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Monthly Archives: November 2006
33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time: COLLECT (2)
What Does the Prayer Really Say? 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2005 WDTPRS wishes His Eminence Francis Card. Arinze, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and titular Cardinal Bishop of (my) Suburbicarian Diocese … Read More
A fun link
Some of the readers of this blog have blogs of their own. I am grateful when you link to me. (Feel free to add WDTPRS to your list.) I always enjoy looking at the different blogs that give me referrals. … Read More
Dedication of St. Peter’s Basilica
It is a Solemnity in the Sacrosanct Basilica of St. Peter today, for today is the anniversary of its dedication in 1626. The Basilica has its own Proper for various days of the year. Here is the Collect for today’s … Read More
NPR: American Catholics and “Tridentine” Mass
There is an audio clip of an NPR show (National Public Radio) about the issue of new Mass and old Mass, English and Latin. There are some howler errors in the piece, but it worth listening to. Biretta tip to … Read More
Simply too funny
Over at the Shrine I saw this. It is too funny. Read More
Palm Beach Post: “Latin creates and preserves mystery. English dilutes it.”
The Palm Beach Post has a very sensible editorial today on the issue of Latin as the language for Holy Mass. Here it is (my emphasis and comments): Latin Mass would restore mystery By Steve Gushee Palm Beach Post Staff … Read More
AFQB: Kissing Hands/Objects in “Tridentine Mass”
I had this question in the ASK FATHER Question Box recently. Here it is with my response. Classical Latin Mass: Follow-up to Kissing Hands/Objects By Anonymous on Tuesday, November 14, 2006 – 2:45 am Fr. Zuhlsdorf, In a previous thread … Read More
Of late nights, library naps, and Ambrose
I am a bit behind in online things today, which was mostly spent doing errands and various time wasting tasks. Then I wound up in the library for some reading and, instead, had a little impromptu nap. "But Father! But … Read More
Hungry for God and ice cream
It is nice to get together with folk from back home, especially if they are in Rome for the first time. I had the pleasure of meeting with a group from my home parish of St. Agnes in St. Paul … Read More
Blog changes
You will now find your recently posted comments on the left side bar of this blog. Also, though it does directly pertain to the fabric of the blog ("flobric"?) I moved my blurb about the Z-Cam around. I still can’t … Read More
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