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- excalibur on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “@JonPatrick Pre-1955 Holy Week. https://romanseraphicbooks.com/products/hebdomada-sancta-2nd-edition”
- on Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow: “You may very well be right about this, Father, as Acts 2 just says they were gathered, not in which…”
- on Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow: “Divine Worship: The Missal, for Catholics of Anglican heritage, does have the Ember Days. Those DW liturgies are a product…”
- on Pentecost Wednesday: Peter’s shadow: “That was beautifully written, Father, and gave me many thoughts about the descent of the Holy Ghost upon Mother Mary…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “@JonPatrick, is the Father Lasance missal not pre-55?”
- on 7 July: CATHOLIC Mass at Canterbury Cathedral for the Feast of the Translation of the Relics of St. Thomas Beckett –: “There are of course many reasons to attend this Mass if one can. But not least among them is the…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “Is there any place where this missal may be licitly used in the judgement of the Dicastery for Divine Worship…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “As soon as the monks have enough I will buy some for my pastor and parochial vicar and my sons…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “I consider myself lucky to own a small (48o format) Missale Romanum, editio XVII (1933). It is very practical, it…”
- on OLDIE PODCAzT 57: John Paul II on the unforgivable sin; Our Lady of Fatima and the vision of Hell: “If Wotylya is a saint, is the Koran he kissed a relic? What about the pagan items he wore during…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “I wish someone would publish a pre 1955 hand missal. Or even just the Holy Week portion, since our parish…”
- on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “I still have three of my late mother’s Missals, one is a pre-1955. Imprimatur, Francis Cardinal Spellman, September 15, 1950,…”
- on News of the Church 14 – 8 June 2025: “Thanks for the Holy Grail article details! The years fly by – 2024 saw the 20th anniversary of Janice Bennett’s…”
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Daily Archives: 19 October 2010
Jumping the gun a bit
This is a little premature, but the St. Louis newpaper had this on their site. NB: The names of the new cardinals won’t be announced for a few hours yet.
Archbp. Dolan reacts to anti-Catholic bigotry of Hell’s Bible
Archbishop Dolan of New York City (will he be named Cardinal tomorrow?) has observations about Hell’s Bible’s hatred for the Catholic Church. My emphases. More from the Times I know, I should drop it. “You just have to get used … Read More
Msgr. Loftus: Are you a scrub?
From His Hermeneuticalness: Fr Michael Clifton, long time pastor of the faithful, former archivist of Southwark, learned historian, kindly teacher of schoolboys (including me, nearly 40 years ago) cricket coach, model railway enthusiast, and warm friend and mentor of younger … Read More
QUAERITUR: Admitting RCIA candidates to Communion?
From a reader: I have a question that I cannot find a direct answer: Our pastor made the decision to allow non-Catholics in RCIA to receive Holy Communion. He stated that “Anyone who believed the Church’s teachings on the Mass … Read More
The Feeder Feed
I haven’t been able to post about the feeder for a while now. Here are a few shots from today. There are quite a few Robins around. They hang out around the trees with drying fruit, bushes with berries. Decisions. … Read More
The Bolletino slips on a Banana
His Hermeneuticalness posted about an amusing little something picked up by the gentlemanly Sandro Magister. Apparently during the Synod on the Middle East, a Chaldean bishop from Iran cited a work by the late Annibale Bugnini, who name shall live … Read More
The Somali altar dancer
This came via Patrick Madrid. A young Somali man had a little dance on the main altar of the Duomo in Florence, to the musical accompaniment of Michael Jackson’s Bad. Apparently the young fellow has a bit of a screw … Read More
Pueri Cantores in Ireland, and repercussion in Gregorian chant
I received a note from a friend about the Pueri Cantores convention in Ireland at Maynooth Seminary. There are some fine video available for your perusal on Gloria.TV. The chant is not perfect, but they will nevertheless convince you that … Read More
QUAERITUR: The canopy over the Holy Father’s chair
I was not able to see any of the canonization Mass on Sunday. Today, however, I received a question from a reader about the canopy over the Holy Father at his chair. Whilst watching some of the Ceremonies from the … Read More
QUAERITUR: non-Catholics reciting the Rosary
From a reader: Me and a group of my friends try to go weekly to a nearby nursing home to visit and pray with the people there. We usually go around the rooms asking if any of them want to … Read More
Consistory news coming soon
Last week I wrote: Could we hear the announcement of a consistory perhaps next Wednesday during the General Audience? The answer is: YES. I predict that tomorrow we will hear the announcement of the names of the new cardinals, made … Read More
excalibur on VIDEO – Unboxing the newly reprinted Pre-55 Missal from the Benedictines of Norcia: “@JonPatrick Pre-1955 Holy Week. https://romanseraphicbooks.com/products/hebdomada-sancta-2nd-edition”
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