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- adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 35 (-6): adventures in symmetry: “Hmmm. Those kind of tassels have always reminded me of fancy curtain tiebacks so I have avoided making them but…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Fr.Z sez: …The Voyagers are destined—perhaps eternally—to wander the Milky Way and then become characters in Star Trek…. V’ger!! https://youtu.be/gxAaVqdz_Vk?t=96”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Being from Florida, I remember when both Voyagers launched – you could see them from our house. At that time,…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Too bad the Curia has drifted too far from its power source…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Voyager 2 launched on 20 August 1977, from Cape Canaveral. Voyager 1 launched from Cape Canaveral on 5 September 1977.…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “I guess Voyager I gives new meaning to the poem High Flight. Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Now this is very interesting. Not just looking up at some small dots of light overhead!”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “The final resting place of Plato puts me in mind of a memorable excerpt I once read about Aristotle in…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day 34 (-7): The burial place of… PLATO?!?: “Someone pointed out the St. George’s Day Google Doodle with its background account to me – with one of the…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: ““George Farmer, aka Candace Owen’s husband. He is a revert” If I’m reading the interview correctly, first a convert, then…”
- on Three items of interest: a conversion, a connection, and a con job: “Not to detract from anything Imrahill said, but well, the papally-attested infallible ordinary magisterium about a catholic truth, not the…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Understatement of the year: they don’t make them like that anymore!”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “What happened to Voyager 2? And what sort of “science” data will Voyager 1 soon be able to resume transmitting?…”
- on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Not too shabby for a 77’ model.”
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Monthly Archives: April 2013
Writing to Fr. Z – an observation
Today I was answering some questions from my inbox. A couple of my answers were kicked back to me with a permanent delivery failure. I can only answer a fraction of the questions that come in and sometimes the questions … Read More
About that prayer thing
More prayers, please. It’s doctor time now.
8th Anniversary of the Election of Benedict XVI
Today is the anniversary of the election of Benedict XVI as Supreme Pontiff. Remember how people buzzed about the fact that the newly-elected Benedict obviously was wearing a black long-sleeved sweater under his new white cassock rather than double-cuffs … Read More
The unadorned, laceless, black clogs of the fisherman
Some time ago I wrote: Imagine being 76 with a flare up of sciatica and, on your election as Pope, being told, “Here, Your Holiness, change into these new shoes and then stand a long time while we greet you … Read More
Card. Wuerl sticks up for Fr. Shaffer, George Washington University Chaplain
On the sidebar of this blog there is a feed of the Cardinal Newman Society. I picked this up from their feed. Go look at the sidebar! Cardinal Wuerl Supports George Washington University Chaplain April 18, 2013, at 10:06 AM … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Card. Wuerl, Fr. Greg Shaffer, George Washington University, homosexual activists
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MSM attacks Archbishop Vigneron with the help of liberal Catholic collaborators
Some days ago Archbp. Alan Vigneron of Detroit stirred the anthill (which is what bishops are supposed to do when it comes to faith and morals). He reaffirmed that Catholics who actively, publicly promote unnatural, same-sex “marriage” are acting in … Read More
Posted in 1983 CIC can. 915, Liberals, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Archbp. Vigneron, Archd. Detroit, can. 915, catholic quislings, CNN, collaborators, Detroit Free Press, Ed Peters, Esquire, Fr. Reese, Slate
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17 April 1970 – Odyssey returns to Earth
On this day 43 years ago, the Command Module Odyssey splashed down. Apollo XIII I remember – as if it were yesterday – being glued to the TV watching the coverage of this glorious disaster. It was inspiring. But we … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Apollo 13, Apollo XIII, NASA, POTUS, Pres. Obama
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30 Comments
Stellarum Bella
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QUAERITUR: Is sherry valid matter for the consecration during Mass?
From a reader: There had been several discussions recently about the topic of valid matter for the Eucharist, mostly related to low-gluten hosts and hosts using matter other than wheat. This made me remember something that happened at my parish … Read More
QUAERITUR: Everyone going forward at a “healing Mass” for Anointing of the Sick
From a reader: I am a graduate student at ___, and over the past few weeks have received two emails (one related to the tragedy this past weekend) for “Healing Masses” in which (quoting the one) “priests…will be available to administer … Read More
Happy Birthday Benedict XVI!
Today is Benedict XVI’s 86th birthday. I will say Holy Mass today for his intention. Will you all stop and say a prayer for Benedict, perhaps even several times today? Ask others to do so as well? He has great … Read More
Boston’s Wake
In your charity, please pray for the victims in Boston and for their loved ones. As some prepare for wakes, this is a wake up call for a country and for families and individuals. One of the most important petitions … Read More
Sr. Simone Campbell spins the CDF smackdown of the LCWR. Hilarity ensues.
In a story about the CDF smackdown on the LCWR, USA Today quotes Sr. Simone Campbell of the ultra-poltical, ultra-liberal Nuns on the Bus crowd. Sr. Campbell is too smart actually to believe this, but let’s read it anyway: […] … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Throwing a Nutty, Women Religious
Tagged CDF, LCWR, Nuns On The Bus, Sr. Simone Campbell
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44 Comments
Pope Francis: “Where there is calumny, there is Satan himself.”
Today, in his fervorino at Mass, Pope Francis again mentioned the Enemy of your soul, the Devil. He talks about the Devil frequently when speaking off the cuff. From the site of Vatican Radio with my emphases and comments: The Pope … Read More
Fr. James Martin’s spin on the CDF smackdown of the LCWR
The spin continues. Another example comes from Fr. James Martin, SJ of America Magazine. (Remember his Twitter campaign to show appreciation of the nuns?) Martin’s arguments against despair over CDF’s smackdown of the the LCWR do not convince. … Read More
adriennep on So very cool that it needs its own post! VOYAGER 1 is TALKING AGAIN!: “Thanks Father Z, cosmology lesson as only you can impart.”
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