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Monthly Archives: January 2015
ASK FATHER: Bisexual woman called hypocrite by mother for not accepting sister’s transgender lifestyle
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I am a young woman who also happens to be bisexual. Because it clashes with my faith values, I freely choose NOT to act on my sexual attraction to women. My family, who is NOT Catholic, … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!
Tagged bisexual, dictatorship of relativism, transgender
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ASK FATHER: Boss threatens to fire me if I don’t receive Communion.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have worked for a USA based Catholic non-profit for 5 years. I am a Catholic in good standing and am attached to the Extraordinary Form of the Mass and am a lay member of the … Read More
Archbp. Cordileone to Nancy Pelosi: No Catholic Can Dissent from Church Teaching on Abortion
Canon 915! From CNS: SF Archbishop on Pelosi: No Catholic Can Dissent from Church Teaching on Abortion (CNSNews.com) – Responding to statements made by House Minority Leader Nancy [the Theologian] Pelosi [more HERE] — who would not say at her … Read More
Card. Marx pulls a fast one with the text of ‘Evangelii gaudium’.
There was an interview with His Eminence Reinhard Card. Marx in America Magazine. We can trust that the interview really conveys what Card. Marx thinks because, as we are informed, he had a chance to go over it before publication. … Read More
Richard McBrien, RIP. Fishwrap’s encomium.
Fr. Richard McBrien is dead at 78. I hope that in his final years he had a chance to rethink and repent of his work. Enough about him. There is an old phrase, Nihil de mortuis nisi bonum… Say nothing but … Read More
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“Je Suis Charles Martel”
I noticed this at American Catholic: The slogan Je Suis Charles Martel is beginning to make its way around Saint Blogs. Here is some information on the grandfather of Charlemagne who stopped the advance of Islam into what became France … Read More
My View For Awhile: Jiggity Jig
And off I go again. It was a great trip. I met lots of old friends and met a few new ones. The Pontifical Mass was great. The exhibit on Mary fine. The National Gallery edifying. The Army and Navy … Read More
Francis to new bishops…
Yes, Our Holy Father does have a way of stopping us in our tracks and rereading the sentence. Not exactly rhetoric in the lofty style, but rhetoric is about getting the point across in way that either persuades, moves or … Read More
ASK FATHER: When is enough, enough?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When is enough, enough? I help facilitate the RCIA program in my parish and the other leaders in the name of compassion are constantly at odds with the teachings of Holy Mother Church. As one trying … Read More
A piece of good news
A very smart priest friend sent me a note this morning with two pieces of good news regarding Pope Francis. I’ll simply share what he sent…. no, wait… I’ll share the first piece of good news. I may post the second … Read More
WASH DC – DAY 3: Old stuff
I have had time before my flight home to visit, for the first time since 1976, the National Archive to view the charter documents of the founding of these USA. No photos allowed, alas. While it was great to see … Read More
Pope Francis says: GO TO CONFESSION!
Pope Francis is nothing if not interesting. When he goes off text or speaks off the cuff… anything can happen. The usual result is that we are left stopped in our tracks and scratching our heads, trying to figure … Read More
Petition for a Catholic Requiem for King Richard III
From the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald: Thousands sign petition calling for Richard III to have a Catholic burial Three thousand people have signed a petition calling for Richard III to be given a Catholic burial. The petition, addressed … Read More
WASH DC – DAY 2: Tickle the Lord Edition
I am at the National Gallery for Women in the Arts for an exhibit of images of Mary. UPDATE: I read that on 2 March the group Anonymous 4 is to give a concert at the NGWA. Wow! I must … Read More
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Mary, National Gallery for Women in the Arts, Washington DC
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ASK FATHER: Simple Exposition
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My parish is looking into daily Eucharistic exposition. Our tabernacle is located in a small chapel away from the altar of sacrifice and the current plan is to have exposition take place in the monstrance located inside of the … Read More
Happy Name Day, Card. Burke!
In the traditional Roman calendar, today is the Feast of St. Raymond of Penfort. As such, today is the onomastico, or Name Day, of His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke. Coincidently, St. Raymond is the patron saint of canonists. I … Read More
WASH DC – DAY 1: March and Pontifical Mass
It was a beautiful day in the nations capital. It couldn’t have been better for the March. After the March today we had a wonderful Pontifical Mass at the faldstool with Bp. Paprocki. I don’t have photos yet, but I … Read More
A great quote
To tell the priest to throw away theology and impress us with his personality, is exactly like telling the doctor to throw away physiology and merely hypnotize us with his glittering eye. G.K. Chesterton
My View For Awhile: Yeah… I know….
I know, I know. If it weren’t for the fact that the great people at Paulus institute organized the Pontifical Mass tomorrow (I’m on the crew), and if it weren’t such a good cause, I’d be back at the Steam … Read More
Posted in Emanations from Penumbras, On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged March for Life
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