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- Robert on Some not Vatican news notes: “There is also a picture of their Prioress presiding on Good Friday in a stole: https://www.mountosb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0523-scaled.jpg Perhaps the good Archbishop…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “The photo above should read: The Sisters of St Scholastica in the diaspora* *their own monastery”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “An interview on “60 Minutes”, what could possibly go wrong?! I am personally disgusted by this and afraid to watch.”
- on “They must make the noise they can, because if they cease for a moment, we hear the calls of sanity and sweetness again…”.: “I can’t believe the “carousel scene” brought tears to my eyes. It must touch something deep in many of us,…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1023: “The black bishop taking white’s knight would check white’s king, so it’s not mate in two. Looking at this again…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “It seems to me to be one step away from casting doubt on the whole concept of apparitions especially Marian…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “I think it’s pundit Michael Knowles who often says that the Catholic Church is currently the only institution in the…”
- on Census Fidelium…. Sensus Fidelium… A book: ““I know a sector of the Church which is vital, young and committed. Hey! Let’s persecute them!” Given the historical…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “Francis seems to fit his own definition of conservative, as he doesn’t want to see beyond his own opinions.”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “In the movie “Song of Bernadette”, there was an exhaustive commission to investigate Lourdes. Apparitions of Our Lady was serious…”
- on Some Vatican news notes: “The attenuation of the role of Diocesan bishops seems to be happening in other areas besides the approval of apparitions…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “Let me get this straight. The Sisters object to what Mr. Butker said in his speech, which as far as…”
- on Some not Vatican news notes: “The sterility of the historic high altar in the chapel of the Benedictines of Mount Saint Scholastica communicates much about…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1022: “laymen, vagabonds or dirty people”: “@TheCavalierHatherly: Thanks for providing some historical context.”
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Monthly Archives: June 2017
Off duty London cop v. Islamic terrorists
An off-duty cop “rugby tackled” one of the London “Religion of Peace” terrorists. From BBC: […] An off-duty policeman – an amateur rugby player – was stabbed after tackling one of the three attackers. He remains in critical condition. Met Police … Read More
“Not all is well, nor should we pretend that it is — even if this means abandoning the ‘new Pentecost’ narrative of Vatican II”
At NLM, Peter Kwasniewski has a good piece. Here’s how it begins (with my emphases and comments): Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI frequently acknowledged that the Church is in a state of serious crisis. [Is there any … Read More
The effect of lay participation on the souls of priests
Today during Mass I was struck hard with something, which reinforced an observation I read recently in an email. In effect, the priestly writer said that priests, who are under constant and insidious attacks by the Devil, are therefore also constantly at … Read More
REVIEW: A beautiful Catholic ABC Book for children
This morning after Holy Mass I was given a wonderful book. It’s a children’s book, but no matter: it’s a delightful reprint of an old ABC or Alphabet Book. It doesn’t get more Catholic than this! This would be a … Read More
OLDIE PODCAzT 87 (2009): The Pentecost Sequence dissected – Veni Sancte Spiritus
Here is an oldie PODCAzT made back in 2009. Tempus fugit. ___ I started this one thinking that I could make a fast audio project and then move on. Ha! In this PODCAzT I dissect the Pentecost Sequence, Veni Sancte … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged Pentecost, Sequence, Veni Sancte Spiritus
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Your Pentecost Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made during the sermon you heard for your Mass of Pentecost Sunday obligation? Let us know what it was! UPDATE: Some of you took my request for “a good point made during the sermon” to vent about something … Read More
The spellbinding Romanos the Melodist on the Holy Spirit
A Patristic moment on the Holy Spirit. The spellbinding Romanos the Melodist (+6th c.) has this about our praise of the Spirit. Amazing imagery: […] Now those who before were fishermen have become skilled speakers. Now those who once stood … Read More
Posted in Patristiblogging, Patristic Rosary Project
Tagged Patristiblogging, Romanos the Melodist
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2017 Norcia Summer Theology Program of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies
Lifted from NLM. Go over there to see the photos, etc: The 2017 Norcia Summer Theology Program of the Albertus Magnus Center for Scholastic Studies, “Divine Power in a Hidden Way,” will be starting up in a month’s time: July … Read More
10 September 1957 – Pius XII to Jesuits
A priest friend of mine sent me the text of an Allocution to Jesuits made by Pius XII on 10 September 1957 (AAS 49 – pp. 802-812). I haven’t found it in English and I don’t have the time today … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged Benedict XIV, Jesuits, Pius XII, snuff, tobacco
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WDTPRS – Pentecost (2002MR): Salvation selvage
This magnificent Sunday (which in the Roman Rite’s Extraordinary Form retains its Octave along with the special Communicantes and Hanc igitur) has in the Ordinary Form a Collect rooted in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary. Deus, qui sacramento festivitatis hodiernae universam … Read More
D. Madison – Five First Saturdays during Fatima Centenary – Answering Our Lady’s Call
Answering Our Lady’s Call Five First Saturdays at St. Mary’s Church, Pine Bluff, WI This year we are observing the 100th anniversaries of the apparitions of Our Lady at Fatima, Portugal, from May to October 1917. Central to the messages … Read More
ASK FATHER: First Mass of a new priest – Requiem?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have heard that there is an ancient tradition in which a newly ordained priest offers either his first Mass or one of the following Masses for the souls of the faithful departed, specifically for his … Read More
ACTION ITEM! Birettas for Seminarians Project RENEWED!
YOU, dear readers, have supplied over 100 birettas to seminarians. Kudos. Some thank you notes from seminarians with spiffy new birettas HERE and HERE. Last night after the Pontifical Mass I was chatting with seminarians and learned to my horror that a … Read More
Pontifical Mass at the Throne in Madison – PHOTOS
Last night, 31 May, His Excellency Most Reverend Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison and Extraordinary Ordinary, celebrated a Pontifical Mass at the Throne at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Monona for the Feast of the Queenship of Mary. The … Read More
Robert on Some not Vatican news notes: “There is also a picture of their Prioress presiding on Good Friday in a stole: https://www.mountosb.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/DSC_0523-scaled.jpg Perhaps the good Archbishop…”
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