Daily Archives: 16 May 2011

Must watch and hear. Palestrina.

Tip of the biretta to NLM for this on Gloria TV.  It is a BBC show on Palestrina.  Fantastic views of Rome.

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Card. Koch on Pope Benedict’s long term plan for the Roman Rite

For a long time I have thought that Joseph Ratzinger’s view was that side-by-side use of the older form of the Roman Rite and the newer Novus Ordo would eventually produce a tertium quid.  I wrote about that in the … Read More

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QUAERITUR: difficult to fulfill penance

From a reader: The priest I go to gives me a penance that I have to wait to do because it’s too long to do because of my lunch break, it involves something scheduled at a different time, etc. But before … Read More

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Patristiblogger Project: Augustine on 1 John – Intention

I have been wondering what to do with the blog and I have decided will soon to return to my Patristic roots, my Patristiblogger roots, for a time.  I will tackle St. Augustine’s Homilies on the First Epistle of John.  … Read More

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Robert Mickens on Pope Benedict and Summorum Pontificum. It is to laugh.

Damian Thompson has rightly shared with us Robert Micken’s little trip to the zoo.  Mr. Mickens, Rome correspondent for The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill aka RU486), has taken exception to Pope Benedict and the provisions of Summorum Pontificum. I’ll … Read More

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Card. Burke’s sermon in Houston

With my emphases and comments, Cardinal Burke’s recent sermon… PRO-LIFE PROGRAM, CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CENTER MASS FOR CLERGY MONDAY OF THE THIRD WEEK OF EASTER CATHOLIC CHARISMATIC CENTER HOUSTON, TEXAS MAY 9, 2011 Acts 6:8-15 Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30 Jn 6:22-29 … Read More

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RECENT POSTS about “Universae Ecclesiae”

Here is an ongoing list of entries of not about the Instruction Universae Ecclesiae.  I will add as it grows. WDTIRS: Universae Ecclesiae 22: Drilling into the Latin and English (Dioceses without “qualified” priests) MUST READ: Msgr. Pozzo’s comments on … Read More

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