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- monstrance on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Thank you Fr Z. Then there’s the scene of Pope Francis violently ripping his hand away from the faithful attempting…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: ““That’s just a remanent of an imperial court…” Sold! I’ll take a double order, please!”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Beautiful post Fr.The poem is wonderful.I am 71 yrs of age and i thank God for the Latin Mass.You write…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: ““Liberals accuse traditionalists of clinging to the useless bowing and scraping of ancient court practices. They won’t kneel! No! They’ve…”
- on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “When you got to “Sounds like a ritual to me,” it reminded me of the wonderful book by Thomas Edward…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I agree with the above sentiments, given that our government seems hell-bent (literally) on starting a war with Russia over…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “Fr Z I agree with MaternalView above. The world situation is shaky and a trip to Poland… next to Ukraine…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I‘ll assume black goes „upward“ and down left is h8. 1. f5+ forcing gf6 (xf5 e. p.) 2. h5+ forcing…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Lori announced massive parish closings, along with the suppression of the Latin Mass in diocese. Sure suicide by cutting off…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “I think people have lost confidence in all manner of things, airplane manufacturers, airlines, FAA, government agencies who are supposed…”
- on Wednesday after the 2nd Sunday after Easter – traditional Solemnity of ST. JOSEPH! – Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church!: “Aw, dear St. Joseph. I love him so much. I was blessed to go to a mass of this feast…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 28: bad news and good news: “1. . . . . .. . . . . . . h7-h5+ 2. g5-h6(×h5) . f7-f5+ 3. K-g5 .…”
- on Faith practice declining far and wide…. except…: “Dear Masked Chicken, thank you for pointing me to your post of 22 March, which which I largely agree. My…”
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Monthly Archives: September 2009
Helpful… for a while, at least
I found this helpful critter curled up in my garage. I would welcome a whole nest of snakes in the garage or around the grounds to keep down the number of nice juicy chipmunks hanging about. Sadly he…she?… picked the … Read More
Translation of piece about Card. Castrillon and Bp. Arborelius available
At Forma et Fides there is now a translation of the piece about the response of Card. Castrillion in the wake of the claims by Bp. Arborelius.
un- – – – – tethered
From Astronomy Pic of the Day: Explanation: At about 100 meters from the cargo bay of the space shuttle Challenger, Bruce McCandless II was further out than anyone had ever been before. Guided by a Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), astronaut … Read More
Pope Benedict to Czechs: resist relativism
His Holiness is on an Apostolic journey to the Czech Republic. CNA has a story: Visit to the Czech RepublicPope encourages Catholics to respond to increasing relativism Prague, Czech Republic, Sep 26, 2009 / 02:55 pm (CNA).- Speaking late in … Read More
MN Catholic Conference: health care “flows from the sanctity of human life”
From CNA with my emphases: Right to health care is grounded in sanctity of human life, U.S. bishops consistently hold Minneapolis, Minn., Sep 27, 2009 / 02:54 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of the United States have continually emphasized that … Read More
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST: mother dying, unborn child in danger
A long-time friend and long-time participant here sent me this: I received this from a good friend of mine. PLEASE PRAY FOR MRS. ALICIA ___. SHE IS PREGNANT WITH HER 11th CHILD AND ONLY HAS 6 WEEKS TO … Read More
Help the Cathedral of St. Paul
From Stella Borealis, news of the Cathedral of my home town. Folks, I think St. Paul Cathedral may be the most spectacular cathedral church in the United States. It is worthy of your attention even if you are not from … Read More
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Polish Priest Fined for Comparing Abortion to Holocaust
Did you see this? Here is a very brief excerpt: Polish Priest Fined for Comparing Abortion to Holocaust By Patrick B. Craine KATOWICE, Poland, September 23, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – In a ruling that Church leaders are calling a … Read More
Report on Fr. Reginald Foster
A couple weeks back I was in Milwaukee and I went to visit the famed Latinist, Fr. Reginald Foster, OCD. He has been recovering from a long and what was a very life-threatening illness. Fr. Foster has made simply amazing … Read More
Italian edition of Mosebach’s “The Heresy of Formlessness”
I understand that at last the black ball imposed by Italian published has finally been lifted on Martin Mosebach’s The Heresy of Formlessness. If you haven’t read this book, I recommend it. There are wonderful insights herein even for the … Read More
QUAERITUR: If I kneel for Communion, am I in rebellion?
From a reader: I was told by a pastor in the Dallas Diocese today that I was in rebellion because I genuflected before I received Communion at his Novus Ordo church. He also criticized those few who knelt for Communion. … Read More
National Day of Prayer… questions
I understand that President Obama endorsed the Muslim "National Day of Prayer". Did he do so for the Christian "National Day of Prayer"?
One sentence about Jews revised in U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults
From America a useful note: Vatican Approves Catechism Revision The Vatican Congregation for Clergy has approved a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults clarifying teaching about God’s covenant with the Jewish people. The U.S. Conference of Catholic … Read More
A sour article from The Tablet about possible reintegration of the SSPX
With my emphases and comments from the recent number of RU–486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) in the news section for… FRANCE Faint hopes on outcome of SSPX talks Tom Heneghan in Paris Christa Pongratz-Lippitt in Vienna CARDINAL … Read More
Has anyone read this book?
Has any one read this book? Spies in the Vatican: The Soviet Union’s War Against the Catholic Church by John Kohler? I take conspiracy books with large blocks of salt. However, there were some summers in Rome when my resisdence … Read More
Out for a stroll
Our friend John Sonnen posted a photo of a priest in Rome who is one of the Canons of the Basilica of St. Peter. What John didn’t mention is that this is the renowned theologian and long time professor at … Read More
Cardinal Castrillon’s reaction to Swedish Bp. Arborelius: “calumny”
I don’t have the time and energy to do the translation at the moment, but I thought I would help get this interesting piece from Fides et Forma His Eminence Cardinal Castrillon, former President of the Pont. Comm. Ecclesia Dei … Read More
Wanna read some comments under an NCR post?
I am sure you remember how the NCR instrumentalized an old priest of the Diocese of Kansas City, MO, to attack his bishop… NCR’s bishop… His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn. NCR published a letter from a priest of the … Read More
Unbleached beeswax candles – where to get them?
Our friends over at NLM have a really good entry about sources for unbleached beeswax candles used for Requiem Masses. Here is the post: Sourcing Unbleached Beeswax Altar Candles One of our priestly readers wrote in with the question of … Read More
monstrance on ASK FATHER: Kissing the priest’s hand in the Latin Mass v. the liturgical spirit of Judas. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Thank you Fr Z. Then there’s the scene of Pope Francis violently ripping his hand away from the faithful attempting…”
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