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- Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “1. Vatican II serves as a foundational instruction to “listen to the voice of the spirit^tm”. Ok. So, “the people”…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Father, piggy-backing on Robert’s question … I’ve often wondered: when you are “on leave” or just out-and-about, are you in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I was present at the inaugural dinner celebration for the shortwave station. It was amazing to see what was accomplished…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”: “A soul, once in hell, can it ever be allowed into Heaven? [Never. For eternity.]”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “Father’s point about …”independence from a local digital infrastructure…” is important. I have the same thoughts about libraries. Yes, physical…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I used to spend nights listening to my Grundig shortwave radio, but most of the near stations are either in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “” …sometimes an old technology has virtues that become apparent precisely when the new technology fails.” Kind of like the…”
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Yearly Archives: 2010
Going to Angon
We have torrential rain in NYC tonight. That usually makes figuring out where to eat a little easier (read: don’t go too far). But tonight we dashed down to the East Village and had a great surprise. At Holy Innocents … Read More
Catholic hospitals closing because of Obamacare. Sr. Keehan tries to hide the story
The other day I posted a little entry about how the “Magisterium of Nuns” is making war on the American bishops. The liberal sisters, who have compromised their Catholic identity, are trying to set up an alternative magisterium over and … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, The future and our choices
Tagged CHA, LCWR, Obamacare, Sr. Keehan
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Mantilla giveaway
It would be nice to see greater use by women of the chapel veil or mantilla. While the chapel veil is no longer obligatory according to the canon law for of the Latin Church (I have written about that several … Read More
Lansing, MI: New TLM community has first Mass with Bp. Boyea
From a reader: I have some news for your Brick by Brick File. Today was the official opening Mass of the Blessed John XXIII Community at the Cathedral in Lansing Michigan, in the Extra-ordinary Form. Bishop Boyea, Ordinary of Lansing, … Read More
MUGS GONE WILD! Mystic Monk and, wait for it, … maniple edition
A reader sent this: This is inspired by recent posts. And that maniple is in my house so I can make a pattern. It will soon rejoin the full set. To My Burying Priest: Say the Black and Do the … Read More
When in Newark…
… find a procession! I went for the afternoon and evening to find a priest friend in Newark. There was a procession tonight at Our Lady of Mount Carmel for the Peruvian community in honor of El Senor de los … Read More
Stemma Papale
When the Holy Father is in Rome on Sundays he usually will give his Angelus address from a window of his residence in the Apostolic Palace. From the window sill there will drape a tapestry with the Pope’s coat-of-arms, or … Read More
“Why do bad things happen to ‘good’ people?”
Here is a worthy entry over at Serviam, which I thought good to pass along as food for your own examination of conscience. My emphases: There is another excellent piece over at The Integrated Catholic Life this morning. This one … Read More
Same-sex attraction doesn’t justify redefining marriage
Here is a CNA story that cuts to the chase. My emphases and comments: Same-sex attraction doesn’t justify redefining marriage, Minnesota bishops explain St. Paul, Minn., Oct 10, 2010 / 07:44 am (CNA).- The Catholic bishops of Minnesota have issued … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Minnesota, same-sex marriage
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WDTPRS Collect 20th Sunday after Pentecost: “to live with a mind and conscience quiet”
This ancient Collect is found without variation in the Liber Sacramentorum Gellonensis, written perhaps in Meaux, near Paris, between 790-800. The Gellone Sacramentary, which has Frankish influences, is a strand in the complicated web of manuscripts descending from what we … Read More
Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
