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Monthly Archives: October 2020
ASK FATHER: Can einkorn flour be used for the Eucharist? It is lower in gluten.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Einkorn is a variety of wild wheat that has a different gluten structure than modern wheat. Some people with gluten sensitivities can tolerate it better. Would it still be valid material for the holy eucharist? Here … Read More
28 October 2020 – Feast Sts. Simon and Jude: MASS FOR BENEFACTORS
Wednesday 28 October will be my birthday. Because my benefactors are great gifts to me, I will say Mass for the intention of my benefactors – I keep track of you – on Wednesday at Noon CDT (Deo volente). It … Read More
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#ASonnetADay – GUEST SONNET by John Donne – “Death be not proud,…”
#ASonnetADay – John Donne – “Death be not proud,…” pic.twitter.com/qMdT03ipQg — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 26, 2020
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (NO: 30th Ordinary) 2020 – POLL: Francis same-sex unions topic during homily?
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Read More
ASK FATHER: I don’t like Trump or Biden. Can I opt out and not vote at all?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I don’t like either Trump or Biden. I wish we had better candidates. I don’t even want to vote, but I see that this is an important election. So many things depend on it. What does … Read More
#ASonnetADay – 72. “O, lest the world should task you to recite…”
#ASonnetADay – 72. “O, lest the world should task you to recite…” pic.twitter.com/9ySpLC5m50 — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) October 25, 2020
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Sunday of Christ the King – Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Church’s traditional calendar, this final Sunday in October is celebrated as the Feast of Christ the King. This feast was implemented by Pope Piux XI in 1925 with Quas primas, in the face of secularism, the spread of materialistic … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Recent comments about same-sex unions… a “slap in the face” of those trying to leave homosexual lifestyle?
From a reader in a comment… QUAERITUR: When “going to the periphery” crosses the line is when the exception becomes the rule of law. What about COURAGE ministry, isn’t this a slap in the face of those trying to enact … Read More
Venezuelan dictator Maduro cites Francis to promote same-sex marriage legislation
The other day I posted my thoughts about the dreadfully confusing and anxiogenic remarks on video made by Francis in which he obviously condoned same-sex civil unions, as he has done in the past. HERE Some have tried to explain … Read More
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Tagged Francis, same-sex unions, scandal, Venezuela
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JabbaPapa on ASK FATHER: “Are the faithful who go to the SSPX being sacramentally forgiven in confession, or not?”: “Last time this question was clarified by the CDF prior to the lifting of the previous excommunications, they said that…”
