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- Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1011 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 2: “adriennep: In Queens, Kew Gardens area, Spy C Cuisine And it is a good place to make dead drops if…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “I give this author credit for noticing and trying. He does reference far and wide yet he does not even…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “But I can’s see how the mechanics of that works out, given that each pope, if he elevates others heterodox…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “This so wonderful, regardless of the tone. Many of these faithful priests and young families, students at colleges like Benedictine,…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “1. Qc7 forcing a4 2. Qa5# (If 1….b6 2. Qc8#) about 3 minutes”
- on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “Bb6. If axb6, Qa8#; if Kxb6, Qd6#; if a4, Qxa7# I got the puzzle in about one minute. I figured…”
- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Thank you Father for this very interesting and informative piece. Your saying “we are our rites” hit me the other…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “Most amusing line: “Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “The (Novus Ordo) parish I currently live usually has about 30 people that attend our only “Sunday” Mass (which is…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “St. Athanasius…excomumicated when he died. Shows us that God is in charge. His Creed clearly says, “No salvation outside of…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “May he rest in peace. My routine when at home is to read this blog at breakfast then Fr. Hunwicke’s…”
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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Another Minor Basilica in my native state
PRESS RELEASE: St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish Named a Minor Basilica by Vatican Through the faculties granted by the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has declared that Saint Stanislaus Kostka … Read More
Winding down for a while?
I am getting a sense from traffic here that perhaps people are starting to wind down internet use as the final days before Christmas press on their schedules to get things done and travel. Students are perhaps leaving their dorms. … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can a priest act as a deacon in the Novus Ordo? Wherein Fr. Z confesses (and rants).
From a reader: Does the [Novus Ordo] preclude the possibility of a priest serving as a deacon and not concelebrating? From the Caeremoniale Episcoporum: “22. Presbyteri, qui celebrationes episcopales participant, id solum quod ad presbyteros spectat agant; (SC n. 28) … Read More
North Korea in Transition: This is a job for….
… the OCCUPIERS! Yes, now that Dear Leader has transitioned to a new, and somewhat cooler style of leadership, I think there is a huge opportunity to make an impact on World Peace. The Occupiers have been honing and honing … Read More
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The Feeder Feed: Death From Above edition
I haven’t been home much lately, and so I haven’t been able to post much about the activity at the feeder. However, yesterday – I was without my camera – I was visited briefly by an American Bald Eagle! Very … Read More
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Decrees from Cong. for Causes of Saints
It is both inspiring and sobering to read of the decrees about heroic virtues and also about martyrdoms. Every single one of us are called to the former and some of us may be called to the later. I saw … Read More
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WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 19 December – mystery more than penance
Here is the Collect for 19 December in the 2002MR, during this period of intense preparation before Christmas: COLLECT: Deus, qui splendorem gloriae tuae per sacrae Virginis partum mundo dignatus es revelare, tribue, quaesumus, ut tantae incarnationis mysterium et fidei … Read More
Experiment with iPhone app
I tried an interesting experiment last night with the Ustream app on my iPhone. I found, that I can – now – see the Z-Cam and hear Radio Sabina whereas I could not before, and there is a way also … Read More
Your good news and some of your Sunday sermon observations
Do you have good news for the readers? Do you have some good points from the Sunday sermon you heard?
Facebook question, “like” it or not.
I have a Facebook page HERE. I don’t do much with Facebook, however. Is that bad? I have a question for you knowledgeable readers and veteran Facebook users. I have usually between 4900 and 5000 “friends” on Facebook. I have … Read More
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 18 December – Liberation Theology
In these final days of Advent preparation, the Church prays with great intensity. It is one of the “greater feria” of Advent, the home stretch, as it were. Here is today’s COLLECT (2002MR): Concede, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus, ut, qui sub … Read More
WDTPRS: Last Days of Advent: 17 December
We are in the last day of Advent. Observe this period with greater intensity of preparation, remembering especially that Advent is mostly about preparation for the Second Coming of the Lord, even as we rejoice that the Son took up … Read More
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New, 2012 Ordo has arrived
Thanks to the kind folks at Angelus Press, I have a new Ordo for the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. “But Father! But Father”, some people are about to ask, with a rising pitch: “Why do you write about … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Getting a blessing at Communion time. Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: We hope to bring 2 children (extended family) to Mass on Christmas Eve. They have not been baptized. QUAERITUR: Are unbaptized children allowed to go up to Communion with their arms crossed and receive a blessing? What … Read More
The first podcasts of… Alexander Graham Bell: recovered!
This is for your Just Too Cool file from The History Blog, which has a very high cool quotient. Alexander Graham Bell. Bell, his cousin Chicester Bell and their colleague Charles Sumner Tainter created a business called Volta Laboratory Associates … Read More
We are amused
I have always said that when my day finally comes and I am at last named Cardinal Archbishop of Black Duck, for my … or should I say our… entrance into our cathedral to take possession of what is ours … Read More
Archbp. Nienstedt (St Paul and Minneapolis) proposes Marriage Prayer for MN Amendment
From The Catholic Spirit, the newspaper and site of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis, comes this. With my emphases and comments: To assist statewide efforts to defend and define marriage in the Minnesota Constitution, Archbishop John Nienstedt has … Read More
WDTPRS POLL: GOP Nominee – Whom would YOU choose? (Round 1)
Will some of you bloggers out there give me a hand with this? It would be nice to have a large sample. I am trying to keep this as neutral and as objective as possible. The last TV debate before … Read More
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Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Daily Rome Shot 1011 – Brooklyn 24/4– Day 2: “adriennep: In Queens, Kew Gardens area, Spy C Cuisine And it is a good place to make dead drops if…”
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