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Monthly Archives: April 2012
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point (or more) from the Sunday sermon you heard this week? Let us all know what it was.
Democrat candidates in Connecticut favor forcing Catholic hospitals to perform abortions
Something we have to remember when considering the Obama Administration’s erosion of the 1st Amendment through the HHS mandate, is the element of what I call “creeping incrementalism”. Each time some radical thing is proposed, even if it fails, … Read More
How The Ordinary Form Can Be Celebrated, or, Where There’s A Will There’s A Way
Fr. Allan McDonald, of “Rats in the Rectory” fame, and of the blog Southern Orders has posted a video of an orchestral Mass celebrated on 19 March. Here is how he describes it: This is an Ordinary Form Mass, but … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: “Happy Birthday Rome!” Edition
My Vatican Curia calendar confirmed this morning … … that today is the Birthday of Rome… … the 2765th Birthday. This august anniversary called for a Roman supper. In consultation with the great Roman Fabrizio I decided to make Bucatini … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged bucatini, bucatini alla gricia, guanciale, Nutella, pasta, Rome
20 Comments
20 Comments
WDTPRS 3rd Sunday of Easter – “bright like kindled candles, honey sweet”
This Sunday’s Collect, for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, it seems to me, reflects a conscious attempt on the part of Holy Church to remind us of the Easter Vigil. The prayer has antecedents in both the Veronese and Gelasian … Read More
Posted in WDTPRS
Tagged adoptio, Easter Vigil, Exsultet, Praeconium Paschale, St. Ambrose
3 Comments
3 Comments
In The Wild: LEX ORANDI car mag and clear stickers
A kind reader, who is obviously a person of great intelligence and excellent taste, purchased a “Lex Orandi Lex Credendi” car magnet from my swag store, took a photo of same, and sent it in. It is a little hard … Read More
Posted in In The Wild, Just Too Cool
Tagged car magnet, In The Wild, Lex Orandi Lex Credendi, swag
2 Comments
2 Comments
LYRID METEOR SHOWER peaks this weekend
From Space Weather: LYRID METEOR SHOWER: The annual Lyrid meteor shower peaks this weekend on the night of April 21-22 when Earth passes through a stream of debris from ancient Comet Thatcher. Usually the shower is mild (10-20 meteors per … Read More
In The Wild: Save The Liturgy car mag
I received a photo of a seminarian’s vehicle with a delightful (and available) car magnet. Remember, friends, that the biological solution is working it’s inexorable effects. Young men with their head’s screwed on on the proper direction are coming up. … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged car mag, Save The Liturgy Save The World, seminarians
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11 Comments
Question for readers: Login or reading problems with Android phones?
From a reader: You may like to know that on my Android phone (HTC Sense running HTC Version 3.0and Android Version 2.3.5) it is impossible to log in to your website. When you click on login a box appears to … Read More
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