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Category Archives: Lighter fare
3 February 2012
“Keep your Ovaries off my Rosaries”
I just received this by email. I wish I had thought of it, but I’ll be happy to share some of the credit for spreading it around:
Doubtless you have heard the distasteful, yet pithy and memorable slogan of the pro-abortion … Continue reading
1 February 2012
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
17 January 2012
You can’t beat this quote!
Reason #957654 for Summorum Pontificum
From a reader:
I was traveling with my daughter last week and, walking out of a parish where we fulfilled our Sunday obligation, she looked at me and said
“I’ve never hated the tambourine more than I do … Continue reading
Posted in Brick by Brick, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Ordination Tambourine, tambourine
34 Comments
When truth is stranger than fiction: a “reverse ordinariate”!
Quite a while ago I proposed that Anglican Archbp. Rowan Williams issue a document entitled Romanum coetibus with provisions for Catholics who think and behave like Anglicans. By means of Romanum coetibus, a safe haven in the very loose Anglican … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Lighter fare, Linking Back, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Anglicanorum coetibus, Peru, Romanum coetibus
31 Comments
16 January 2012
QUAERITUR: Priesthood and paintball
From a reader:
If Father takes the altar servers out paintballing, [That's a verb?] would it be sacrilege to shoot him during the contests?
On the contrary!
Shoot him as often as you can.
Head shots are preferable.
14 January 2012
Happy Feast of the Ass
No, I am not talking about whom you think I’m talking about.
I picked this up from Southern Fried Catholicism, an amusing blog by Fr. Joe Tonos. I hope you will go spike his stats.
Today on the medieval calendar, Churches celebrated … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Mail from priests
10 Comments
13 January 2012
Wheels coming off the wagon – update
Update, below.
Originally posted 12 January.
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There is a particularly annoying pattern in my life’s days. When it comes to my “tech stuff”, life goes along as smoothly as if it were zooming down a newly paved road. Then, all of a … Continue reading
Tebowing
I picked this up from The Pulp.it:
Technorati Tags: Tebow
11 January 2012
A headline which invites speculation
Though I double-checked the Holy Father’s private audiences for more information, this curious headline about the General Audience from Vatican Information Service in the Bolletino stimulated in my mind one image after another:
CUBAN CROCODILE AT THE HOLY FATHER’S GENERAL AUDIENCE
Where … Continue reading
9 January 2012
Another Vatican Goat Rodeo
From Catholic World News:
Another Vatican PR blunder: cardinals’ bios from Wikipedia
In another embarrassing public-relations gaffe, when Pope Benedict XVI named 22 new cardinals, the Vatican released short biographies of the prelates that had been taken verbatim from Wikipedia without attribution.
Father … Continue reading
Posted in Goat Rodeos, Lighter fare, New Evangelization, Slubberdegullions
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6 January 2012
The Extra Beatitude and the College of Cardinals
I have been contemplating the buzz about the Consistory, which will more than like be announced today (6 Jan, Epiphany).
My admiration for Pope Benedict is pretty obvious, I should think.
That said, when I think about composition of the College, that … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare
Tagged beatitudes, Catholic, church, College of Cardinals, consistory, expectations, Italian
13 Comments
5 January 2012
Concerning a certain spoon
I recently had occasion to think again about the cuillère à sauce individuelle. I have written about this great tool several times, including here and here.
I found a description of its origin! The French is pretty straight forward…
Lancée en 1950 … Continue reading
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Linking Back
Tagged Art Déco, cooking, Cuiller à sauce individuelle, sauce, spoon, spoons
2 Comments
Criminal serving time with monks begs to be sent back to prison
Are there any judges out there? Here’s an idea.
A reader sent this from the The Daily Mail:
Criminal serving his sentence with monks pleads to be sent back to prison… because monastery life is too hard
A convicted criminal who was serving … Continue reading
National Catholic Reporter’s Sr. Fiedler upset by the new Ordinariate
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap, which sports the word “Catholic” in their title despite having been explicitly told not to by the local bishop, has an amusingly flaky piece by Sr. Maureen Fiedler, whom we have seen several times … Continue reading
4 January 2012
Lessons for surviving in the Church
Just a few changes here and there and it describes an environment closer to the subject matter of this blog.
Posted in Lighter fare
3 Comments
