Tag Archives: ineffable

CAUTION! HARD WORD SIGHTING! CAUTION!

Posted on 16 July 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I don’t want to upset any of you with this, but I am going to inflict a word on you poor ignorant readers which many consider to be tooo haaard for Mary and Joe Catholic.
Yes, I mean the dread
ineffable!
Some of you … Continue reading →

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1st Vespers for Holy Family (BrevRom): “ineffable” sighting

Posted on 7 January 2012 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

For my weary brethren, 1st Vespers for Holy Family from the Breviarium Romanum.  I sing the hymn and recite the rest.  FOLLOW ALONG.
There is a prime use of “ineffable”.
The hymn is beautiful in both words and melody.  Here is a … Continue reading →

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FLASH! Fr. Z agrees with Winters of the NCFishwrap. Freezing of Hell to follow.

Posted on 1 August 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Michael Sean Winters of the National Catholic Reporter Fishwrap and I are both carbon-based life forms.  I don’t think we have agreed on much else.
That said, on a day when I also agree with something on the site of the … Continue reading →

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“Ineffable” sighting!

Posted on 7 July 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

I have not seen yet a copy of the YouCat, the catechism prepared for young people.  That said, I was amused by an excerpt, a paragraph from the same, a reader sent today:
183. Why is there music at liturgies, and what … Continue reading →

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An ineffable anecdote

Posted on 27 May 2011 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

During the preparation of the new translation, some defenders of the old way of doing things, the so-called “dynamic equivalence” method of translation, carped about the new goal of greater accuracy would be tooo haard for people in the pews.  … Continue reading →

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Ineffabiliter sapiens, sapienter infans

Posted on 17 December 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Yesterday I wrote my column for the Christmas issue of The Wanderer.  Inter alia I delved into what St. Augustine said about the eternal Word becoming an infans, "incapable of speech", as the Lord’s way of teaching humility.  Augustine explores … Continue reading →

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“Ineffable” sighting… in the wild!

Posted on 10 November 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

His Excellency Most Rev. Donald "Ineffable" Trautman, the Bishop of Erie, is concerned that people in the pews aren’t able to understand words such as "ineffable".
Granted, vocabulary of the new translation of the Roman Missal is no longer his primary … Continue reading →

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INEFFABLE ALERT!

Posted on 13 October 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Before reading this be sure to remove all children below High School age from proximity to the monitor or screen.
From a reader comes this troubling note:
I had to share this with you, seeing as you seem to enjoy finding "ineffables" … Continue reading →

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More ineffabilitas

Posted on 20 May 2009 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Perusing Romano Guardini’s The Rosary of Our Lady on the Third Glorious Mystery I found this little gem…
Her life must have been ineffable in its tranquility.
Guardini, Romano.  The Rosary of Our Lady.  (Trans. H. von Schuecking).  New York: P.J. Kenedy … Continue reading →

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