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Daily Archives: 25 January 2010
Some Catholic stats and surprises… Fr. Z rants
I think we all know that some sectors of the Church’s life, in the USA at least, though better than in many places in the world have nevertheless been devastated in the last 40 years. We know this is true … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z muses about Latin and the vernacular and mirages
In the poll I posted about preference for language of Holy Mass in the Latin Rite, Latin is pasting the vernacular. Anyone can vote in that poll… registered to comment here or not. In the entries I have been posting … Read More
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Old Mass/new Mass thoughts – part 8
Under another entry (“I am 59 years old and like the current liturgy.”) there has been some consideration of the age of Catholics who prefer the newer form of the Roman Rite, the Novus Ordo. Some suggest that people of … Read More
Caveat pipiator: The Vatican and Twitter
Who’s tweeting the tweeters? When I learned that the Vatican had launched a couple Twitter feeds, I thought was do these … folks, know what they are in for? If this is being handled by the usual sort of techno-twit … Read More
QUAERITUR: Priest won’t preach on Sunday assigned to deacon
From a reader: This Sunday my family and I attended a OF mass, [or "Ordinary Form" or Novus Ordo] at the homily, ironically the reading was Christ’s first homily; the priest informed us “This was the Deacons week to preach, … Read More
WDTPRS: Conversion of St. Paul – Collects compared (1962MR & 2002MR)
In honor of the Apostle to the Gentiles let us make a rapid comparison of the Collects, or “Opening Prayers”, for today’s feast. We’ll look first at the 1962 Missale Romanum and then the 2002 edition. The Collect is nearly … Read More
Pope Benedict and ecumenical dialogue with the Orthodox
Pope Benedict XVI is the Pope of Christian Unity. He is the Pope of Christian Unity because he is the Pope of Continuity. Liberals will always try to define the parameters of ecumenical dialogue and will inevitably introduce compromises in … Read More
D. Phoenix raises the bar on time and extent of marriage preparation
People have a natural right to marry. Despite that, I have from time to time heard smart people, including priests, opine that while perhaps it ought to be relatively easy to get a divorce, it should be really hard to … Read More
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A little cartoon irony
With a biretta tip to The Black Biretta, this was on the site Catholic Cartoons.
TheCavalierHatherly on Daily Rome Shot 1645: Homework: “Here is a looser rendering in rhyming trimeter couplets: Blind Joseph was walking, And with his friend talking, Philip’s greatness…”
