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- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 10th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 18th Ordinary)
- My View For Awhile: first Pete and now repeat – surreally updated and now terminated
- WDTPRS – 10th Sunday after Pentecost (Vetus Ordo): Mercy and Justice are not opposed
- WDTPRS – 18th Ordinary (Novus Ordo) Sunday: cold reality
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- THE FIFTH CONJURATION – A Scene in Blank Verse after the Manner of Christopher Marlowe
- A priest’s prayers for before and after hearing confessions
- ASK FATHER: What’s your preferred English translation of the Bible?
- Keep in mind the phrase: quod gratis asseritur, gratis negatur.
- Does it feel to you as if something is building to an explosive point?
- “We will evaluate the implementation, then implement the evaluation, then evaluate the implementation of the evaluation.”
- An important topic revisited: Moral Injury
- Daily Rome Shot 1670 – a note to a Mass stream viewer in Canada and a limerick in Latin
- A JESUIT SAYS: “If you are able to go to confession once a month and choose not to, I would not want to be responsible for your soul.”
- Daily Rome Shot 1669 – important notes!
- Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 9th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 17th Ordinary)
- WDTPRS – 17th Sunday Ordinary Time (Novus Ordo): Sin Teflon, Demon Kevlar
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- Daily Rome Shot 1665
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- Prosper of Aquitaine (+c.455), De gratia Dei et libero arbitrio contra Collatorem 22.61
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"But if, in any layman who is indeed imbued with literature, ignorance of the Latin language, which we can truly call the 'catholic' language, indicates a certain sluggishness in his love toward the Church, how much more fitting it is that each and every cleric should be adequately practiced and skilled in that language!" - Pius XI
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Grant unto thy Church, we beseech Thee, O merciful God, that She, being gathered together by the Holy Ghost, may be in no wise troubled by attack from her foes. O God, who by sin art offended and by penance pacified, mercifully regard the prayers of Thy people making supplication unto Thee,and turn away the scourges of Thine anger which we deserve for our sins. Almighty and Everlasting God, in whose Hand are the power and the government of every realm: look down upon and help the Christian people that the heathen nations who trust in the fierceness of their own might may be crushed by the power of thine Arm. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee in the unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end. R. Amen.
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Monthly Archives: January 2017
Monday was a good day, so was Tuesday
Monday was a Good News day. HERE I read that the US House of Representatives passed a bill today. Among other things, this bill also chips away at Obamacare. From CNA: US House votes to permanently ban federal abortion funding … Read More
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Recently Received BOOKS
Quickly, here are a few of the books which I have lately received. First, when Anthony Esolen writes something, we should pay attention. I haven’t read the whole thing yet, but the intro is great. US HERE – UK HERE … Read More
Resignation of head of the Knights of Malta
At the Spanish site InfoVaticana we read: ÚLTIMA HORA: Dimite el Gran Maestre de la Orden de Malta a petición del Papa Según ha podido saber InfoVaticana, el Papa Francisco le habría pedido que presentara la renuncia. Matthew Festing fue … Read More
Canonist Ed Peters: different ways people deal with Canon 915 (denial of Communion)
The distinguished, commonsensical canonist Ed Peters has a blistering bit today at his blog In the Light of the Law. Let’s see what he has to say, with my usual emphases and comments. I’ll cut in to the meat. You should … Read More
Monday was a good day for the unborn and for #HamRadio
A couple of cheerful items crossed my screen on Monday. First, Pres. Trump reinstated the “Mexico City Policy”, which bars international NGOs that perform or promote abortions from receiving US government funds (i.e., taxpayer dollars). My only regret is that … Read More
23 January: Feast of the Espousal of Mary and Joseph
I learned from a friend that today is – was – is the Feast of the Espousal of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph. I found an old office in an early rendering of the Breviarium Romanum HERE. Here is … Read More
Just For Fun: Shots from St. Agnes Day in Rome
Just for fun, The Great Roman Fabrizio sent some photos from the Mass celebrated by Card. Muller at the Church of St. Agnes on the P.za Navona. I thought you might like to see them. I am always happy to … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday Obligation? Let us know. For my part,… I haven’t had my Sunday Mass yet, so I haven’t said anything yet!
Fr. Sirico of @ActonInstitute on Pres. Trump’s Prayer Service
My friend Fr. Robert Sirico of ACTON INSTITUTE was one with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto for coverage of the Prayer Service the day after President Trump’s inauguration. Fr. Sirico and ACTON INSTITUTE make lefty catholics such as those at the … Read More
Serious priest taking it to the streets
Note that this priests says Mass for the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles in Missouri. They’re apostolate is to pray for priests and bishops. I hope they pray for me. They have wonderful discs of music. Speaking of … Read More
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