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- Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Father, it was perfect symmetry for two people. One cup handle facing one way and the other the other way.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “From a reader: “What are in the frames between the vestments?” Those are the priest’s vesting prayers. I’ll show more…”
- on WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Easter (Novus Ordo) – Mighty humble Shepherd, humble mighty flock: “Fr Z you are an inspiration in your knowledge about and love for the things of God and the church.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 32 (-9): Happy Birthday Rome!: “Holy cow that pasta. I wish we had smell-o-vision and taste-o-vision.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “The German grind continues. It is in their nature.”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Scary about the women. What I mean is this: it would be disheartening enough just to find out that a…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “I wonder what’s going on with these women. Don’t they know that the greatest example of womanhood is Our Blessed…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Fr.Z sez: It is really sad that some people still push this rock up the hill. Reminds one of Sisyphus,…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Alas, those men pushing for ordaining women. STILL trying to get women to do all the work. My mother warned…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Dear Dcn PB, I don’t see how the reality can be described differently than by saying that the one sacrament…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Most people, whether pro or con, misunderstand the history and practice of the female diaconate. The deaconess was a separate…”
- on Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 3rd Sunday after Easter (N.O. 4th of Easter) 2024: “I remember only the joke at the beginning of the homily: Priests get four weeks of vacation per year. Some…”
- on “you must not remember your forefathers…” Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “My children at one of the solid Chesterton Academies have been taught science and theology by an amazing young Catholic…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “What is it that changed about the Catholic Herald? Interesting interview by George Farmer. (If only the faithful could be…”
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Daily Archives: 18 December 2005
2nd Sunday of Advent – Station: Holy Cross in Jerusalem
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 2nd Sunday of Advent – Station: Holy Cross in Jerusalem Some news about liturgical developments in case you haven’t heard already. In a Catholic New Service story we find “Vatican guidelines for translating liturgical … Read More
1st Sunday of Advent – Station: St. Mary Major
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 1st Sunday of Advent – Station: St. Mary Major With joy and optimism we reach the beginning of a new liturgical year with Advent anno salutis 2002. This is the season of preparation for … Read More
3rd Sunday of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 3rd Sunday of Advent The station church in Rome for the Mass today is St. Peter’s Basilica on the Vatican Hill. This is one of what I call “nick-name Sundays”: Gaudete. The term comes … Read More
2nd Sunday of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 2nd Sunday of Advent This Sunday’s prayer must be kept in context. This is a season of preparation for the Lord’s coming. He comes in many ways. One of the ways in which He … Read More
1st Sunday of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 1st Sunday of Advent Each year the Church through the liturgy presents the history of our salvation and the mysteries of the life, death, resurrection and the return of the Lord. Each year we … Read More
Sunday in the Octave of Christmas – Holy Family
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Holy Family – Sunday in the Octave of Christmas “Octave” refers to a period of eight days following a feast day, including the feast itself, as well as the eighth day after a feast. … Read More
4th Sunday of Advent
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Fourth Sunday of Advent This Sunday is both the Fourth Sunday of Advent and also Christmas Eve. Thus, in the morning we can have the Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Advent and in … Read More
3rd Sunday of Advent “Gaudete” Sunday
What Does the Prayer Really Say? Third Sunday of Advent “Gaudete” Sunday Now we have one of what I call “nickname Sundays”: Gaudete…. a Latin plural imperative of the verb gaudeo, meaning “Rejoice!” These nickname Sundays (like “Cantate… Quasimodo… Laetare… … Read More
2nd Sunday of Advent
WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY? 2nd Sunday of Advent Before we leap into the Collect, a brief note is necessary about something in the new document of the NCCB called “Built of Living Stones: Art, Architecture, and Worship” (BLS) … Read More
1st Sunday of Advent
WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY? 1st Sunday of Advent Welcome to the first offering of WDTPRS. In this series we will examine the Latin texts of the Collects (Opening Prayers) taken from the Church’s official text for celebration of … Read More
Arinze Watch!
Fr. Z with Card. Arinze His Eminence kindly received me today at the Congregation for a little over an hour. We discussed many issues concerning the ongoing project of the new English translation of the Missale Romano and the weekly … Read More
Elizium23 on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “My baptismal anniversary. I’m mostly Scottish/Irish Catholic, birthed and educated by the Mercy Sisters during the height of the Troubles.…”
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