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- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo XIV and Nicholas VI because they hark back to popes who subsequent generations deemed them “the Great” yes, that…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “excalibur says: We need a warrior Pope, someone like Saint Patrick, and surround himself with several dozen tough, like-minded men.…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pius still sounds antisemitic (popular opinion), John 24 would be a very high number, any recent name carries too many…”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “The timing of this conclave is a bit uncanny. Cardinal Sarah turns 80 in June. I know people say he’s…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My money is on John XXIV because the new pope will be a centrist who desires to reach across the…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “My preference would be for someone to take the name Pius XIII, Ah, but then what of the Pope Pius…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Pope Lot would be an apt choice, but, sadly, how unlikely a one!”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Reading around about Formosus and Boniface and Stephen, as one does, I wonder if Romanus II would be a good…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “Leo, we need a lion right now. Trump II , probably wouldn’t fly.”
- on ROME 25/4– Day 15: Easter Wednesday: “Those peonies! My, oh, my! They are beautiful. They are exactly the color I hope to add to my current…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I hope it isn’t Pope Elton John or Pope Liberace. With the cast of characters and uncle ted’s nephews there,…”
- on Pray for a new Pope to who will be… better than we deserve! : “In 2013 somebody set up a website where you could “adopt” a cardinal elector to pray for. Should we do…”
- on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “I said Stephen II III because Stephen II I died after three days and gets left out (is he even…”
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Prayers for new USA Anglican Ordinariate
The new Ordinariate for Anglicans will be official on 1 January 2011. Members will be received and shepherds will be appointed. May I ask your prayers for everyone involved in this new initiative of unity? Remember to say a prayer … Read More
Posted in Pope of Christian Unity
Tagged Anglican Ordinariate, Anglicanorum coetibus, Anglicans
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The Feeder Feed: Theban Sphinx Edition
You know the story of Oedipus. Here is a terracotta bell-krater from Paestum in S Italy. It is attributed to Python in the last quarter of the 4th c. BC. Closer. Closer. In S Italy the tragic Oedipus was sometimes … Read More
Posted in On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Oedipus, Sphinx, Thebes
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Another way to get Father’s attention!
A reader alerted me to this amusing bit at the blog Acts of Apostasy. Apparently a parishonert at Divine Tambourine parish was fed up with the liturgical abuses inflicted by the priest and, having been rebuffed a few times, found … Read More
Fortune Cookie Report: Franciscan Edition
I am still puzzling over what happened in that fortune cookie factory. And the wontons in chile oil were great!
QUAERITUR: Hand-missal for new, corrected translation. Reader needs help!
From a reader: Dear Father: I want to purchase a daily Missal for the first time in my 53 years. I want to buy the “best” version. However, I do not know what that is. I searched your site first as … Read More
If you install it, they will kneel.
Is kneeling the new standing? From a deacon: We just finished a refurbishing of the inside of our church shortly before Christmas which included bringing out of the basement the old altar rail and re-installing it . For midnite mass … Read More
Brick by brick! A reader describes how the Sacrament of Penance is being revived.
It is of critical importance that we rebuild, revive the use of the Sacrament of Penance. One way to start would be to hear confessions for a few minutes before Masses. From a reader: I’ve noticed over the last few … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why so many variations in Mass depending on the priest?
From a reader: I am a new convert to the Faith within the last nine months, and I am still in the process of joining the Church formally. As such I’m still learning a good deal about the Church, her … Read More
PLENARY INDULGENCE for Te Deum at end of the year
We read in the Enchiridion Indulgentiarum 26 that, under the usual conditions, people can gain a plenary indulgence by participating in a liturgical praying of the Te Deum for the end of the year. Is there one in your diocese … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why does the pope say a couple living together is “not excluded from the love of the Church or from the love of Christ”?
From a reader: Why does the pope say a couple living together ‘married’ without an annulment of a previous marriage is “not excluded from the love of the Church or from the love of Christ”? Christ said they were committing … Read More
Whatever happend to transparency?
Over at the National catholic Fishwrap there is an interesting story about SNAP resisting a deposition. Whatever happened to the transparency SNAP always demands from everyone else? Hasn’t SNAP perpetually demanded that every diocese hand over every scrap of paper … Read More
Your checked luggage: where does it go?
Biretta tip to Patrick Madrid, who also flies a lot. Delta (with which I am … never mind…) has a new app for the iPhone that tracks your checked luggage. I have used it, as a matter of fact, recently. … Read More
The Feeder Feed: Rose Without Thorns Edition
Here is a lovely statue of Mary, portrayed as a Queen, with her scepter of a stem of roses. She was made in about 1350. This statue is related to one in silver given by Jeanne d’Evreux to the Abbey … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, On the road, The Feeder Feed, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Christological Goldfinch, Cloisters
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Impossible lunch
I came today to Veselka in the East Village. It is jammed but I slid into a seat at the counter. I am across from the grill where a very competent fellow is doing well. It brings back memories of … Read More
QUAERITUR: simultaneous Masses v concelebration
From a reader: Canon 902 states that “Unless the welfare of the Christian faithful requires or suggests otherwise, priests can concelebrate the Eucharist. They are completely free to celebrate the Eucharist individually, however, but not while a concelebration is taking place in the … Read More
Detroit: New orchestral Mass premiered at Assumption Grotto, composed by the parish priest!
I posted about the comments made by Msgr. Miserachs-Grau about the state of sacred music. Now I would like to share something about a friend of mine Fr. Eduard Perrone at the great Assumption Grotto parish in Detroit. He is … Read More
A fun statistic for readers who use my amazon links
Many thanks to those of you who have been using my Amazon.com links or the boxes on the sidebar! In particular thanks to the people who go into amazon and do shopping other than for the book or object I … Read More
QUAERITUR: About negative judgments for “annulments”
From a reader: Archbishop Sheehan’s Pastoral Letter on Couples who are cohabitating was published in my church bulletin, …. I belong in the third group. My husband, who is not Catholic, was married in the church in Diocese A. After 20 … Read More
More on Card. George’s comparison of the homosexual parade to a KKK demonstration.
From the Chicago Tribune: Cardinal defends comparing gay parade organizers to Ku Klux Klan By Brian Slodysko Tribune reporter 1:03 p.m. CST, December 28, 2011 Setting off a new round in his dispute with gay right activists, Chicago’s Cardinal Francis … Read More
moon1234 on “Quo nomine vis vocari?” What name will the next Pope take? – POLL: “PIUS XIII is my vote. It is what my heart wants. I am tired and just want to be catholic…”
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