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Monthly Archives: August 2012
Lawler on Card. Dolan’s upcoming appearance at the Democratic Abortion Convention
Phil Lawler at CWN has some thoughts about the Card. Dolan’s upcoming appearance at the Dems’ Abortion Convention. He doesn’t so much consider whether Dolan should have offered to go or whether he should have accepted, but rather whether the DNC … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Card. Dolan, Democrats, DNC, magisterium of nuns, Phil Lawler, Sr. Simone Campbell, The Abortion Convention
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29 August – Beheading of St. John the Baptist: diminishing returns
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist.
I consider this (also) my name day, and in so many ways it is more appropriate for me than the Nativity of John in June.
Here is the Roman Martyrology entry … Continue reading
A tribute to Fr. Thwaites
Fr. Sean Finnegan has a fine tribute to the late Fr. Hugh Thwaites, SJ, who died recently. Here is how Fr. Finnegan’s piece concludes:
There are so many of us who owe Fr Hugh so much. I will never forget him … Continue reading
QUAERITUR: At which parish should I register?
From a reader:
I used to live in a dense part of the city with lots of churches (10 within a 1 mile radius). Partly because we were too tall to fit in the pews, and partly because we wanted to … Continue reading
Cruciform
A moment in Holy Mass in the traditional Carmelite Rite.
The priest stands with his arms outstretched in cruciform.
Technorati Tags: Carmelite Rite, cruciform
“Judas could have left, as many of the disciples did; he would have left if he were honest.”
The Holy Father’s Angelus address from last Sunday.
There is something intriguing here. The full text of Pope Benedict’s Angelus message is below with my emphases and comments:
Dear brothers and sisters!
In the past few Sundays we have meditated on the “Bread … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged Angelus, Benedict XVI, John 6:67, Judas, Nisi credideritis non intelligetis, St. Augustine
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The bones of St. Augustine
Yesterday, I posted about the bones of St. Monnica, the mother of St. Augustine of Hippo. Today we move to the mortal remains of her sainted son.
Augustine died on 28 August 430.
Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s remains were … Continue reading
Posted in Classic Posts, Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Saints: Stories & Symbols
Tagged Benedict XIII, Benedict XIV, Clement XII, King Liutprand, Pavia, San Pietro in Ciel d’Oro, St. Augustine, St. Fulgentius of Ruspe, Vandals
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Card. Brandmüller on the liturgical reform of Vatican II
Our friends at Rorate noticed a piece at Vatican Insider in which His Eminence Walter Card. Brandmüller expressed himself about the Novus Ordo, aka “the Mass of Paul VI” and “the Ordinary Form”. He says what we know is true … Continue reading
Pres. Obama’s attempts to fool people into thinking that he respects our religious freedom
From CNA:
HHS revises mandate third time; foes say it misses the point
Washington D.C., Aug 28, 2012 / 03:58 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A slight revision of the federal contraception mandate offers some additional protection for certain religious employers but is not … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged 1st Amendment, anti-catholic, Becket Fund, HHS mandate, November 2012, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Wheaton College
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Winnipeg, the Extraordinary Form, and the New Evangelization
For your Brick by Brick file.
On the blog Ibo et Non Redibo I found a report the expanding use of the Extraordinary Form in Winnipeg/St. Boniface, Manitoba and the good work being done by Fr. Jeff Burwell, S.J.
Here is a … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Brick by Brick, Fr. Z KUDOS, Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The future and our choices
Tagged ad orientem, Archd. St. Boniface, Archd. Winnipeg, Benedict XVI, Extraordinary Form, New Evangelization, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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