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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: September 2011
Design for a new cathedral in Raleigh. Great!
Is it possible that the Silly Season of church architecture is coming to an end? I saw at CMR that His Excellency Most Rev. Michael Burbidge, Bishop of Raleigh, help a presser about the construction of a new cathedral church … Read More
Praying for rain
In the Extraordinary Form edition of the Missale Romanum there are texts for a Votive Mass ad petendam pluviam… to ask for rain. COLLECT (1962): Deus, in quo vivimus, movemur, et sumus: pluviam nobis tribue congruentem: ut, praesentibus subsidiis sufficienter … Read More
Our traces on the Moon
I don’t have a Truly and Fantastically Super Cool category, but if I did, this would be in it. NASA has clear photos of the Apollo 12, 14 and 17 landing sites. The photos show the twists and turns of … Read More
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QUAERITUR: How to confess past, forgotten sins?
From a reader: I made a big confession spanning over many years of not going to Confession a few months ago. I thought I had made a good and thorough Examination of Conscience, as it took me close to a … Read More
16 September – England and Wales – Return to meatless Fridays
The Bishops have decided to re-establish the practice that this penance should be fulfilled simply by abstaining from meat and by uniting this to prayer On 16 September in England and Wales, Catholics are asked by the Catholic bishops to … Read More
The left-wing jihad against Bp. Robert Finn examined
Some of the most vicious attacks I have ever seen on a Catholic bishop from the catholic and the secular left, have been launched at His Excellency Most Rev. Robert Finn of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. Lately, the … Read More
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New translation resources for the blind
From CTS: The CTS worked in conjunction with the Royal National Institute for the Blind to produce an order of Mass for the new English translation in Braille. This is the first time CTS have produced a Braille book. We … Read More
Listen to the new, corrected translation in use last Sunday in the wilds of England on BBC 4
On the site of BBC 4 you can listen, for this week, to a recording of a broadcast of Holy Mass from a parish in England, Our Lady and the English Martyrs, Cambridge, from this last Sunday. That means Mass … Read More
QUAERITUR: Am I forgiven if I don’t do a penance assigned in confession? Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: Good morning Father, when I went to Reconciliation this past weekend I received a two part penance– the first part was immediately carried out and the second part I was to perform later at home. [grrrrr] As … Read More
Really bad article about the new, corrected translation
From UCA NEWS: New translation muddies waters Revised version of Missal in English has more than its share of linguistic oddities Mike MacLachlan, London United Kingdom September 6, 2011 Thousands across Asia attend an English-language Mass, particularly in the Philippines … Read More
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