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Monthly Archives: May 2014
Brick by Brick in Fennimore
For your Brick by Brick file. In Fennimore, WI, there was a Solemn Mass at Queen of All Saints for the Feast of the Ascension… which is on Thursday. HERE You should know that Fennimore is not exactly a huge … Continue reading
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. I get many requests by … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Mystic Monk Coffee… it’s for the children…
… actually, it’s for the Carmelites in Wyoming, and both you, dear reader, and me. As I quaff a wonderfully refreshing Iced Coffee, made with Mystic Monk Coffee, I am enjoying a cute photo one of you readers sent along: … Continue reading
Fishwrap’s not-so-nice MSW calls for niceness
Most of what Michael Sean Winters posts at Fishwrap (aka National Schismatic Reporter) gets my yawn, but it’s Saturday and I have three free minutes. HERE If this isn’t a case of a pot saying “You’re black!” to the kettle, I … Continue reading
Posted in Green Inkers, Liberals, Lighter fare, You must be joking!
Tagged Fishwrap, MSW, niceness, NSR, venom, yahoo
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A Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Day 2 (Audio)
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Continue reading
30 May: St. Joan of Arc
Today, in the 2005 Martyrologium Romanum we find interesting saints, including St. Petronilla and St. Ferdinand III, King of Castille. We also find Otto Neururer, a priest who died in Buchenwald and Luke Kirby, a priest who died on the … Continue reading
A Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Day 1 (Audio)
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Continue reading
Catholic reaction prompts relocation of fauxdination
Yesterday I posted an ACTION ITEM! for your kind attention, a poll on a Michigan media site (please go an vote!) about an upcoming fauxdination of a woman that was to take place at a Congregration Church. You could tell … Continue reading
ACTION ITEM! POLL ALERT! Wymyn to be ordained or not?
There is another silly wymyn thing taking place in Kalamazoo -zoo-zoo-zoo-zoo! HERE The local bishop, Most Rev. Paul Bradley, wrote clearly to the diocese as to the consequences of participating in a simulation of a woman’s ordination. His full statement … Continue reading
Posted in Be The Maquis, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS, Puir Slow-Witted Gowk, You must be joking!
Tagged D. Kalamazoo, poll, women, women's ordination, wymyn
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Oldie posts on the Ascension of the Lord
I have in the past posted variously about the Ascension of the Lord. For example: PODCAzT 101: Preface for Ascension [2010] The Ascension and Feet [2011] PODCAzT 27: Leo on the Ascension; a Collect; feedback [2007 – back when I … Continue reading
Posted in EASTER, Liberals, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged Ascension, Fathers of the Church, Patristic Rosary Project
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Caption Call
Posted in Lighter fare
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GUEST POST: A Baptist Pastor asks for thoughts
I received this, which I bring to the readership’s attention: Greetings Father Z, I am a Baptist Pastor and a fan of your blog. Recently, I read the following thread on a Christianity forum. I asked the original poster if … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged ecumenism
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Fr. Z’s annual rant about Ascension Thursday Sunday
We know with holy and Catholic Faith that what was not assumed, was not redeemed (St. Gregory of Nazianzus – +389/90). Our humanity, both body and soul, was assumed by the Son into an unbreakable bond with His divinity. When … Continue reading
MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! You helped a US Army Chaplain and his troops!
YOU DID IT! 100% Fulfillment of the requests for socks. I am really proud of you. 1800 pairs of sock in less than a month and a half. ____ Our own “Cantor”, frequent commentator here, broke down the purchases by … Continue reading
Pope Francis on the airplane: The Synod, the family, Communion for the divorced and remarried
You may have heard that Pope Francis visited the Holy Land. On the flight back to Italy, His Holiness held another presser. At this point many of you might be cringing as the thought “What could possible go wrong?” flashes … Continue reading
Posted in Benedict XVI, Francis, New Evangelization, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, Reading Francis Through Benedict, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Communion, declaration of nullity, divorced remarried, family, press conference, Reading Francis Through Benedict, Synod of Bishops
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Ordination Anniversary (video)
Many priests observe the anniversary of their ordination at this time of year. It is a common time for ordinations, probably because Ember Days were common times for ordinations and Ember Days fall during the Pentecost Octave. It is my … Continue reading
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Were there any good points in the sermon you heard for your Sunday Mass of obligation? Please let us know.
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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D. Madison Solemn Mass Eyecandy (new deacon alert!)
Our very own “acardnal”, frequent commentator, assisted today at the Solemn Holy Mass celebrated by the undersigned at Holy Redeemer in downtown Madison. He took some photos and has graciously shared them. This was the first time that one of … Continue reading
Hey, trads! Take these words to heart!
I haven’t linked much to Rorate since they declared war on me, but this post exquisitely expresses something that I have tried to convey for years. It deserves wider attention: You are wandering through a city filled with historical landmarks. … Continue reading
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