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Monthly Archives: January 2016
ASK FATHER: Deny Protestants Communion? Exempt them from the collection!
From a reader… If Protestants aren’t allowed to receive communion maybe they should not be allowed to put money in the collection plate either. Somehow I think an exception will be made for that. A couple things occur to me … Continue reading
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at your Mass of Sunday Obligation? Let us know what it was. For my part, for Sexagesima, I spoke of receiving well the Word in God, in which Christ is … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Recent Posts, Thanks to Donors, Mass for Benefactors
First and foremost, help each other. YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS Also, posts scroll out of view pretty quickly. Here’s what’s been going on lately. Peters on Allen on Francis’s silence on abortion, etc. ASK FATHER: Father said say Act of … Continue reading
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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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Peters on Allen on Francis’s silence on abortion, etc.
You heard, I’me sure, about the huge lay-run “Family Day” event in Rome that drew vast crowds from all over the peninsula to the City. Pope Francis and the Italian bishops were un-involved and even silent about this big and important manifestation … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Father said say Act of Contrition afterwards. Fr. Z rants… at priests.
From a reader… who recently went to confession! Everyone… GO TO CONFESSION! QUAERITUR: I just went. Yay! After confessing my sins I had a question about a friend who fell away from church. It took 2 minutes, 3 tops. I don’t usually … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Reciting the Office or reading silently
From a seminarian… QUAERITUR: I am a seminarian and I pray the EF Office faithfully. I know I have read somewhere that even when praying alone the words should actually be pronounced (however quiet) and not read as completely silent. … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Report a priest who gave Communion to a Protestant minister?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Does one have to report a priest who knowingly gave communion to a protestant pastor? In my parish we had an ecumenical rorate mass [An “ecumenical Mass”…?] during advent and the protestant pastor present (who also … Continue reading
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Tagged can. 844, pulpit exchange, RS 64
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CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday: Winter Field Day – Lost!
Now for another edition of Ham Radio Saturday. I created a page for the List of YOUR callsigns. HERE Chime in or drop me a note if your call doesn’t appear in the list. Today I have been listening on 20m … Continue reading
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Tagged Ham radio, Ham Radio Event, Ham Radio Saturday, Winter Field Day
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ROME: Huge crowd for Family Day
Family Day is underway in Rome. Huge crowds have converged on the Circo Massimo. Here are some pics from the Great Roman™ Fabrizio. The traditional parish staffed by the FSSP is represented. More
250 kneeling students sing Gregorian chant for ‘ad orientem’ Mass in motel bar
By now we have all heard about the March For Life pilgrims in the snow, the buses in the snow, the Masses in the snow, etc. Here is an interesting article at Catholic Pop: Stranded Pro-Life Group Holds Sung Ad Orientem … Continue reading
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Gregorian chant, March for Life, St. John Cantius
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D. Marquette: New liturgical music legislation
I received word that the Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, is getting a liturgical music overhaul. Based on the work of the previous bishop, now-Archbp. Alex Sample in Portland, Oregon, Bp. John Doerfler has issued a document that requires all the … Continue reading
PHILIPPINES: Card. Zen celebrates TLM during Eucharistic Congress
During a Eucharistic Congress held in the Philippines, His Eminence Joseph Card. Zen Ze-Kiun, Bishop Emeritus of Hong Kong, celebrated Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form. From CBCPNEWS: Cardinal Zen: Traditional Latin Mass ‘nourishes faith, inspires adoration’ CEBU City (Jan. … Continue reading
Communion given to Lutherans in St. Peter’s Basilica – The Wrap Up
There was a kerfuffle about some Lutherans who visited Pope Francis and then – horribile scriptu – were somehow invited to receive Holy Communion during a Mass. Frankly, I didn’t follow this too closely, though the very thought irritated me … Continue reading
PODCAzT 141: Two Prayers of St. Thomas Aquinas
In the post-Conciliar, Novus Ordo calendar today is the Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas (+1274). Let’s hear two prayers from the Angelic Doctor, his Prayer Before Mass and Communion and his Prayer After Mass and Communion in both Latin and English. Some … Continue reading
Fr. Finelli’s podcasts about the Extraordinary Form
I direct the readership’s attention to the page of our friend and frequent commentator here Fr. Jay Finelli, iPadre. Fr. Finelli has a series podcasts about his experience of learning and saying Holy Mass in the Extraordinary Form. Gosh… he’s up … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Father says funerals without a pall on the coffin
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I attended at funeral mass at a parish recently and I found it strange that the funeral pall was not draped over the casket for the mass. The priest wore purple vestments and used the paschal … Continue reading
Do small communities (e.g., TLM) have a future?
A while back, a conversation was initiated by a post by my friend Msgr. Charles Pope about the number of people attending the Extraordinary Form. My post about it HERE. At the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald, there is … Continue reading
“Mercy, not magic”. Year of Mercy Doors are NOT a substitute for confession
From CNS: Mercy, not magic – Archdiocese of Bombay clarifies Holy Doors and the Jubilee Mumbai, India, Jan 26, 2016 / 04:25 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Archdiocese of Bombay issued a clarification last week after WhatsApp users in Maharashtra were … Continue reading
CNS: Catholic Colleges and Title IX Exemptions
This comes from the Cardinal Newman Society: Catholic Colleges Should Claim Title IX Exemptions, Says Newman Society President As Title IX interpretations have expanded to include discrimination policies grounded in gender theory, Catholic colleges should have no qualms about claiming … Continue reading
