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LENTCAzT 24 Friday 3rd Week of Lent – “twisted and tangled knottiness”
Today is Friday of the 3rd Week of Lent.
We hear about the ancient Roman Station church, San Lorenzo in Lucia (the Titular Basilica of Card. Ranjith!), the Collects in both forms of the Roman Rite, and then have something from … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, Pastor of Hermas, podcast, PODCAzT, Shepherd of Hermas
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LENTCAzT 23 Thursday 3rd Week of Lent – many live in conflict with themselves
Today is Thursday of the 3rd Week of Lent.
We hear about the ancient Roman Station church, the fascinating Sts. Cosmas and Damian by the Roman Forum, the Collects in both forms of the Roman Rite (the older form mentions the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Benedict XVI, John Cassian, Joseph Ratzinger, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT
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LENTCAzT 22 Wednesday 3rd Week of Lent – “Whoever sails is never far from shipwrecking”
Today is Wednesday of the 3rd Week of Lent. [I fixed the intro. I was really tired when I made this. If listened to it before I adjusted it, the older version might still be in your cache.]
We hear about … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT, St. Gregory Nazianzen, works of mercy
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LENTCAzT 21 Tuesday 3rd Week of Lent – How do we treat God?
Today is Tuesday of the 3rd Week of Lent.
We hear about the Station, the Collects, and then have something from Benedict XVI and by St. John Chrysostom.
From Benedict:
God thirsts for our faith and wants us to find the source of … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT, St. John Chrysostom
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LENTCAzT 14: Tuesday 2nd Week of Lent – tiny drops can sink your boat unless you empty it
Today is Tuesday of the 2nd Week of Lent.
Today we hear about the Station, listen to Pope Benedict’s reflection on the Transfiguration, and hear St. Augustine’s sound warning to take care of our little boats.
A taste of Augustine from the … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT, St. Augustine
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LENTCAzT 09: Thursday 1st Week of Lent – “fasting is the soul of prayer”
Today is Thursday of the 1st Week of Lent.
Today we hear from Pope Leo the Great (+461) his successor Pope Benedict XVI. How can we not focus on him during these last days of his pontificate? A taste…
If you do … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, fasting, LENT, LENTCAzT, Leo the Great, podcast, PODCAzT
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LENTCAzT 07: Tuesday 1st Week of Lent – “one without humility is poorer than one without clothes”
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Today is Tuesday of the 1st Week of Lent.
Listen for the subtle difference in the collects for Holy Mass in the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Forms. They are similar, but a change was made in … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, LENTCAzT, Patristiblogging, PODCAzT
Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, St. Gregory the Great
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COLLECT Tuesday in the 1st Week of Lent – “mortify” yes, “torment” no.
COLLECT (Usus Recentior)
Respice, Domine, familiam tuam, et praesta,
ut apud te mens nostra tuo desiderio fulgeat,
quae se corporalium moderatione castigat.
Today’s prayer was in the 1962 Missale Romanum and, long before that, in the so-called ancient “Gregorian Sacramentary“. This has been “adapted” … Continue reading
Posted in LENT, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, Patristiblogging, WDTPRS
Tagged Ecdicia, maceratio, mens, moderatio, moderation, St. Augustine
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LENTCAzT 05: 1st Sunday of Lent – I do not desire the death of the sinner
Today is the 1st Sunday of Lent. We are out of Lent’s narthex and well underway.
Today we hear about being proud of yourself for observing Lent and about Christ’s determination to save us.
St. Jerome:
If you have fasted for two days, … Continue reading
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Tagged Benedict XVI, LENT, LENTCAzT, podcast, PODCAzT, St. Jerome
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Garry Wills getting it wrong in Hell’s Bible
Hell’s Bible published something by the execrable Garry Wills, who hates the Church and the Pope.
His opinions are what you would expect from an angry Irish ex-Catholic. Blah blah blah. But, in case you bother to read him, don’t let … Continue reading
