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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Cardinals and Bishops issue a “Declaration of Truths” intended to “aid” the Supreme Pontiff
A small group including Card. Burke and Bp. Schneider have issued a Declaration of Truths comprising some 40 paragraphs over 8-pages under various subheadings, and have also issued an Explanatory note comprising some 1300 words and 2 single spaced pages. … Read More
Octave of Pentecost PODCAzTs
Some 11 years ago, I made a series of PODCAzTs for the Octave of Pentecost. My technical abilities have improved a little since then, and I seem to have had a little more energy, but they aren’t bad. So, these … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Octave of Pentecost, PODCAzT
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Great concelebration photos during Chartres Pentecost Pilgrimage
During my last Rome visit I posted a photo of real concelebration: three priests at the same time saying their Masses at three altars in the nave of a Roman church. Today I found a great series of pics at Messa … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests
Tagged Chartres, concelebration
4 Comments
4 Comments
Your Pentecost Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the Holy Mass you heard to fulfill your Pentecost Sunday obligation? Let us know. I spoke about the ongoing role of the sacrament of confirmation in Christian life. There were a couple things … Read More
CQ CQ CQ Ham Radio Saturday: DXing and Vatican call sighting, and Vatican Radio LATIN news program
I have had some success making DX contacts recently. Here’s a shot of my log from yesterday. Sometimes when it is hard to copy the callsign letters, some hams will veer away from the standard NATO alphabet and use other … Read More
WDTPRS – Vigil of Pentecost (1962MR): from gerbils to lions
Can you believe that today is already the Vigil of Pentecost? COLLECT (1962MR): Praesta, quaesumus, omnipotens Deus: ut claritatis tuae super nos splendor effulgeat; et lux tuae lucis corda eorum, qui per gratiam tuam renati sunt, Sancti Spiritus illustratione confirmet. Splendor … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, WDTPRS
Tagged claritas, gerbils, illustratio, splendor, vigil, Vigil of Pentecost
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1 Comment
“Why should I send somebody in my place to be killed?”
At the site of the Knights of Columbus (bad choice about the uniforms, men, very) magazine, Columbus, there is a seriously moving account of D-Day and the storming of the beaches of Normandy. HERE A sample… […] Then the coxswain … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, Si vis pacem para bellum!
Tagged D-Day, John 15:13
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4 Comments
DAY 9 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, PODCAzT
Tagged Ascension, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, novena, Pentecost
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3 Comments
DAY 8 – Novena of Prayer to the Holy Spirit – AUDIO
Let us, upon our knees, pray in a special way to God the Holy Spirit during this time between Ascension Thursday and Pentecost. This is one way to pray. I invite the readership to join in. MANNER OF PRAYING THE … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT
Tagged Ascension, Gifts of the Holy Spirit, Holy Ghost, Holy Spirit, intellectus, novena, Pentecost
2 Comments
2 Comments
Bp. Paprocki bans pro-abortion politicians from Holy Communion
Bp. Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, the capital city of the state, has issued a decree on 2 June which bans pro-abortion politicians from receiving Holy Communion in the diocese entrusted to his care. The trigger for this was the … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Canon Law, Fr. Z KUDOS
Tagged Bp. Paprocki, can. 915, can.916, D. Springfield in Illinois
21 Comments
21 Comments
kurtmasur on ASK FATHER: Why did dioceses stop using the word, “the” before words like “priesthood”, “Eucharist, or “Church?: “@Ave Maria: Re: “Pope Leo carries Eucharist among 1.2 million people. Not ‘The’ Eucharist…” If that’s the headline of the…”
