Category Archives: Linking Back

Benedictine nuns’ Advent music CD: the back story

Posted on 15 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The new album for Advent by the Benedictine Nuns in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, is at the top of the charts.
I have mentioned them before HERE.  I did a review of their Christmas CD HERE.
Listen … Continue reading →

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“No tiger in its Armenian lair would do it, no lioness … But tender girls do it, though not un-punished”

Posted on 13 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have posted this in the past, but it has been a while.  Perhaps new readers here have not seen this before.  I thought of it because, at the end, I post a video which a reader sent.
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Today I step … Continue reading →

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Don’t forget The Tablet’s survey on the new, corrected translation!

Posted on 10 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Don’t forget the survey on the new translation at The Tablet.   CLICK HERE
It varies from day to day according to the results.  But.. hey!  Have some fun.
My friend Fr. Finigan suggests this music while you fill it out.

Perhaps the … Continue reading →

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Blue Vestments? An annual rant.

Posted on 8 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
Our priest borrowed glorious old blue vestments in the Roman style for today, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. He announced that it’s the first time for him, and that it is per a 400-some-year-old indult for Marian … Continue reading →

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Wherein Fr. Z concedes about the “one Mass for two obligations” theory

Posted on 8 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have written a couple times (HERE and HERE) about the possibility of attending one Mass on Saturday evening of the day of the Immaculate Conception (a Holy Day of Obligation in these USA) and, thereby, of fulfilling also the … Continue reading →

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About that survey by The Tablet… does anything strike you as a little queer?

Posted on 7 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I wrote HERE about The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill aka RU-486 ) and their abortive attempts to get a survey right concerning acceptance of the new, corrected ICEL translation.
It has been a tough few days for RU-486, I’m afraid.  They posted … Continue reading →

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Are Christ’s mission and Holy Church well-served by “me-tooism”?

Posted on 4 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

My friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeueticalness, has written with a touch of irony about the recent launch of the Holy Father’s Twitter account, @pontifex.
Among Father’s observations is an amusing bit about how the Holy See’s explanatory announcement of this Twitter thing, … Continue reading →

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From the Archive: Priest refuses to use new translation in consecration of Precious Blood. Invalid?

Posted on 1 December 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

FROM THE ARCHIVE. (Since a couple people have recently asked about this through email.)
From a reader:
If I had to guess, there are probably many priests throughout the US who are refusing to celebrate the Mass according to the new translation.
My … Continue reading →

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REVIEW: A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey. “If you want to be a hero, you can be.”

Posted on 30 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

In another entry I mentioned a new book by Fr. Robert Sirico called A Field Guide for the Hero’s Journey.
US paperback HERE and Kindle HERE.
UK paperback HERE Kindle HERE.
Here is a blurb from the book:
Do you feel like something big is missing from your life? Do … Continue reading →

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Fr. Sirico: Politics isn’t the solution to our economic problems

Posted on 29 November 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

CNA has an article about my friend Fr. Robert Sirico of the Acton Institute (btw… Acton University: June 18 – 21, 2013).
My emphases and comments.
Rome, Italy, Nov 29, 2012 / 01:33 pm (CNA).- The solution to the ongoing economic troubles is … Continue reading →

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