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Monthly Archives: August 2016
UK Ordinariate… Quo?
Over at the Catholic Herald there is an piece by Damian Thompson about the status quaestionis of the Anglican Ordinariate in England established in the happier times of Benedict XVI. What interests me in a special way is found toward … Read More
ACTION ITEM: Prayers after Earthquake near Norcia, Italy
UPDATE: Dom Cassian Folsom has some reflections on the earthquakes which shook the monastery at Norcia. HERE UPDATE: For the time being, the monks of Norcia have moved down to Rome and are at the Benedictine community on the Aventine … Read More
PROXIMA b!
In a story via the ESO and APOD I have read about PROXIMA b That cool sounding name is the newly spotted planet orbiting the very closest star to your planet other than your yellow sun. Proxima Centauri can’t be … Read More
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Screwtape’s letter to Bitterwench
C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters! Oft’ imitated. Never really rivaled. If you haven’t read this book yet…. what on your planet at you waiting for?!? US HERE UK HERE My favorite method to absorb Lewis’ window is the audiobook reading by John Cleese. … Read More
Benedict explains more about why he abdicated
From Crux we find some information from Pope Benedict about why he abdicated. On 30 August in Italy, an Italian biography of Benedict will be release. He did an interview head of this biography release. However, his book/interview will be released … Read More
Si vis pacem, para bellum. If you want peace, ready war.
Sometimes Leon Trotsky is given credit for saying that you might not be interested in war but war is interested in you. He didn’t say that, exactly, but it is nevertheless true. I have not infrequently challenged you readers to … Read More
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Monstrous Soros spent $650K to tame US bishops
In one of the pretty good Musketeers of the ’70s, Card. Richelieu (Charlton Heston) is hoist on his own petard because of a carte blanche letter he gave to the femme fatale Milady. He does a momentary half face palm … Read More
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My View For Awhile: Inertia Edition
Inertia describes the tendency of bodies to resist a change in motion unless acted upon by outside forces. Bodies in motion tend to stay in motion while bodies at rest tend to stay at rest unless moved by some influence. … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z asks readers to offer the Fishwrap some constructive help
First, here is a link to something that I posted some time ago: HERE Once again the National Schismatic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) is stumping in favor of the ordination of women to the priesthood. This is what the Fishwrap does: they dissent from the Church’s … Read More
ASK FATHER: Only half-way decent parish near us is still not good. What to do?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: When my wife and I attend Mass at our regular parish, we have always made it a point to receive Communion from the priest. Recently, when we did so, the priest stopped my wife, looked her in the … Read More
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New scientific study concludes NOT “born that way”
At the National Catholic Register there is a story sure to make the writers of the National Sodomitic Reporter (aka Fishwrap) have a conniption. Not ‘Born That Way’: New Scientific Analysis Questions ‘LGBT’ Orthodoxies A comprehensive new survey about sexuality … Read More
A proposal for wymynpriests
Via AlmanaccoDiRoma: On 22 August 1764, during the pontificate of Clement XIII, at Campo de’ Fiori, the hermit Giuseppe Morelli was hanged, guilty for having “celebrated 29 Masses with consecration without being a priest and for received alms from the faithful.” … Read More
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PRP: 5th Glorious Mystery: The Coronation of Our Lady
Today is the Feast of the Queenship of Mary, in the newer, Novus Ordo calendar. So, here is an oldie post from 2006, the final installment of my Patristic Rosary Project. ___ We conclude our Patristic Rosary Project today with … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Converts trying to make 1st Confession –
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My family and I are converting to the church from Protestantism. We are a family of six and we have been turned away from confession at multiple churches because the half hour before Vigil and Sunday Mass wasn’t … Read More
Detroit’s crafty new tax on churches
From the Detroit News: A balanced budget in Detroit might be something only prayed for, but few could imagine Motor City managers raiding church offering plates for revenue. Yet new drainage fees from the city’s Water and Sewerage Department may … Read More
22 August: Immaculate Heart and Queenship of Mary
Here are a few thoughts I wrote for my weekly column at the UK’s best Catholic weekly, the Catholic Herald: On 22 August we observe, in the traditional Roman calendar, the Feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. In the newer … Read More
Reader Feedback
I get lots of email. Some of it is friendly. Some of it is not. Here is some friendly feedback: Based in large part on what I have read on this blog, I recently began going to the Latin Mass at … Read More
Must. Have. One.
Here is an example of how we can see something and instantly desire it! There’s not a moment to lose, for all love! Alas, this person seems to be confused. I don’t mean the choice of color of car, … Read More
The USA Solar Eclipse of 2017 – signs in the heavens
And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars…. Luke 21:25. At NASA I see that, one year from today, 21 August 2017, the shadow of your planet’s moon, in a great total … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know. I, for one, spoke (14th Sunday after Pentecost) about seeking that which is above and treasuring up treasures in heaven. There … Read More
