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Monthly Archives: March 2018
Holy Saturday 2018 – Paschal Blue Moon on Vigil of Easter and more Moon stuff
Bumped up to the top for today… photos below A “Blue Moon” is a second full moon during a calendar month. They are infrequent. This year – 2018 – there are two occurrences. The first was on 31 January, and … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged blue moon, Vigil of Easter
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Radio host @VickiMcKenna tackles present issues roiling the Church
More on the Jesuit-engineered debacle at Holy Cross College. I posted about their prof who is trying to “queer” Jesus and about their cowardly, ankle-grabbing cringe to the world when they dropped their team’s name and mascot. HERE I direct … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Vicki McKenna
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POLLS: 2018 Holy Thursday Foot Washing – What happened where you are?
A couple years ago what was clearly a severe abuse was given official recognition so that women’s feet could be washed during the entirely optional “Mandatum” in the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, Holy Thursday. NB: Before 2016, those who did … Read More
Your Holy Thursday Sermon Notes
Were there any good points made during the sermon you heard if you attended the Holy Thursday Mass? Let us know. For my part, I spoke briefly, as I am under the weather, about the significance of the Lord going … Read More
Pope Francis’ alleged remarks about Hell. Fr. Z says, “Let not your heart be troubled.”
Today is Holy Thursday, which I had hoped might be a little quiet, giving me some time in silence. It was not to be. His Holiness Pope Francis inexplicably met once again with Eugenio Scalfari, the 90+ year old atheist … Read More
Prayer Request
Friends, it’s Holy Thursday and I’ve come down with a nasty cold. Prayers, please. This isn’t good timing for problems with speaking, singing and … breathing.
Jesuits, the College of the Holy Cross, cowardice and blasphemy
UPDATE 29 March: A friend at Holy Cross wrote: Thanks for posting on the Holy Cross blasphemy. A clarification: Elinor Reilly, the courageous student who exposed Liew’s publications in a “Fenwick Review” article (the paper was founded by Fr. Paul … Read More
Posted in Sin That Cries To Heaven, You must be joking!
Tagged blasphemy, College Holy Cross
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Peter Hünermann’s errors about marriage and their influence today
One of the figures who emerged from the shadows through the Lettergate scandal, is German liberal (wrong) theologian Peter Hünermann. Benedict XVI had a strong negative reaction to finding him among the writers of the series that was intended to bolster … Read More
Posted in One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, indissolubility, marriage, matrimony, Peter Hünermann
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Help wanted. Traditional Gregorian Mass and also Traditional Church Musician
First, I am looking for a priest who could – soon – take a Gregorian Mass set using exclusively the Usus Antiquior. Please drop me a line. This is concrete. Second, I wonder if there are any young musicians out there … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
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“What young Catholics want. What old Catholics want young Catholics to want.”
A couple of related stories. Consider this against the background of some clever tweets that are going around. Some wags post side by side images of something traditional and something liberal with the caption, “What young people want… What old … Read More
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