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- Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “1. Vatican II serves as a foundational instruction to “listen to the voice of the spirit^tm”. Ok. So, “the people”…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Father, piggy-backing on Robert’s question … I’ve often wondered: when you are “on leave” or just out-and-about, are you in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I was present at the inaugural dinner celebration for the shortwave station. It was amazing to see what was accomplished…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”: “A soul, once in hell, can it ever be allowed into Heaven? [Never. For eternity.]”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “Father’s point about …”independence from a local digital infrastructure…” is important. I have the same thoughts about libraries. Yes, physical…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I used to spend nights listening to my Grundig shortwave radio, but most of the near stations are either in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “” …sometimes an old technology has virtues that become apparent precisely when the new technology fails.” Kind of like the…”
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Monthly Archives: February 2008
In vain have I searched
In the past I have searched in vain for someone to help develop the wordpress theme for this blog. I have a couple options. Keep this theme, but upgrade it, widgetize it, etc. (I can’t do that myself.)Change the theme … Read More
La Crosse: new old church
Many thanks to NLM for this great glimpse of a new old church being completed in La Crosse, WI, which H.E. Raymond Burke initiated. Honestly, this church looks like it was transported from Baroque Rome. Look at this new … … Read More
Palm Sunday: Benedict XVI’s vestments with the design of Leo X (+1521)
Here is a fascinating piece from Petrus. My translation, emphases. For Palm Sunday the Pope will wear vestments with the coat-of-arms of the Medici Pope, Leo X CITTA’ DEL VATICANO – On Palm Sunday, 16 March next, Benedict XVI will … Read More
Anchorage: Bp. Schwietz on implementing Summorum Pontificum
There is news from the Archdiocese of Anchorage in Alaska about the implementation of the provision of Summorum Pontificum. Shall we have a look with my emphases and comments. The following is from a letter from Archbishop Roger Schwietz the … Read More
Santa Fe: good news about TLM
There is a good story in the online version of the Albuquerque Journal My emphases and comments. Monday, February 25, 2008 Church Offers a Weekly Mass in Latin By Kiera HayJournal Staff Writer If you happened into the San … Read More
PODCAzT 51: Communion in the hand
UPDATE: This PODCAzT was made in 2008. In 2011 the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei“, which has competence, issued a document called Universae Ecclesiae – English HERE, or Latin HERE – which helps to interpret and to implement Summorum Pontificum. In Universae Ecclesiae we … Read More
Chant for the new prayer for the Jews
Biretta tips to NLM and to Musica Sacra o{]:¬) for letting us all know that the new prayer for the Jews on Good Friday with the 1962 Missale Romanum has been realized in Gregorian notation, in PDF format, useful for … Read More
Er Papa e Romanesco
Yesterday the Holy Father visited a parish in the Testaccio area of Rome, along the river, S. Maria Liberatrice. He was presented with a poem, in honor of his visit, in Romanesco, the dialect of Rome. The Holy Father said: … Read More
Breakfast: not just for the birds
Outside the window of my office area, I have a bird feeder. On return to the Sabine Farm from the UK, I immediately refilled the feeder, much to the delight – and I daresay great need – of the rather … Read More
Communion in the hand: a news story and some comments
UPDATED: 24 Feb 08 – 16:57: Archbp. Ranjith has denied what is reported below. Check out the bottom of this entry for the details. __________________ An old story has floated back into the news by way of The Earth … Read More
Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
