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YOUR RECENT COMMENTS
- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf 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…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Wonderful news about Candace Owens and George Farmer. Thank you for continually pointing out that Holy Orders is one Sacrament.…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 31 (-10): The Parish™…. what’s next?: “Just Some Guy: Perhaps others will get back to you before twilight’s last gleaming.”
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Counter the annual idiocy with reverence
There is a good and thoughtful post over at The Recovering Dissident Catholic about attire in church. Some background. There is an especially irksome group called the Rainbow Sash Movement who put on sashes to protest the Church’s teaching on … Read More
20 May: St. Aurea of Ostia
Today is the feast of St. Aurea of Ostia, a martyr from the 2nd century about whom we know nothing. St. Aurea figures in the ongoing story of St. Augustine of Hippo and his mother St. Monnica. To find out … Read More
FISH!
ALERT: I have zeroed in on a restaurant specializing in fish which, amazingly, I have not been to yet. More amazingly, it is not far from where I live. Aimeh! Too little time…. This place is situated along the Via … Read More
PODCAzT 30: Augustine on Peter and John; singing a Tridentine Requiem; St. Peter Celestine V
This time we hear St. Augustine of Hippo’s tr. 124 on the Gospel of John, in which he explores what Christ meant when He told Peter to follow Him but told John that He would have to stay until He … Read More
News coverage of Motu Proprio and letter to Chinese Catholics
There is an AP article which a friend tipped me to in the Chicago Tribune. The usual cliches pepper this piece (my emphases): Pope plans to revive old-style Latin mass By Nicole WinfieldAssociated Press May 19, 2007 VATICAN CITY … Read More
PODCAzT 29: Leo’s mind blowing Ascension sermon; angels
In this PODCAzT we hear St. Leo’s (+461) second sermon on the Ascension, s. 74. This is an amazing piece of work. Also, I talk about angels and how there is an angelic battle being waged for your soul. … Read More
Tagged for a meme
I have been tagged for a meme by Argent. In no way to I think this is exhaustive. It is just what quickly came to mind. I spent a summer doing nothing but reading 19th c. English novels. You could … Read More
PODCAzT 28: Augustine on the Ascension; Card. Castrillion on the Motu Proprio
In this PODCAzT we delved into s. 263A of St. Augustine of Hippo (+430) which is about the Lord’s Ascension. I also dig into uniting our sufferings to the Lord, especially in Holy Mass. Finally I talk about Card. Castrillion … Read More
Card. Castrillon (Ecclesia Dei) to CELAM: the time has come
His Eminence DarÃo Card. Castrillón Hoyos delivered an address at the meeting of CELAM in Brazil. Here are some of the good bits. My emphases. The less than smooth translation is not mine. I have fixed it in a couple … Read More
PODCAzT 27: Leo on the Ascension; a Collect; feedback
Today, the Vigil of Ascension, this PODCAzT brings to you a selection of St. Leo the Great’s (+461) sermon s. 73 on the Ascension. Whassup with transfering Ascension Thursday to Sunday? I talk about the Collect for the Ascension Mass … Read More
Bp. Betori on the new enemies of Christianity
Clearly the Pope is back in Italy and back at work. There is a great report on ANSA and SIR today about a sermon delivered by H.E. Giuseppe Betori, secretary of the Italian Bishops Conference (CEI). He was in Gubbio … Read More
Electronically delivered Catholicism ramblings
At BetNet there is a post about the iRosary, ostensibly using an iPod or other mp3 player for your recitation/audition of the Rosary. iRosary uses the advantages of the iPod to make the rosary more attractive and flexible for younger … Read More
INTERNET PRAYER UPDATE: CATALAN
Years ago when people were suggesting St. Isidore of Seville (+636) as the patron saint of the internet, I was asked to write a prayer people could recite before using the internet. I wrote the prayer in Latin and submitted … Read More
Throwing the strawmen
Today is the Ides of May. In ancient Rome it was a today for ancient Roman priests and officials to throw the argei into the Tiber of the Sublician bridge, and important wooden structure under care of pontifices. Argei were, … Read More
The Pope’s airplane comments and the left’s obsession
The slithery Marco Politi of La Repubblica has been saying for months that the Holy Father has been committing public gaffs, as in his comments at Regensburg when he angered Muslims. Now Politi is fixated on the Pope’s remarks on … Read More
FLASHBACK: 1988 – Ratzinger on the Lefebvre “schism”
I tip my biretta to Pontifications o{]:¬) for reminding me about a speech Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave in Chile in 1988 just days after the late Archbp. Marcel Lefebvre illicitly consecrated bishops in an act many think was schismatic. My … Read More
A trip to China for Pope Benedict?
Today in Adnkronos we read the following surprising report: As Adnkronos has learned in the environs of the Vatican, the Secretariate of State is supposed to have received from the Chinese organizers of a large art exhibt "Leonardo da Vinci … Read More
Motu Proprio news in The Times
A kind WDTPRSer sent me a link to a story in the The Times about the Motu Proprio. An article by Ruth Gledhill mentions the resistence coming from German bishops to the MP. She claims that the Pope will not … Read More
History in stone
If you have a command of Latin, and you pay attention while walking around Rome, you can find some interesting things. Here is an inscription on the facade of Santa Maria sopra Minerva. Here is the transcription: ORUM ORDINIS … Read More
Where are you?
Here are some of the places where recent readers are (I cut out the repeats). New Bern, North Carolina Anonymous Proxy São Paulo, São PauloWinnipeg, Manitoba Modesto, California Seattle, Washington Eschborn, Hessen Tucson, Arizona North Reading, Massachu… Mount Prospect, Illinois … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf 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…”
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