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Monthly Archives: August 2009
QUAERITUR: yet another absolution formula variation
From a reader: I went to confession yesterday and the priest used the form "I absolve you of all your sins" instead of "I absolve you of your sins". I asked the priest and he said this was the approved … Read More
grrrr update – the Cylons have been repulsed
Well, I managed to get the mothership working again. For the time being the Cylons have been repulsed. We shall see, but so far so good. I did this through several steps. Unseating and reseating my video card got me … Read More
Attention Minnesotans (et al.)
The Minnesota State Fair is a huge summer event, and I do mean huge. A reader of the blog just alerted me to a Catholic initiative at the Fair. Here is the text I was sent. It’s one of the … Read More
Archbp. Chaput on Obamacare: promoting abortion is not “common ground”
Archbp. Chaput has stepped up once again about the Obama Administrations proposals for "health care". Here is the Archbishop’s column. REMINDER: During his speech at the Notre Dame Debacle, President Obama referred repeatedly to "common ground". My emphases and comments. … Read More
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Philadelphia: workshop for deacons in Latin and rubrics
From was from a friend in Philadelphia: Re: Workshop for Deacons on Latin Chants and Pronunciation and Altar Procedures at Carmelite Monastery , Monday, Sept. 21 at 7:00 PM Dr. Lucy Carroll is pleased to announce that a workshop will … Read More
Tolkien’s grandson remembers JRR’s reaction to Mass in English
I saw this due to the diligence of His Hermeneuticalness, Fr. Finigan. Over at The Lion and the Cardinal we find this about an author who exerted an important influence on my young life: J.R.R. Tolkien. This is a recollection … Read More
Bp. D’Arcy on the Notre Dame Debacle… this is not over
I was told by an American bishop not long ago that, as far as the USCCB was concerned, the Notre Dame Debacle is not over. Read the article by Bp. D’Arcy in America. From CNA with my emphases and comments. … Read More
grrr and again grrr
Well… bad news. Now there is nothing but BSOD when I try to boot my main computer. This is an Nvidia driver problem, I believe. But I can’t get past the BSOD on start up. I am ready to use … Read More
Saving Western Civilization… One Book and One Reader at a Time
I was in my native place last week and took part of the morning to visit a place I used to haunt… whose rent I used to pay. Loome Theological Bookseller. The used bookstore, the largest theological/Catholic used bookstore anywhere, … Read More
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