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Monthly Archives: September 2006
30 Sept: St. Jerome – where is he buried?
Some time ago, there was a discussion on one of our splendid Catholic blogs making mention of the burial place of St. Jerome perhaps in the Major Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. This is an interesting story and … Read More
A little woven detail
Today in the chapel of the Sabine Farm, Holy Mass was celebrated with the 1962 Missale Romanum and the vestments were appropriately festive. Here is a little detail woven into the fabric of the chasuble: Read More
Card. Zen to retire?
This is in from Zenit: ROME, SEPT. 28, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI has promised to consider allowing Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun to retire as bishop of Hong Kong, and expressed his affection for the city’s Catholics, says a news report. … Read More
Missa pro Ecclesiae defensione
Today I used the Mass Pro Ecclesia defensione in the 1962 Missale Romanum: COLLECT:Omnipotens sempiterne Deus,in cuius manu sunt omnium potestateset omnia iura regnorum:respice in auxilium christianorum;ut gentes paganorum, quae in sua feritate confidunt, dexterae tuae potentia conterantur. LITERAL VERSION:Almighty … Read More
Liturgical music MEME
I got tagged by Cor Immaculatae for the liturgical music MEME 1. Your favorite Mass Ordinary settings (i.e.Kyrie, Sanctus, Agnus Dei):IV comes to mind. 2. Your favorite Mass Proper chants (i.e. Introit, Gradual, Tract, Alleluia, Offertory, Communion):*ehem* … some days … Read More
A blurb on “active participation”
I found a nice piece on "active participation" in Denis Crouan’s The History and the Future of the Roman Liturgy (2001, in English from Ignatius Press, 2005, p. 279 – my emphasis): Does Gregorian chat prevent the active participation … Read More
Degradation of a bishop
I received this CC: of correspondence from a friend and canonist via e-mail (slightly edited with my added comments): Anent the rite of degradation from the "Roman Pontifical of Pope Benedict XIV" who allegedly "promulgated this ritual in 1862," Benedict … Read More
Radio Sabina and the Z-Cam: on the air
Radio Sabina and the Z-Cam are back on the air again. I will suspend them for a while from time to time, but for the most part I will keep broadcasting.
25th Sunday of Ordinary Time: POST COMMUNION (1)
EXCERPT:
In our prayer today there is a theme of continuity. We even have a form of the word continuus. In the beginning of the Post communion Father refers to the constant helps we depend on from the actual graces God confers upon us. The effect of redemption will be eternal and unending. In the final line we hear of that eternal effect linking and yoking together our participation in the sacred sacramental mysteries we experience in Holy Mass, on the one hand, with the conduct and mores of our lives on the other. For the baptized Catholic Christian there must be continuity between our reception of the sacraments and the way we live. Read More
Did you know…
I have just time to post a brief note about today’s feast. I am not so much talking about St. Pio. Nor am I talking of St. Linus. Did you know that today was the feast day of the parents … Read More
Z-Cam and Radio Sabina: update
The Z-Cam will be mostly but not entirely offline for a few days.
In the meantime, I will be, Deo volente, in the Twin Cities this weekend and will be celebrant for the 8:00 am sung Latin Mass on Saturday and the 10:00 Latin High Mass on Sunday, both at St. Agnes in St. Paul. Read More
“How do you solve a problem like Milingooooo?”
Frequent poster and old friend Tim Ferguson, noted writer of brilliant parody lyrics (who authored inter alia "O Come, O Come, Liturgical Blue") has given us his newest on the problem of Milingo: Here we go. It is to the … Read More
RIP, Sr. Leonella Sgorbati
Shot by an Islamic attacker in the back while praying.
As she died, she asked to to forgive the one who killed her. Read More
Hot cup o’ joe
Every once in a while someone sends a nice little perk of appreciation in the form of a gift card to useful stores or some e-mail/internet equivalent. So to the person who sent me the Starbuck’s card, thanks. I am … Read More
What did the Pope really say?
Today in his General Audience address, the Holy Father spoke yet again about the reactions raised by his Regensburg Address. Here is the principle point (my emhpasis): “I trust, therefore, that following the initial reactions, my words at the University … Read More
My Roman neighborhood: Sant’Eustachio
I live in the Sant’Eustachio area of the ancient center of Rome. I thought on his feast day you might like to see a few photos: Here is a view of the church named for this saint. It is a … Read More
The Roman Martyrology and The Roman Martyrology
Over at Argent we find a blurb about Sant’Eustachio (St. Eustace) and companions from, as he writes, The Roman Martyrology. Here is his offering: From the Roman Martyrology: At Rome, the holy martyrs Eustace, and Theopistes, his wife, with … Read More
Marian apparitions
While I read with interest and devotion those things about Marian apparitions which receive formal approval of Holy Mother Church, I don’t spend a great deal of energy on Marian apparitions. Today, however, we observe the the Feast of Our … Read More
WDTPRS and Diocese of Knoxville
A tip of the biretta is owed to frequent participant Henry o{]:¬) for the news that WDTPRS is quoted on the site of the Diocese of Knoxville, where His Excellency Bishop Joseph E. Kurtz is laboring in the Lord’s vineyard. … Read More
The WSJ gets it right about Pope Benedict
In today’s Opinion Journal/Wall Street Journal online there is a featured article, free to read. It is worth a few minutes of your time. Here is an excerpt (my emphasis): In Christianity, God is inseparable from reason. "In the beginning … Read More
