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Monthly Archives: January 2010
Econ on da groun… econ on da groun
I picked this up from the always interesting Action … you know… da Acton Action Institute blog. Put yo coffee downdown on da grounbefore watchin’ dis thangput yo mug on da groun’you be looking like a foolwit yo coffee on … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged A.F. Hayek, Acton Institute, John Maynard Keynes, rap
11 Comments
11 Comments
“There is no place in the Church for a Pope Emeritus.”
ASCA has a story (in Italian) stating that the postulator of the cause of Pope John Paul II, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, says that in 1989, confirmed in 1994, the Pope had already signed a resignation letter in case he became … Read More
“the hair-raising moment of the whole experience”
My musings continue about what is probably a myth that Latin worship is somehow too foreign or tooo haaard for parishes. This came from a reader: The following is from the blog of my son’s principal, Fr. Guillermo "Willie" García-Tuñón, … Read More
Prayer request for a priest
I am getting e-mail from a priest acquaintance, Fr. B, who is suffering from some pretty dreadful maladies. He is in a clinic right now. Would you in your charity stop and, right now, say a prayer for him? UPDATE … Read More
Following TEAM RUBICON in Haiti
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 26 Jan: The Original 8 … Read More
Posted in Global Killer Asteroid Questions
Tagged firefighters, former marines, Haiti, Jesuits, marines, Team Rubicon
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8 Comments
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
Posted in I'm just askin'...
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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
Amateur Scholastic on Personnel is policy: “I think I’ve said this before, but I cannot recommend enough that people take time to study the first-millenium councils,…”
