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- Dan on IMPORTANT about the Confessional, Your Phone, and … Who Knows?: “This has been my practice for a number of years now to leave my phone outside the confessional. I have…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “Those potatoes look delicioso. Also, the World’s Best Sacristan is as cute as can be.”
- on 31 October: All Hallows Eve – Vigil of All Saints: “The deep, rich colour of those vestments is stunning.”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “St Joseph, terror of demons and father of clergy, help Fr Z with this apartment situation, please. Father Z, even…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “1. Qf8+ Kh7 2. Qg7# OR 1. Qf8+ Kxf8 2. Rd8# Myyyy eyyyyeeessssss thhheeeee purrrrpppllllllle”
- on 31 October: All Hallows Eve – Vigil of All Saints: “Indeed! As I was praying Lauds from the Baronius Press edition of the 1961 Roman Breviary, I felt moved to…”
- on 31 October: All Hallows Eve – Vigil of All Saints: “In high school, we learned of the first successful slave revolt in the New World — led by Toussaint L’ouverture…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “My prayers to St. Joseph for your new residence in Rome,”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “Yucatan Sunshine is great! Used to be my mainstay, and I forgot about it. Also worthwhile, Russell Kirk’s book *Ancestral…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 31: The game’s afoot: “I am sorry you are not here in Chile. Thomas and I could fix that step up in one day,…”
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Daily Archives: 19 December 2014
Request for prayers
I am ill. I have a lot to do in the next few days. I ask for prayers. UPDATE 20 Dec: The antibiotics start today.
My View For Awhile: Final Flights Edition
Two more flights to wind up this calendar year. Alas, it has to be one from Orlando. Happily it’s a short hop to the next, and last leg. I think Orlando may be the airport I hate more than all … Read More
Past and present Vatican, Church involvement in Cuban affairs – Status quaestionis
I am beginning to admire more and more the analysis of things Vatican by Andrea Galiarducci, who writes for CNA. He has a status questionis post on Pope Francis and the involvement, past and present, of the Catholic Church in … Read More
What kind of priest thought it was good to whitewash, trash statues, tear out altars?
It was a good day for The Catholic Thing today. Anthony Esolen again knocked one out of the park in an piece in which he talks about reverence. Esolen starts from an interesting jumping off point: Odysseus slaying the suitors, but sparing the … Read More
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“Would it really be totally impossible to admit her to Communion?”
Some of the mistakes we make in life can’t be fixed. These days we expect everything to be fixable, to have a solution. There must be some way to get around problems, some cure, some repair, some slight-of-hand. No. Not … Read More
Dan on IMPORTANT about the Confessional, Your Phone, and … Who Knows?: “This has been my practice for a number of years now to leave my phone outside the confessional. I have…”
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