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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.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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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? … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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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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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged firefighters, former marines, Haiti, Jesuits, marines, Team Rubicon
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box
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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 … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes
Tagged Annibale Bugnini, Concilium, Gregorian chant, hymns, pars integrans, sacred music
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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 … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
“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 … Continue reading
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
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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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 … Continue reading
