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- The most evident mark of God’s anger and the most terrible castigation He can inflict upon the world are manifested when He permits His people to fall into the hands of clerics who are priests more in name than in deed, priests who practice the cruelty of ravening wolves rather than the charity and affection of devoted shepherds.
St. John Eudes
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“Until the Lord be pleased to settle, through the instrumentality of the princes of the Church and the lawful ministers of His justice, the trouble aroused by the pride of a few and the ignorance of some others, let us with the help of God endeavor with calm and humble patience to render love for hatred, to avoid disputes with the silly, to keep to the truth and not fight with the weapons of falsehood, and to beg of God at all times that in all our thoughts and desires, in all our words and actions, He may hold the first place who calls Himself the origin of all things.”
- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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- “The modern habit of doing ceremonial things unceremoniously is no proof of humility; rather it proves the offender's inability to forget himself in the rite, and his readiness to spoil for every one else the proper pleasure of ritual.”
- C.S. Lewis
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
"Let us realize that this remark of Cicero (Brutus 37, 140) can be in a certain way referred to [young lay people]: 'It is not so much a matter of distinction to know Latin as it is disgraceful not to know it.'" - St. John Paul II
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: August 2007
The official Italian translation of the Motu Proprio?
If you look on the website of the Holy See for the Motu Proprio summorum Pontificum, you find a link only to the Latin text. Motu Proprio Summorum Pontificum on the "Roman liturgy prior to the reform of 1970" (July … Read More
sanctamissa.org
Do take a moment to check out the new website launched by the canons at St. John Cantius Church in Chicago. www.sanctamissa.org This is a practical liturgical "how to" site. Nicely done. Kudos!
A little know Roman fact about the feast of the Transfiguration
Did you know that today is the titular feast of the Basilica of St. John Lateran, the Cathedral of Rome? "But Father! But Father", I can hear you objecting. "Don’t you know that that basilica is called ‘St. John‘? How … Read More
Article on older form of Mass in Memphis, TN
I got this from a reader in Memphis. I thought you might be interested. I saw that you wrote last week about Bishop Steib’s (Memphis, TN) statement on the Motu Proprio. You may be interested in a very positive … Read More
Where you at?
It’s time for another "Where you are" entry. Here is s snapshot of users of this blog. Remember, the stats I get don’t always show accurate locations, or every possible user. This is just a glimpse to let you know … Read More
Commonweal
If there is a Commonweal subscriber out there, could you get in touch?
Patristic Rosary Project: 4th Luminous Mystery – Transfiguration
Some of you newcomers to WDTPRS might not know that I built up something called the Patristic Rosary Project. When I looked at the Transfiguration, 4th of the Luminous Mysteries, here is what I provided: ____________ We continue our Patristic … Read More
Too many people for Pope’s Angelus so he goes to them
Yesterday for the Holy Father’s noontime Angelus at Castelgandolfo, there were so many people present that they couldn’t all be in the courtyard of the papal villa. So, despite clearly having a bad head cold, after finishing the Angleus the … Read More
Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project
You might take a look at the Chabanel Responsorial Psalm Project.
New Orleans: Pontifical High Mass – 1 November
I got this from a kind reader: Father, I have been informed that Archbishop Alfred Hughes of New Orleans will celebrate a pontifical High Mass according to the 1962 missal on the feast of All Saints, at St. Patrick’s (the … Read More





















