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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Monthly Archives: July 2012
VP Biden and the Sisters share cookies and ice-cream. No, I am not making this up.
You can’t make up this sort of thing. This is also in secular papers (because they are organs of the Obama campaign) but I found this on Life News. Biden brings cookies and ice cream to LCWR president’s motherhouse BY … Read More
“shot with a rain of arrows and finally set on fire”
I have made it a habit each day to look at the Martyrologium Romanum. Among the many interesting and edifying entries today, three in particular caught my eye. 13. Apud Hurones in territori Canadensi, sancti Antonii Daniel, presbyteri e … Read More
Pie Iesu Domine
Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem. … sempiternam.
QUAERITUR: Theologi si fuerint cervisiae… (If theologians were beers…)
Over at Ascent of Carmel we find (and you will have to go there to find the explanations…): If Theologians Were Beers… A Selection “In Catholicism, the pint, the pipe and the Cross can all fit together.” -G.K Chesterton Yesterday, my … Read More
Your Urgent Prayer Requests
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Continued from HERE. I get so many requests by email asking for prayers for personal petitions or for other people. Some times these requests are heart-achingly grave and urgent. We are not in this … Read More
Nifty! Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty
Have you seen the Virtual Vigil for Religious Liberty? You can virtually attend a rally. BUT… BUT… you have to PRAY too, right? Prayer for the Protection of Religious Liberty O God our Creator, through the power and working of your … Read More
I use “protection”
I have from time to time made a recommendation about getting Uninterruptible (or Uninterrupted) Power Sources (UPS). My best experience for customer service as been with APC. I received this note from a priest friend: I got an APC BACK … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, TEOTWAWKI, The Drill
Tagged APC, TEOTWAWKI, uninterruptible power source, UPS
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39 Comments
New Prefect at CDF: Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Bishop of Regensburg
As most of us expected, the resignation (because of the age limit) of the Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, William Card. Levada, has been accepted and the Holy Father has appointed Gerhard Ludwig Müller, 64, previously the … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Archbp. Müller, Card. Levada, CDF, Gerhard Ludwig Müller, Regensburg, SSPX
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NCReg Interview with the new VP of “Ecclesia Dei”, Archbp. DiNoia
At the National Catholic Register there is a long interview with the new Vice President of the Pontifical Commission “Ecclesia Dei”, His Excellency Most Reverend, J. Augustine DiNoia, OP. He said that, since he hasn’t actually begun his work at … Read More
JamesM on Summorum Pontificum Pilgrimage 2026… *sigh*… Vatican Bars Annual TLM Pilgrimage from ENTERING St. Peter’s Basilica: ““I believe it is urgent to establish a pastoral approach that is supportive, empathic, discreet, non-judgmental, welcoming to all, and…”
