Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA

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3 February 2012

UPDATE 153 US Bishops have protested Pres. Obama’s blatant attack on Catholics

Over at the young papist’s place, on Catholic Vote, Tom Peters is forming a list of US bishops who have responded to Pres. Obama’s blatant attack on the 1st Amendment and on religious liberty when while he openly refuses to … Continue reading

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ACTION ITEM! Call your Senator and Representative about S.1467 and H.R. 1179

May I suggest that American readers out there call their Senators to ask them to support The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act or S.1467 (read the full text of the bill.)
The Respect for Rights of Conscience Act or S.1467 would … Continue reading

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Note to readers – email, etc.

I get a lot of email.  I get so much email that I can’t possibly read it all.
Could I make a few requests?
You would be surprised how many times people send me links to my own blog entries.  Please, dear … Continue reading

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2 February 2012

Prayer Request

May request your prayers today?  I have a couple intentions.
Thanks!
UPDATE:

I am grateful for your prayers.
For one intention, I was pleased with a development.
For the other intention, I still ask for your prayers.

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1 February 2012

Card. Bevilacqua – RIP

I had heard last night that Anthony Card. Bevilacqua had died.  He was Archbishop emeritus of Philadelphia.  There are now articles available (e.g., here).
He was 88 years old.
Requiescat in pace.

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31 January 2012

The world is going to wrack and ruin, so let’s watch a beautiful video.

Your Catholic identity is under attack by those who should be upholding your constitutional freedoms, even as they try to turn matters that are contrary t0 nature into civil rights issues.
So, let’s watch I nice video!
Over at my friend Jeffrey … Continue reading

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Sen Rubio (R-FL) intro’s bill to repeal Pres. Obama’s attack on religious liberty

Here is some good news from the Penacola News Journal.
U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio today introduced the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 2012, a bill to repeal a new “ObamaCare” mandate that violates the religious liberties and conscience rights of faith-based … Continue reading

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30 January 2012

How ’bout some good news?

I could sure use some.
Have some good news for the readers?

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Your Sunday sermon notes

Was there a good point you heard in the sermon you heard this weekend?
Post it here.

Technorati Tags: Sunday sermons

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28 January 2012

WDTPRS Collect 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time: “Billy loves bugs.”

Today’s prayer was not in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum but it does have its origin in the ancient Veronese Sacramentary.
Were you to hear this prayer intoned in Latin, or at least in an accurate translation, you would … Continue reading

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27 January 2012

Wordcloud

Enjoy with some Mystic Monk Coffee!

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RECENT POSTS OF INTEREST

Some posts, as things scroll along:

Card. Dolan on Pres. Obama’s attack on YOUR freedom of conscience and the 1st Amendment
QUAERITUR: Kissing the priest’s stole after receiving absolution
PRAYER REQUEST: Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro
Statements from US Bishops about Pres. Obama attack: Your Reports
Bp. … Continue reading

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PRAYER REQUEST: Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro

A long-time acquaintance, Msgr. Ignacio Barreiro, needs your prayers.  He is ill with cancer.  He underwent a surgical procedure recently and, as I understand, it didn’t go so well.
Msgr. Barreiro has been in the trenches promoting the Extraordinary Form for … Continue reading

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25 January 2012

Vespers for Feast of St. Paul (BrevRom)

For Vespers at St. Paul’s Outside-The-Walls nearly all the cardinals wore their birettas while seated.

They should do it over.
Here is no frills vespers for today’s Feast of the Conversion of St. Paul from the Breviarium Romanum. Follow along, even with … Continue reading

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Apostolic Nuncio to USA warns Pope about internal Vatican financial corruption

My heavens.  The current Nuncius to the USA, Archbp. Viganò (pronounced Vi-ga-NOH), has gone public with corruption with the Vatican City State (overpaying contractors, standing contracts, without bidding, etc.).
[In my original title, I suggested that Archbp. Viganò himself went to the … Continue reading

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