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Monthly Archives: September 2011
25 September 2011
The music at Pope Benedict’s Mass in Berlin
I put together a medley from excerpts of music from Pope Benedict’s Mass in Berlin.
I am not making this up. Mind you: I wasn’t all drek. A lot of it was.
You can watch whole Mass on demand through … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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SSPX German Superior Fr. Schmidberger on Benedict XVI in Germany: Coincidence?
During an interview the SSPX Superior for Germany, Fr. Franz Schmidberger, made and interesting comment about the Holy Father’s visit in Germany. Original German.
He gave an opinion about the style of the Papal Masses.
The following is from the translation provided … Continue reading
24 September 2011
QUAERITUR: Will I go to heaven if I die in the state of grace?
From a reader:
Would it be accurate to say that if one were in the state of grace at death, one can be assured of reaching heaven after being purified in purgatory?
If you die in the state of grace, that is, … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Just Too Cool
Tagged grace, heaven, Purgatory, state of grace
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The Pope, The Pill, and the Renewed Babylonian Captivity of the Church
Robert Mickens has shared the angst of his publication The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill) about a piece of clothing. Not just any clothing, papal clothing.
Pope Benedict, Yes, Benedict XVI wore over his choir dress a stole decorated with the … Continue reading
“For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
In the consecration of the Precious Blood the priests says:
“For you and for many for the forgiveness of sins.”
From the Meditations and Devotions of Bl. John Henry Newman.
I cannot penetrate Thy secret decrees, O Lord! I know Thou didst die … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Bl. John Henry Newman, consecration, deep in history, Meditations and Devotions, PRO MULTIS
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Benedict XVI before the Pietà of Etzelsbach
Here is the text of the homily delivered by Benedict XVI in Etzelsbach, Germany at a pilgrimage church where a wooden statue of the Pietà is honored.
Whereas in his other talks Pope Benedict has been a little more “intellectual”, in … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged contemplation, dictatorship of relativism, Etzelsbach, Mary, Pietà
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Benedict XVI’s sermon at Holy Mass in Erfurt
Pope Benedict celebrated Holy Mass in Erfurt, Germany. Here is the sermon.
A highlight:
“you have had to endure first a brown and then a red dictatorship”
And:
“We have no wish to hide in a purely private faith….”
My emphases and comments:
“Praise the Lord … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged 1941, 1989, 836, baptism of bells, bells, Benedict XVI, Erfurt, fides quae creditur, Thuringia
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A fun commercial back on the air
These days a slightly shortened version of this fantastic commercial has found its way back onto TV.
One of the best commercials I have seen in years. I think it was a big Super Bowl commercial.
I don’t watch much TV and … Continue reading
23 September 2011
WDTPRS 26th Ordinary Sunday: “bowels of mercy”
This was, in a slightly different form, in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. In the 1962 Missale Romanum this Collect was prayed for the 10th Sunday after Pentecost.
COLLECT – (2002MR):
Deus, qui omnipotentiam tuam
parcendo maxime et miserando manifestas,
gratiam tuam super nos indesinenter … Continue reading
Question for readers on iPhone stuff (jailbreak, unlock, dual sims, then what…?)
Do any of you iPhone users have experience of using a dual SIM in 3gs or 4?
Also, yesterday I did a jailbreak and unlock on my 3gs. Very cool and a lot easier than I thought it would be. And … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Just Too Cool
Tagged cydia, iPhone, jailbreak, unlock
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Benedict XVI with Lutherans in Erfurt: “It is not strategy that saves us and saves Christianity, but faith.”
During his State Visit to Germany, the Holy Father gave this address at Erfurt during an ecumenical gathering at the Lutheran church. Erfurt is, of course, where Martin Luther’s Augustinian convent was.
A highlight:
Faced with a new form of Christianity, which … Continue reading
Of things astronomic and thanks to readers on the Autumnal Equinox
Firstly, as I reported before there is a huge piece of flaming hurtling death-inflicting space junk falling to earth even as I write. I calmly explained the facts here in my post entitled “RUN! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! FALLING BURNING … Continue reading
New iPhone app for Catholic voters to access US Congress
I received a press release about a new Catholic app for the iPhone. The app is FREE.
New App Empowers Catholic Voters
New Tool Allows Users to Access Congress From Anywhere
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Little i Apps, LLC, makers of Confession: A … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Is the SSPX in schism or not?
From a reader:
Greetings! I am writing in order to ask you abou the SSPX’s canonical status. I’ve heard that they certianly are in schism, as Bishop ___ (my bishop) said, yet I’ve also heard from you that the Prefect of … Continue reading
