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Monthly Archives: December 2011
31 December 2011
WDTPRS: Mary, Mother of God (2002MR): versions of prayers
This is longish, but look at the different versions of the prayers.
You will get a sense of what was done to prepare the new translation of the Roman Missal and the what was done to the preparation.
A look at the … Continue reading
Prayers for new USA Anglican Ordinariate
The new Ordinariate for Anglicans will be official on 1 January 2011.
Members will be received and shepherds will be appointed.
May I ask your prayers for everyone involved in this new initiative of unity?
Remember to say a prayer for Pope Benedict … Continue reading
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglican Ordinariate, Anglicanorum coetibus, Anglicans
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The Feeder Feed: Theban Sphinx Edition
You know the story of Oedipus.
Here is a terracotta bell-krater from Paestum in S Italy. It is attributed to Python in the last quarter of the 4th c. BC.
Closer.
Closer.
In S Italy the tragic Oedipus was sometimes depicted in the … Continue reading
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Oedipus, Sphinx, Thebes
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Another way to get Father’s attention!
A reader alerted me to this amusing bit at the blog Acts of Apostasy. Apparently a parishonert at Divine Tambourine parish was fed up with the liturgical abuses inflicted by the priest and, having been rebuffed a few times, … Continue reading
Fortune Cookie Report: Franciscan Edition
I am still puzzling over what happened in that fortune cookie factory.
And the wontons in chile oil were great!
Technorati Tags: Fortune Cookie
QUAERITUR: Hand-missal for new, corrected translation. Reader needs help!
From a reader:
Dear Father:
I want to purchase a daily Missal for the first time in my 53 years. I
want to buy the “best” version. However, I do not know what that is. I searched your site first as well as NLM … Continue reading
If you install it, they will kneel.
Is kneeling the new standing?
From a deacon:
We just finished a refurbishing of the inside of our church shortly
before Christmas which included bringing out of the basement the old
altar rail and re-installing it . For midnite mass our pastor
announced before mass … Continue reading
Brick by brick! A reader describes how the Sacrament of Penance is being revived.
It is of critical importance that we rebuild, revive the use of the Sacrament of Penance. One way to start would be to hear confessions for a few minutes before Masses.
From a reader:
I’ve noticed over the last … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: Why so many variations in Mass depending on the priest?
From a reader:
I am a new convert to the Faith within the last nine months, and I am
still in the process of joining the Church formally. As such I’m still
learning a good deal about the Church, her liturgy, etc. One … Continue reading
30 December 2011
PLENARY INDULGENCE for Te Deum at end of the year
We read in the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum 26 that, under the usual conditions, people can gain a plenary indulgence by participating in a liturgical praying of the Te Deum for the end of the year.
Is there one in your diocese or … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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QUAERITUR: Why does the pope say a couple living together is “not excluded from the love of the Church or from the love of Christ”?
From a reader:
Why does the pope say a couple living together ‘married’ without an
annulment of a previous marriage is “not excluded from the love of
the Church or from the love of Christ”? Christ said they were
committing adultery. Mortal sin excludes … Continue reading
Whatever happend to transparency?
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap there is an interesting story about SNAP resisting a deposition.
Whatever happened to the transparency SNAP always demands from everyone else?
Hasn’t SNAP perpetually demanded that every diocese hand over every scrap of paper … Continue reading
Posted in Biased Media Coverage
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Your checked luggage: where does it go?
Biretta tip to Patrick Madrid, who also flies a lot. Delta (with which I am … never mind…) has a new app for the iPhone that tracks your checked luggage. I have used it, as a matter of fact, recently. … Continue reading
The Feeder Feed: Rose Without Thorns Edition
Here is a lovely statue of Mary, portrayed as a Queen, with her scepter of a stem of roses. She was made in about 1350. This statue is related to one in silver given by Jeanne d’Evreux to the … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Christological Goldfinch, Cloisters
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