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LENTCAzT 06: Monday 1st Week of Lent – “The world is improved by starting with oneself”

Today is Monday of the 1st Week of Lent.
Listen for the subtle difference in the collects for Holy Mass in the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Forms.
Today we hear Pope Benedict XVI about temptation.

Thus, the Holy Father…
We cannot “do an experiment” … Continue reading

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SCHOLION: The three phases of temptation

I have an obligation as an Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist to remind (or in many cases teach) you about something before the big Memorial Day (PENTECOST) weekend.
The manualist I sometimes cite, Fr. Adolphe Tanquerey, writes about temptation in The Spiritual Life. … Continue reading

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