Daily Archives: 4 February 2012

Movie night

I am settling in for a movie and supper.  Tonight I’ll watch an old favorite, the 1998 Les Miserables with Geoffrey Rush as Javert and Liam Neeson as Jean Valjean.  No movie would get everything that Victor Hugo pressed into … Read More

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1st Vespers of Septuagesima Sunday

We have come to 1st Vespers of Septugesima Sunday already.  It seems like just the day before yesterday that the Christmas cycle ended. No.  Wait… it did. Here is something for the brethren if they need to fulfill their obligation … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Priest changes “many” to “all” in the consecration.

From a priest: I was concelebrating a Mass last week (N.O., in English) and the principal celebrant substituted the word ‘all’ for ‘many’ at the consecration. I gather he does this at every Mass he offers. Does that change render … Read More

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The webcam pointed at St. Peter’s Square in Rome shows something I only saw a couple times in all my years in Rome.

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Catholic Military Archdiocese and Chaplains interfered with last Sunday by Pres. Obama’s Administration

Pres. Obama is at war with the Catholic Church. On NRO, I read this: Army Silenced Chaplains Last Sunday By Kathryn Jean Lopez February 3, 2012 4:58 P.M. In Catholic churches across the country, parishioners were read letters from the … Read More

Posted in Dogs and Fleas, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice | Tagged , , , , , ,
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