Archbishop by Archbishop in Winnipeg!
From a Canadian Catholic newspaper The Prairie Messenger comes this great story for your Brick By Brick file.
My emphases and comments.
Latin mass celebrated in Winnipeg
By Brenda Suderman
WINNIPEG — The pews of Winnipeg’s St. Ann’s Roman Catholic Church were filled to … Continue reading
Things are not always what they seem at first glance
Four people, count ‘em, four, have sent me a link to a video with Polish titles and voice over from the Vatican TV feed of the Pope’s visit in Germany. What you see is the Pope moving along a line … Continue reading
US Catholic gets nutty about Bp. Olmsted of Phoenix and Communion under both kinds
US Catholic ‘s Bryan Cones became a little hysterical about Bp. Olmsted’s decision to apply the Church’s laws concerning Communion under both kinds in the Diocese of Phoenix.
As I understand it, the 1975 edition of the Missale Romanum gave 14 … Continue reading
