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Monthly Archives: October 2018
ASK FATHER: Priest attacked me for how I made my confession.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Today, I went for confession to the capuchins like I usually do. The priests there tend to be great confessors. However, today I had quite a bad experience. I confess in kind and number and I … Continue reading
How libs and their “gay” allies want you crushed into silence
Crisis has a piece which talks about how homosexualist Jesuit (tautology?) James Martin, LGBTQSJ has urged his twitter and fakebook followers to attack LifeSite and other faithful Catholic sites for something they didn’t do. This isn’t the first time Martin … Continue reading
Recommended Reading as a catch up
This is a post-Rome trip catch-up and catch-all. Today I drove back to the Cupboard Under The Stairs from The City of Broad Shoulders. Immediately I set out on a series of tasks. Whereas, after living in Rome for many … Continue reading
Posted in The Campus Telephone Pole
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All Saints 2017 – 1 Nov- Holy Day of Obligation – Deliberately ignore? Grave sin!
In these United States, be sure to check your parish schedules for Masses. Thursday 1 November 2017 is a Holy Day of OBLIGATION. For our part, there will be a Missa Cantata at St. Mary’s in Pine Bluff, WI, in the Extraordinary … Continue reading
ASK FATHER: Confessing remembered forgotten sins
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I tend to get very nervous in confession and I do better if I just stick to the script so to speak so I don’t start rambling. Is there a formula for confessing mortal sins that were forgotten … Continue reading
My View For Awhile: Purgation Edition
I’m offering up the mornings frustrations and irritation in reparation for the Synod (“walking together”). Apart from having to leave and leave before 4 for the sake of the early flight, the weather was horrific again this morning (have you … Continue reading
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard during your Mass to fulfill your Sunday Obligation? Let us know. You were paying attention, weren’t you?
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Rome – Day 7: Mass for Benefactors and Cena di Congedo
It has been a pretty nasty day in the Eternal City. The weather was as dreadful today as it has been beautiful over the week. I did get out for some last needful errands and got drenched. As promised, … Continue reading
Posted in On the road, What Fr. Z is up to
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More on #Synod2018 (“walking together”) document #146
Today the pithily perspicacious Fr H looks at the Synod’s (“walking together”) notion about developing ways to certify Catholic blogs to avoid “fake news”. He wrote along the lines of what I wrote HERE. He also wrote: We seem … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Be The Maquis, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged censorship, Synod
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Saving a heritage church in Fall River
In the near future, we will face more church closures. Some won’t be that much of a loss. Some, however, are part of our patrimony, lovingly built by our forebears, irreplaceable. I bring to the readerships attention the plight of … Continue reading
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, "How To..." - Practical Notes, Hard-Identity Catholicism
Tagged D. Fall River
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The Wanderer: A Synod (“walking together”) of clichés
At my old stomping ground, The Wanderer, there is a good summary and analysis piece by Peggy Moen (a terrific editor!) who attended much of the Synod (“walking together”). Clichés Of The Francis Era Dominate A Press Briefing ROME — Following … Continue reading
Thanks for the birthday greetings and a clarification
Many thanks to you who sent birthday greetings with notes. Several of you said that you would have Masses said for me, which is very much appreciated. Another several wrote along the lines of, “You are THAT OLD?!?” Others, reading … Continue reading
Posted in Lighter fare
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ASK FATHER: How to gain the 1-8 November plenary indulgence
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Thanks to you and your blog, I am intending to receive a plenary indulgence or three (aim high!) for the souls in purgatory over Nov 1 – Nov 8. Reading through the Manual of Indulgences, from the fourth edition … Continue reading
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ACTION ITEM!, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged indulgences
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“I’ll take ‘25000 Words Of Blah Blah And Landmines’, for 200, please, Alex!”
I’ve been, as much as possible ignoring the Synod’s (“walking together”) document. First, I’ve wanted a pleasant day. Was the Synod really about producing a document? Or was it about creating smokescreens and providing cover for the placement of … Continue reading
Rome – Day 6: Birthday and Mudbug
When I woke up this morning, I felt different. Then a bright light shone through the ceiling and a voice boomed: Canon 1252 All persons who have completed their fourteenth year are bound by the law of abstinence; all adults … Continue reading
