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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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Monthly Archives: June 2006
Newman, hard words, and dew
I have been reading a wide circle and a narrow about the issue of "dew" and "precious chalice" and all these words which some people think are too hard for us dopes to grasp. My peregrinations brought me today to … Read More
Who sings well prays twice… NOT!
We had a look at the phrase "In necessitatibus unitas…", etc. often but falsely attributed to St. Augustine of Hippo. Someone asked about another famous phrase attributed to the Bishop of Hippo, "He who sings, prays twice". Augustine didn’t write … Read More
A different SecState rumor
I am still of the mind that the choice for the Secretary of State will be His Eminence Tarcisio Card. Bertone. However, for the sake of being complete, I heard another interesting thing today naming His Eminence Agostino Card. Vallini, … Read More
A review: chalices and dew
Why have I posted entries about "dew" in the writings of the Fathers of the Church? There are many disputed points in the new draft translation the USCCB has now approved and is sending (with suggested adaptations and emendations) back … Read More
The Thunderer: Jerome
Good comments came from the entry about St. Jerome’s dim view of St. Ambrose, whom he likened to a croaking black raven and an upstart. Among them was a reminder from fellow patristiblogger and charter member of NAPALM Mike Aquilina … Read More
“In necessary things unity…”
Over at Pontifications o{]:¬) there was a useful post clarifying something patristibloggers are familiar with, namely, that Augustine of Hippo did not write or say a famous phrase often attributed to him: In necessariis unitas, in dubiis libertas, in omnibus … Read More
Jerome on Ambrose: “the black croaking raven”
I mentioned in another post that St. Jerome didn’t like St. Ambrose. He really didn’t like him. This needs an explanation. Why? Do you ever get the sense these days that many think the chief role of a priest is … Read More
Corpus Christ prayers
In case you were looking, I posted a synthesis of my articles on Corpus Christi last Thursday. Here is a LINK. Read More
“Let the feet of our minds be stretched out”: Ambrose on “dew”
I understand that “dew”, the moisture we find on the grass each morning, a long treasured figure used for the Holy Spirit’s gentle action in our lives, is apparently so difficult to grasp that some bishops today won’t even try … Read More
Ka-ZING
More from His Excellency Donald W. Trautman, chair of the BCL and perpetrator of rebellion against the norms in Liturgiam authentiam. I tip my birretta o{]:¬) to Gerald over at The Cafeteria is Closed for this amusing tidbit. Among the … Read More
People who blab in church – an ancient view
NAPALM ALERT! The other day I posted a groovy little poem by Commodianus about people who blab or gossip in church. I noticed something else about this poem when I was correcting my all too fast rendering into the English. … Read More
“Do I have to take these forever?”
The events of the last couple days of liturgico-translational hijinx have brought back to mind some medical analogies I gleaned from a physician friend LAL. What brought this on? As I posted in another message, about someone’s plaintive wondering if … Read More
“The Lord IS with you!”
Over at Amy’s – to whom I tip my biretta o{]:¬) someone made a comment that … well… let her say it: I’m wondering if the priest at my territorial parish (which I no longer attend) will now finally stop … Read More
Stilettos and heels
Our friend Diogenes has skewered the craven Fr. Thomas "Bear The Brunt" Reese, SJ, and his ilk with an elegant twist of the left-wing’s favorite stilettos (and I don’t exclude the reference to "heels", in more than one way). Here … Read More
Hrumpf… ironic, no?
In the AP story being sprayed around widely, you read (bold and numbers mine): Some have worried about changing a fundamental rite of worship that is so much a part of Catholic identity, especially now. 1) Mass attendance has been … Read More
“…significantly amended…”, but to what?
Here is one soundbite from His Excellency Bishop Donald W. Trautman, chair of the BCL and opponent of the norms of Liturgiam authenticam. This says a great deal: "I’m pleased that the text has been significantly amended. That made an … Read More
Like, whatever….
There is a cutsie story in the WaPo about the first batch of girls being allowed to serve at the altar in the Diocese of Arlington. Some quotes: Taylor dreams of playing pro lacrosse. "I think I can be anything … Read More
Cunctando regitur mundus, again
You get the feeling that this is a game of chicken and we, the Catholic faithful, are standing in the middle of the street. Everyone knows how the votes went. What we don’t know is precisely what the votes were … Read More
Politicians & abortion: How does this translate?
In a Reuters piece we read: LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – U.S. Catholic bishops on Thursday ended years of soul searching over whether Catholic politicians who support abortion rights should be denied communion, leaving the decision with local bishops. … LITERAL … Read More
Sensible words from Roche of ICEL to the USCCB
The speech of H.E. Arthur Roche Bishop of Leeds and chairman of ICEL has been posted. There were sensible things in the speech. In the WDTPRS articles I have spoken of "courtly" language. Here is what bishop Roche said: … 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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