Daily Archives: 13 July 2021

ASK FATHER: RUMOR – Will the attack on Summorum Pontificum be on Friday, O.L. of Mt. Carmel?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: I just read on Rorate that they expect Francis to issue his new motu proprio restricting the celebration of the Latin Mass this week Friday.  Do you think it was deliberate that they chose to issue … Read More

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ASK FATHER: Can a pastor delegate to a deacon the faculty to witness marriages of non-subjects?

From a reader… QUAERITUR: Can a pastor where a wedding is held delegate faculties for a deacon to assist at marriages in his parish over subjects that are not his? My wife and I were married by a Deacon in … Read More

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UPDATE: Wine from the traditional Benedictines of Le Barroux – sale extended!

If you missed it before, in honor of the Tour de France, which passed through their vineyards (from the time of the Avignon Popes – think Châteauneuf-du-Pape) the monks of Le Barroux have extended the sale of their fine wine … Read More

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13 July: St. Ezra (Esdras), Old Testament Scribe and spectacular baroque musical weirdness

Today is the feast of St. Ezra or Esdras. In the 5th c. BC, the Persian Artaxerxes allowed a scribe named Ezra to return to Jerusalem to restore the Temple worship and the law of Moses.  At Jerusalem he finds … Read More

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