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on What do you think of this video from the Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops about the synodal (“walking together”) before the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together”)?: “Christ built His Church on a rock, Peter. A rock that is solid, firm, unyielding, and unchanging is good and…”
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on What do you think of this video from the Synod (“walking together”) of Bishops about the synodal (“walking together”) before the Synod (“walking together”) on Synodality (“walking together”)?: ““My fellow travelers.” What is that, a true confession? Here is a dictionary definition: The meaning of FELLOW TRAVELER is…”
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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Belt
Today is the anniversary of the launch of the first American satellite, which detected the Van Allen Belts. Explorer 1… 52 years ago today… otherwise 1 February 1958 at 0348 GMT.
A mystery to be solved
From APOD: The Mysterious Voynich Manuscript Credit: Yale University ; Digital Copyright: B. E. Schaefer (LSU) Explanation: The ancient text has no known title, no known author, and is written in no known language: what does it say and why does it have many astronomy illustrations? … Read More
Aging Hippie Paradise
No… this is not about the offices of the NCR. It is actually about a rap music song. I have always thought that rap did for music what S&M did for romance… but I digress. I came by a rap … Read More
Posted in HONORED GUESTS, Lighter fare, Parody Songs
Tagged aging hippies, gangsta, Hans Kung, parody song, rap, Richard McBrien, Rudolph Bultmann, Tim Ferguson, Zuhlio
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61 Comments
Will Card. Pell be the next Prefect of the Cong. for Bishops?
The intrepid Italian reporter Anrea Tornielli posted that His Eminence George Card. Pell of Sydney recently had an audience with Pope Benedict and that he is considered by some to be in "poll position" to become Prefect of the Congregation … Read More
QUAERITUR follow up and THANKS to readers!
I has placed a question on the blog about the priests who concelebrate not consuming both species. Because I was probably traveling and didn’t have the chance to dig, I opened things up for answers. Well…! Today, while sitting on … Read More
Following TEAM RUBICON in Haiti – getting rid of bodies, dead and alive
Team Rubicon is a self-financed and self-deployed group of former Marines, soldiers firefighters, Jesuits, health care professionals currently providing emergency relief in Haiti. They provide their own security and deal with whatever they find. UPDATE Yesterday was the first time … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged firefighters, former marines, Haiti, Jesuits, marines, Team Rubicon
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3 Comments
Part of a day in KC MO
I had the great pleasure of visiting the WWI Memorial and museum today. Don’t miss this museum. It is one of the best of it’s kind I have ever seen. The some KC BBQ! Then a quick stop at a … Read More
QUAERITUR: Mass cancelled for bad weather
From a reader: My pastor "canceled" Sunday Mass this morning due to an icy parking lot from a recent snow/ice storm. Needless to say, I live in a part of the country where we rarely have such weather. However, while … Read More
A citation concerning the use of hymns at Mass
This citation from NLM is really useful. Bugnini’s own Consilium in 1969 offered the following instruction, consistent with the Vatican II emphasis on chant over vernacular hymnody. As printed in 1 Notitiae, 5 (1969), p. 406 That rule [permitting vernacular … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, Concilium, Gregorian chant, hymns, pars integrans, sacred music
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36 Comments
WDTPRS: 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time – COLLECT (2002MR)
Today’s Collect was not in the post-Tridentine editions of the Missale Romanum but it does have its origin in the "Leonine Sacramentary" or, as it is better titled by its editor, the scholarly L. Cunibert Mohlberg, the Veronese Sacramentary. The … Read More
WDTPRS: Septuagesima – Prayers for Mass (1962MR)
In the pre-Conciliar calendar this period before Ash Wednesday is called the Season of Epiphany. This year, because Easter falls so early, there aren’t many Sundays immediately after Epiphany. Some will be bumped to the end of the liturgical year. … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged Epiphany, LENT, pre-lent, Quinquagesima, Septuagesima, Sexagesima, Tempu per annum
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Dust up between the SSPX and FSSP in Guadalajara
I was disturbed by this story, which I received by e-mail from a traditionally-minded priest. What you will read here is hard to believe. Thursday, January 28, 2010 SSPX Group In Mexico Attacks FSSP Church. I have just got word … Read More
“We are not amused.”
Damian Thompson has an interesting piece about the reaction of Her Majesty the Queen of England, who is the head of the Church, and her reaction to Pope Benedict’s Anglicanorum coetibus. My emphases and comments: ‘Unhappy’ Queen sends Lord Chamberlain … Read More
Ralph McInerny… RIP
After a long illness the well-known author and teacher Ralph McInerny has gone to his reward. Pray for the repose of his soul. RIP
The origin of the term “nova”
Long-time readers of WDTPRS know that I often post about astronomical phenomena. I was looking up a few things about astronomers and happened on some interesting tidbits on the false-nosed Dane, Tycho Brahe (+1601), interesting especially since I find news … Read More
The UK’s Catholic Herald writes of priest bloggers, especially Fr. Finigan
I am glad to post that the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has posted a brief piece about priest bloggers. What makes this article so congenial is that it talks about my good friend Fr. Tim Finigan, whose … Read More
Will Robby George become the new spokesman for the pro-life movement?
Robby George speaks: ttp://www.c-fam.org/publications/id.1562/pub_detail.asp “Abortion and embryo-destructive research are at the heart of the divide between the nation’s major political parties,” Professor Robert George said, galvanizing support for the pro-life plank in the Republican Party while drawing disaffected Democrats to … Read More
SOS
I am at the SOS Dinner in Kansas City. This is an annual event in support of seminarians.
“Do I get to come home?”
President Obama wants to kill NASA and the space program. In reference to the poor little rover Spirit, stuck on Mars, a reader sent this cartoon: Sniff. I must admit I also hated Toy Story, one of the saddest movies … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Mars Rover, martian rover, NASA, Opportunity, Spirit, Toy Story
14 Comments
14 Comments
I’ve always wanted to be a landlord
As we were zooming around in Kansas City today, looking at sites, we stopped in at the HQ of the National Catholic Reporter. The building is actually for sale. They say location is very important and NCR’s building is within … Read More
