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8 February 2012
Pre-Lent! It’s time to start making your plan.
Septuagesima. ALREADY?!?
Pre-Lent is here. That means Lent begins in less than three weeks, 22 February this year.
It is time to make your plans for Lent.
You should start thinking about one or more mortifications (and consider something other than chocolate) as … Continue reading
5 February 2012
Triumph in Miami
On 2 February, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, there was a Pontifical Mass in Miami, celebrated by His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas Wenski.
Before I get to the liturgical eye-candy and some commentary on the meaning … Continue reading
4 February 2012
QUAERITUR: Priest changes “many” to “all” in the consecration.
From a priest:
I was concelebrating a Mass last week (N.O., in English) and the principal celebrant substituted the word ‘all’ for ‘many’ at the consecration. I gather he does this at every Mass he offers. Does that change render the … Continue reading
3 February 2012
WDTPRS POLL: 3 February St. Blaise Day Blessing of Throats
Our liturgical calendar is packed with wonderful opportunties for spiritual benefits.
Today there is a special blessing for candles (not just yesterday!) in honor of St. Blaise and then a blessing of throats.
I once stood for hours in the church in … Continue reading
NYC: First Friday spiritual opportunity TONIGHT, 3 Feb at Holy Innocents in Manhattan!
On First Fridays at Holy Innocents in Manhattan (on 37th btn Broadway & 7th) there is an all night vigil.
It begins tonight with a Solemn Mass at 6 PM (followed tonight by the Blessing of Throats for St. Blaise Day).
Exposition … Continue reading
Priest who refused to “Say The Black” loses his parish
Holy Church tells priests that they have to “Say The Black and Do The Red”. We are to obey the rubrics of liturgical worship and stick to the texts. Priests cannot – bishops cannot – on their own authority change … Continue reading
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2 February 2012
ACTION ITEM! White House PETITION to rescind the anti-Catholic HHS Mandate.
On the site of the White House a petition was initiated requesting that the Obama Administration’s HHS mandate be rescinded.
You have to create an account and sign in.
Click HERE.
The real resistance against Pres. Obama’s war on the Catholic Church will … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, POLLS, Religious Liberty, The Drill
Tagged HHS, petition, POTUS, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, White House
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QUAERITUR: What to do if a bug gets into the chalice?
A young priest writes:
Last weekend after a somewhat fiery homily of exposition of evil and the devil I had a run in with a menacing fly (assuming not Beelzebub himself). At the epiclesis a very large fly dive bombed into … Continue reading
1 February 2012
UK bishops to distribute cards designed to help Catholics identify themselves as Catholics
I found this on the site of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald.
A card communicating that its carrier is a baptised Catholic will be distributed nationally on behalf of the bishops of England and Wales.
The Bishops’ Conference of … Continue reading
OLDIE: Litany for the Conversion of Internet Thugs 2.0
Under another entry a reader reminded me of my own Litany for the Conversion of Internet Thugs. Here it is again, animi caussa.
A wry work in progress.
Litany for the conversion of internet thugs (2.0).
(For private use only, when truly irritated … Continue reading
Email scams and viruses and other ominous stuff
It seems that half the people I talk to of – excuse me – a certain age have computers infected with viruses.
Scammers and identity thieves – may they roast in the deepest cinders of hell – are becoming more clever … Continue reading
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31 January 2012
A new view
I have from time to time written about putting on a pair of “resurrection glasses”, (e.g., here), about trying to see people as God intends them to be in heaven.
Here is a variation on this theme which I picked up … Continue reading
Leo XIII on witholding obedience to unjust laws imposed by civil government
From a reader at Wyoming Catholic College comes this:
In our Catholic Social Teaching course at Wyoming Catholic College, we are currently reading a number of the great encyclicals of Pope Leo XIII. These paragraphs from Diuturnum Illud (1881) struck … Continue reading
REVIEW: Convenient TLM “travel” altar card set for Mass kits. GREAT! Hey, Father! Check ‘em out!
Want to promote the New Evanglization?
Looking for something to give a bishop, priest or seminarian?
Want to complete that Mass kit or home altar?
The “Society for the Preservation of Roman Catholic Heritage” (SPORCH … yah, I know) has developed extremely convenient … Continue reading
A bishop effectively blasts priests for disregarding Summorum Pontificum
My experience of Italian bishops did not prepare me for the surprise of reading something over at NLM. They have a translation of a letter of an Italian bishop to the priests of that diocese pretty much upbraiding them for … Continue reading
