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- dholwell on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. h4+ 2.gxh6 f5+ 3. Kg5 Rg3#”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Yes. Let all the poisons come out! After seeing it on TV many years ago and reading the two volumes,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Perhaps world events are making some nervous international travelers. Personally, I would have loved to go to Poland on a…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The bit about Claudius thinking that a return to the republic was likely or even possible may take its inspiration…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Pray for Derek Jacobi! Such a talented actor, but sadly, an irregular life.”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “I was wrong. It’s not a Cramnerian table. It’s a……. Ikea coffee table made to resemble a half Easter egg,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “The BBC “radio play” of I,Claudius is also rather good. https://share.libbyapp.com/title/505092”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “To MB: THE BEST TIME was a long time ago before Paul VI and Bergoglio and their hand-chosen sycophants decided…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “I don’t know where MB lives, but it’s objectively false to assert that the FSSP “now have a virtual monopoly…”
- on 15 April 2019 – Notre-Dame de Paris: “Looking at the pictures, one can be grateful that the artist at least didn’t use this as an opportunity to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “@MB “When a man feels like he has something no one else can give, something essential, and no one to…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “There was a time when if you wanted to know the miracles of the Church, the great teachings, the stories…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Out of my wife and my siblings & spouses, half are not RC anymore but are probably still on the…”
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Monthly Archives: December 2007
TLM at the Cathedral of Savannah, GA
Check out this article in the Savannah Morning News about the the older form of Mass at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist. My emphases and comments. Latin Mass moves to cathedral downtown Sunday Mass marks return of old … Read More
Wonderful news in Charlotte
Check out this article from the paper of the Diocese of Charlotte, NC, The Catholic News & Herald of 21 Dec. 21, 2007. His Excellency Most Rev. Peter J. Jugis is bishop there. You might remember there was a Mass … Read More
Former P.M. Tony Blair becomes Catholic
There is an interesting development in the UK. For a while we have heard rumors that former Prime Minister Tony Blair might become a Catholic. It happened. Tony Blair joins Catholic Church Former prime minister Tony Blair has left the … Read More
PRAYERCAzT 14: 4th Sunday of Advent – 1962 Missale Romanum
Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will hear the prayers for the 4th Sunday of Advent in the 1962 Missale Romanum. I speak all the prayers and readings and also sing the … Read More
Results of the Ugliest Vestment contest are in
Be sure to visit The Crescat to see the results of the Ugliest Vestment poll. The one I voted for won…. or is it lost. You decide. These things must be seen to be believed. Make the some popcorn and … Read More
WDTPRS – 21 December
Here is the Collect for 21 December. COLLECT: Preces populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, clementer exaudi, ut, qui de Unigeniti tui in nostra carne adventu laetantur, cum venerit in sua maiestate, aeternae vitae praemium consequantur. This prayer is pretty much identical … Read More
Archd. of St. Paul/Minneapolis about St. Francis Cabrini parish: Fr. Z reacts
There has been some attention in the Catholic blogosphere given to a parish in my home diocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. Fr. Leo Tibesar of St. Francis Cabrini landed smack in the middle of some controversy about homosexual unions. … Read More
URSID METEOR SHOWER ALERT and SPIRIT UPDATE
From Space Weather News for Dec. 20, 2007 URSID METEORS: Earth is heading for a stream of comet dust that could produce a pleasing outburst of “shooting stars” this weekend. Forecasters say dozens of meteors per hour could emerge from … Read More
REQUEST TO PRIESTS from Fr. Z
Reverend and Dear Fathers, Latin Rite priests, especially those of you who are in dioceses where bishops say they are going to test your Latin skills before "allowing" you to use the 1962 Missale Romanum which Summorum Pontificum says is … Read More
Nennolina
Be sure to check out Vultus Christi and the entry on Benedict’s words about Nennolina, a little Roman girl whose heroic virtues the Pope has recently recognized as part of her cause. This was an interesting little girl, who lived … Read More
WDTPRS: 20 December
Here is the Collect for 20 December, during this period of intense prayer and longing for the Lord’s Coming. COLLECT: Deus, aeterna maiestas, cuius ineffabile Verbum, Angelo nuntiante, Virgo immaculata suscepit, et, domus divinitatis effecta, Sancti Spiritus luce repletur, quaesumus, … Read More
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Archd. of San Francisco’s norms on Summorum Pontificum
I received a fax of the norms on Summorum Pontificum issued by His Excellency Most Reverend George H. Niederauer, Archbishop of San Francisco. There was an article in the San Francisco archdiocesan newpaper about the norms, and it wasn’t exactly … Read More
NYT: John Allen’s op-ed piece
My friend the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the ultra-lefty National Catholic Reporter has today an op-ed piece in The New York Times. My emphases and comments. Let’s have a look. December 19, 2007Op-Ed ContributorThe Vatican’s Relative … Read More
WDTPRS: 19 December – COLLECT
Here is the Collect for 19 December in the 2002MR, duing this period of intense preparation before Christmas: COLLECT: Deus, qui splendorem gloriae tuae per sacrae Virginis partum mundo dignatus es revelare, tribue, quaesumus, ut tantae incarnationis mysterium et fidei … Read More
Let’s see your vestments
In another entry we discussed the actual color of Roman liturgical rosacea. It occured to me that we might like seeing what vestments are out there. Send those photos! WDTPRS reader Fr. K sent me a photo of a rose … Read More
FSSP may get a glorious church in Rome for a “personal parish”
The great church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini has over the main altar one of the truly great paintings in Rome: Most Holy Trinity by Guido Reni. The church is a treasure with a rich history. This is where St. … Read More
18 December
In these final days of Advent preparation, the Church prays with great intensity. Here is today’s COLLECT: Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, qui sub peccati iugo ex vetusta servitute deprimimur, expectata Unigeniti tui nova nativitate liberemur. This was in the … Read More
dholwell on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. h4+ 2.gxh6 f5+ 3. Kg5 Rg3#”
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