Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

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Registered or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read?
Continued from THESE.
I get many requests by email asking for … Continue reading →

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Your Good News

Posted on 20 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Do you have some good news for the readers?
Share it here and brighten our days.

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Guest Post: Use of Latin in the Ordinary Form

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a reader:
I thought you may be interested to know that our priest, for certain Daily Masses in the Ordinary Form, is using Latin for the majority of the Mass. We use English for the readings, the collect, postcommunion, and … Continue reading →

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GUEST POST: “No more terrible Latin.”

Posted on 17 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

From a priest:
I regularly use a limited amount of Latin in the OF at weekend Masses. Most parishioners really appreciate it, but after catechesis and so on a few just won’t give up their protest.
Last Sunday I preached on Otranto … Continue reading →

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Looking for summer reading? Try book Pope Francis likes!

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

An alert reader saw an interesting piece of information in an article about Pope Francis on Sandro Magister’s site, Chiesa.
Apparently, Pope Francis cites with some frequency The Lord of the World by Robert Hugh Benson.
It looks as if the Kindle version … Continue reading →

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An exercise in fine noontime dining!

Posted on 16 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I had a hankerin’ for a sandwich today. Off to Firehouse!
Do you have these stores where you are? Great sandwiches, founded by firefighters, friendly… did I mention the great sandwiches?

They offer different ways to support firefighters too. … Continue reading →

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Therapy

Posted on 15 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have a few ways of letting of steam and keeping my eye sharp. Two of them are the batting cage and the firing range.
Today I went shooting with a friend on the Minneapolis Police Department in really old stomping … Continue reading →

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Men want arguments!

Posted on 14 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

With men, as men, about things that matter.
No passive aggression tonight!
I’m on my home turf this evening, at St Augustine’s in S. St. Paul, MN.
Happily I am here on the date of what has become a huge deal …
The Argument … Continue reading →

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Ugh

Posted on 7 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have had some sort of crud with a fever for a couple a days.  Prayers would be appreciated.
UPDATE:
Fever 101º F (38.3° C).  Pretty weak.  I have been alternating between getting up for a while and then crawling back into … Continue reading →

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Bp. Tobin of Providence reacts to passage of same-sex “marriage” legislation

Posted on 3 May 2013 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Excellency Most Rev. Thomas J. Tobin, Bishop of Providence has issued a pastoral letter to the people of the diocese entrusted to him.  He reacts to the passage of same-sex “marriage” legislation for Rhode Island… a state which once … Continue reading →

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