Daily Archives: 17 August 2012

Card. George diagnosed with cancer

Perhaps in your goodness you would remember Card. George in your prayers, perhaps even offering some penances and mortifications for him. From WGN: WGN News 4:11 p.m. CDT, August 17, 2012 CHICAGO— Cardinal Francis George will undergo treatment for cancer, … Read More

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Nifty video about Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma

There is a great 5 minute video about Clear Creek Abbey in Oklahoma.   It is well worth your time. There is a brief, though annoying, ad before the video starts. Clear Creek Abbey Work Day from clearcreekabbey on GodTube.

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The question every Catholic must ask before casting a vote

Kathryn Jean Lopez of National Review Online has a good piece wherein she looks at the GOP VP choice, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-W1) and what His Eminence Timothy Card. Dolan has to say about him, and about the “Catholicity” of … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Is absolution in Latin encouraged?

From a reader: I went to Confession the other day before a Tridentine Mass, and the confessor said the prayers of absolution in Latin. I know this is permitted, but is it encouraged in the same way as Latin in … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Can a layperson expose the Blessed Sacrament?

From a reader: I have an adoration chapel nearby that presents the Blessed Sacrament in a beautiful tabernacle / monstrance with a hinged door that opens to showcase the Consecrated Host. It is behind a small altar on a raised, … Read More

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“I collect books just as others store grain….”

From the Laudator comes something with which I can sympathize: Yuan Mei (1716–1797), Book Storage, tr. J.D.Schmidt: I collect books just as others store grain, And bitterly complain I don’t have enough granaries. In order to make space for a … Read More

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More on concelebration

At NLM I saw another photo of my preferred style of concelebration.  

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