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- on Concerning the Pope’s… Popes’… pectoral Cross: “If I am properly informed, Augustinian canons are known for the reverent and dignified celebration of the Mass and Office.…”
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- on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “Don’t get too excited. From what I understand, the address in the Sistine Chapel was delivered in Italian (following the…”
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- on Concerning the Pope’s… Popes’… pectoral Cross: “Interesting. I think our new pope’s cross indicates he will be acting and expanding on Leo XIII’s teachings on social…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “Ut iusti simus ! That “vestra” looks like a typo. I make them all the time. The lack of singular…”
- on ROME 25/5– Day 35: The papal “We”?!?: “What I was somewhat gobsmacked by is the fact that according to the Vatican website, the Pope, yesterday, addressed the…”
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
Fascinating development about the Motu Proprio, Bp. Galeone and D. of St. Augustine
I got a very interesting e-mail. Emphases and comments mine. Bishop Victor Galeone was on the WQOP Live Show today in the Diocese of St. Augustine, answering questions live from callers. I will record the encore show tomorrow (which will air … Read More
Really bad movie alert: Yi Yi
This is a public service announcement. I watch lots of Chinese language movies. Last night I spent a week watching Yi Yi (A One And A Two). Run for your lives. Despite a good Rotten Tomatoes review, this is … Read More
First reports of Merton College workshop for priests and older Mass
First reports about the recent workshop at Merton College, Oxford, are coming in. Damian Thompson of The Telegraph has an initial impression… and it was a good one. My emphases and comments. A glorious Mass at Merton College Posted by … Read More
Archbishop Nichols at conference on the older Mass
Do you remember that there was going to be a workshop in England for priests who want to learn the older form of Mass? Here is a report from The Telegraph about the participation of the Archbishop of Birmingham (not … Read More
29 August: Beheading of St. John the Baptist… “decreased”… by the sword
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. I consider this (also) my name day, and in a way it is even more appropriate than the Nativity of John in June! Here is the Roman Martyrology entry … Read More
Moscow Patriarch in favor of Motu Proprio and older Mass
At various times in my articles in The Wanderer, during talks and on this blog I have opined that if we are serious about an authentic ecumenical dialogue, we have to get our liturgical act together: "What must the Orthodox … Read More
Calling for help from code savvy readers
Users of Firefox know about extensions. I saw one today that got me thinking. There is an extension for Muslims called Pray Times. It shows the time remaining to the different points of the day when Muslims are to pray. … Read More
Augustine’s bones
Augustine died on 28 August 430. His friend and biographer Possidius describes his last days during the siege of Hippo by the Vandals. Sometime before the early 8th century, Augustine’s remains were translated from N. Africa to Sardinia for fear … Read More
Sabine relics of St. Augustine and St. Monica
The Sabine Chapel has some very nice relics. Here are St. Augustine and his mother St. Monica.
A seminarian needs help from WDTPRSers for older Mass
I got a very nice note from a new seminarian at the North American College in Rome. He had listened to the newest PODCAzT in which I have an audio bit of the wonderful exchange between Pope Benedict and the … Read More
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Book review: Bradshaw, L. A guide to the Celebration of Low Mass according to the traditional Roman Rite.
Sometime back I wrote that a new book had been published to. It is by Lee Bradshaw, A guide to the Celebration of Low Mass according to the traditional Roman Rite. (Melbourne: Gavantus, 2007, pp.65). A kind soul, probably Mr. … Read More
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PODCAzT 44: St. Monica dies, Augustine weeps; Pope Benedict greets American seminarians
Today we hear from our frequent guest, St. Augustine of Hippo who speaks to us about the death of his mother, St. Monnica in 357 at Ostia, the port of Rome. Augustine describes his mother’s life and death in Book … Read More
St. Monica – avoided alcoholism
From Serge Lancel’s Augustine, the best biography I know of the great Bishop of Hippo (p. 8 ff – emphases mine): Before devoting himself entirely to Mother Church, as he approached the age of forty, Augustine had had a concubine … Read More
Garum!
A biretta tip goes to Rogue Classicism o{]:¬) who alerted me to a yummy article in Business Standard about ancient garum, the fermented fish sauce which was the ketchup of the ancient world. Ancient ketchup DIET/ The Romans loved their … Read More
27 August: St. Monica, widow – her tomb
This is the chapel in the church of St. Augustine in Rome (literally across the street from my back door) where the mortal remains of St. Monica (+387), the mother of Augustine of Hippo now rest. To the right is … Read More
ALERT: Australia: Sunday 26 August: celebrations of the usus antiquior
Some new from Down Under: Archdiocese of Melbourne: Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Throne will be celebrated in the traditional Latin rite (1962 Missal) by His Grace, Archbishop Denis Hart, at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, on Saturday, 25 August, at … Read More
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“Vatican blocked reform of anti-Semitic prayer”: The Tablet
There is an interesting piece by Robert Mickens in the lefty The Tablet about the controversial Good Friday prayer for the Jews in its older form before the phrase pro perfideis Judaeis was removed. Some of the points made here … Read More
The Tablet on the Archpb. of Glasgow’s harsh provisions for the older Mass
The lefty English Catholic tabloid The Tablet has an article in the 25 August issue. It is about the reaction to the Archbishop of Glasgow’s reaction to the Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum. His Excellency Most Reverend Mario Conti’s had issued … Read More
Et Cetera on ROME 25/5– Day 36: Caponata: “God, you who adorned your church with a new martyr’s crown because of blessed John’s unconquered, sacramental silence: grant to…”
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