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- TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid: “More Virgil, without edits: “Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo,…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “We live on an island in Massachusetts, North Shore. Sea gulls galore. I refer to them as rats with wings.…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “White to move and mate in 4. Whew – this was a complicated one! Lots of variations. A big problem…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 65 & 66: better late than the other thing: “White to move and mate in 4 1) Bg6+ Kg8 forced 2) Qh7+ Kf8 forced 3) Qh8+ Bg8 forced 4)…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 64: If you are not over the target, they don’t shoot at you.: “I think that jhogan overlooked the fact that Black’s 2nd move Q×N (or Q×g6) puts White’s King in check. That…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “Your posts on all these little trials of life are so enchanting Father. Thank you for letting us share them.…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “I suppose your apartment in Rome is on the ground floor and also relatively well sheltered from direct sunlight, Father?…”
- on ROME 26/5– Day 67: zzzzzzeeeeeeeeeiop: “Sub Aquilis is a great name for a Roman apartment! I called our former second home in the mountains Offhand…”
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Monthly Archives: June 2008
Grrrr
Irritation. I read today that the second half of the final season of Battlestar Galactica will not begin until January 2009. 2009, d’ya hear? Grrr. Though I have also heard there may be a "prequel" series pilot in the works. … Read More
UPDATE: Internet Prayer – audio Brasilian Portugese
I received an audio of the Internet Prayer in Brasilian Portugese! Thanks!
Engrish
I often check in at Engrish, which site digs up some fun "translations" into a sort of English perhaps more appreciated by the authors of the lame-duck ICEL prayers. Here is a sample that amused me: Wonderfurry fravorfur sandrich, no … Read More
Another motivation parody
Orthometer strikes again. Some bishops are fighting the Holy See’s norms for liturgical translation and the most recent draft prepared by the reconstructed ICEL. They essentially think that the language is too hard, which implies that they think people are … Read More
QUAERITUR: Distinction of Masses, TLM and NO
This question came in via e-mail: Father, a brief question. In the TLM, there is a clear distinction between the Low Mass, the High Mass, the Pontifical Mass, etc. Is there such a distinction in the Novus Ordo? I mean, … Read More
QUAERITUR: Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses and Gregorian Masses
What’s up with the term "Gregorian Mass"? Or "Gregorian Rite"? The other day in London Dario Castrillon Hoyos spoke of the Gregorian Rite saying "this is the just [correct] name for the Extraordinary Form,". I think we can call the … Read More
PREVIEW: a GREAT new publication from Angelus Press!
Every once in a while the nice folks at Angelus Press send me something to review. For example, we have looked at their daily hand missal (which I see is on sale right now) and a spiffy little inexpensive … Read More
George Weigel on the return of the TLM
The site of Newsweek has an article by George Weigel about Pope Benedict’s "revival" of the "Latin Mass". As you begin, keep in mind what WDTPRS has been saying since Summorum Pontificum was released. This incredibly important document, perhaps the … Read More
Pope Benedict annoyed at studied prelatial indifference?
After the Big Mass at Westminster, I got on the horn and called across the pond to His Hermeneuticalness to get his take on what happened. Fr. Finigan was one of the deacons of honor for Card. Castrillon Hoyos’ Pontifical … Read More
The Tablet reacts to Card. Castrillon’s Mass and remarks in London
You might remember that recently His Eminence Dario Card. Castrillon Hoyos celebrated a Pontifical Mass in Westminster Cathedral, London, in the Extraordinary Form, or Gregorian Rite, as some call it. There was a small press conference with His Eminence, and … Read More
TheCavalierHatherly on ROME 26/6 – Day 68: hot and humid: “More Virgil, without edits: “Ultima Cumaei venit iam carminis aetas; magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. iam redit et Virgo,…”
