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Daily Archives: 2 October 2008
What Benedict sowed in April, Bishops are reaping today.
I am watching a wonderful developing story. Bishops in the USA, one by one, are coming out with statements, those statements are getting better and better. It strikes me that the bishops are using each other’s statements, along with the … Read More
A Lion for Life in Scranton: Bp. Joseph Martino’s Letter for Respect Life Sunday
This just in from the Most Rev. Joseph Martino of Diocese of Scranton, PA treated with my emphases and comments as usual: At the direction of the Most Reverend Bishop, this letter is to be read by the celebrant … Read More
YouTube pulls desecration videos
I was alerted that YouTube pulled the videos of the desecrations of consecrated Hosts. Perhaps some of you will know more about what is going on with this.
Theme feedback
Theme feedback time. As you know… in the past I experimented with new themes. I’d like to lighten the page, allow it to load faster. I want to add some robust new features. First, I can see that the font … Read More
Samizdat mirror moment
In the wake of the London blognic, when one of the participants Damian Thompson invoked the image of the samizdat days, I have been reflecting. I found a good quote about samizdat which was the underground movement of writing and … Read More
Q&A about Elevation at Mass using both hands
I am finally getting around to something Fr. McNamara of the Legionaries of Christ at Regina Apostolorum wrote for ZENIT. He answers liturgical questions. Something very interesting rises from this Q&A, which I will get to down the line and … Read More
UK: Traditional Confirmation – registration
I was asked to post this: Last Chance to Register for Confirmations: Now is your last chance to register for Confirmations in the Traditional Latin Rite at St James’ Church, Spanish Place, London W1 on Saturday 15th November at 11.30 am … Read More
QUAERITUR: Deacons and the TLM, what can they do?
From diaconal reader: I wonder what your opinion is. As a newly ordained permanent Deacon, I have been instructed that I may not assist with the distribution of Holy Communion or be allowed to preach at the Tridentine Mass because … Read More
Post-defeat(s) aenigmata
Last night as I sadly watched the Cubs implode… a long tradition there… I became melancholy, which always drives me to being also aenigmatic. Thus I posted this, which no one bit into… I’ll set the stage… Keep in mind … Read More
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