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Daily Archives: 1 June 2009
QUAERITUR: Communion in the time of Swine Flu
I haven’t been hearing too much about Swine Flu these days… but I suppose it is still around. This question is from a reader: I attended an Ordination Mass at ___ in ___ this past Saturday. Prior to Communion, the … Read More
Fr. Finelli’s 1st TLM
I am very pleased that Fr. Finelli, aka "iPadre" celebrated his first TLM today and, being tech savvy ustreamed it! Here is a screenshot. I captured the stream and put it also on "Father Z TV", the Z-Cam.
Both old and new
PENJING REPORT Penjing has been outside and is doing very well.. lots of new growth. "But Father! But Father!", some of you are saying… gesticulating at the screen. "Wasn’t there another tree? It had a funny name… Did you … … Read More
Prayers for the people lost in the Air France flight
Please pray for the poor people lost on that Air France flight over the Atlantic, as well as all those who have been waiting for them in vain.
Priest bully at consecration: “Lest we commit venial sin, let us continue to stand.”
I found this on Ten Reasons. Sign of victory and celebration From a Rochester (NY) reader: I was in attendance at Sr. Joan’s 50th anniversary mass at OLOL tonight at 5PM. … During the consecration, [Fr. Lawlor] (as usual) … Read More
Spiritual Bouquet of Thanks for Bishops who spoke out on Notre Dame
From the Cardinal Newman Society: The Cardinal Newman SocietyFor Immediate Release June 1, 2009 Bishops Who Opposed Notre Dame’s Obama Honor Receive More Than 700,000 Prayers in Thanks Manassas, Va. – Beginning the weekend of May 31, Pentecost Sunday, the … Read More
Farewell to Roman Sacristan
In your kindness would you say a prayer for Roman Sacristan. Well, this is it. Tomorrow I will be leaving for the monastery. I will just say that the blog won’t necessarily die, it will go dormant for now. … Read More
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JUNE VATICAN CITY, 1 JUN 2009 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for June is: "That international attention towards the poorer countries may give rise to more concrete help, in particular to relieve them … Read More
WDTPRS: Whit Monday
Octaves are mysterious times during which the liturgical clock stops. We have an opportunity to rest in the mystery, reflect on it during the 8th day – an echo of God’s rest continuing after the Creation and foreshadowing of the … Read More
Robby George on the murder of George Tiller
On William Bennett‘s excellent weekday morning talk-radio show today, Morning in America, I heard Dr. Bennett read a quote from Robby George of Princeton on the murder of the late-term abortionist George Tiller. You will remember Robby George’s informative and … Read More
Brazen squirrel
Sancte Pater has this…. AP PORT HURON, Mich. (May 31) — Squirrel. Thief. Patriot. A brazen squirrel has been grabbing small American flags placed in a Port Huron, Mich., cemetery and carrying them up to its nest, which now looks … Read More
