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Monthly Archives: August 2021
31st of the month: lean
FWIW… today is a “thin” day for monthly donation subscriptions. This is partly because on months that have only 30 days, the donations are shifted to the 30th, etc. However, that makes the 30th a little thin too. If you … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 14th Sunday after Pentecost (22nd Ordinary – N.O.)
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday (obligation or none), either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to … Read More
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29 August – Feast of the “cancellation” of St. John the Baptist
Today is the feast of the Beheading of John the Baptist. I have always considered this (also) my name day, and in so many ways it is more appropriate for me than the Nativity of John in June. And since … Read More
What a difference a bishop can make.
From Chess.com today, the Daily Puzzle is from one of the 18th c. “Modenese Masters”, Domenico Ercole del Rio (+1802). There is an elegant forced mate here in 3 but it requires a bold sacrifice. White to move. What a … Read More
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WDTPRS – 22nd Ordinary Sunday: O mighty God of hosts, graft into our hearts the love of Your Name!
In the Sanctus of Holy Mass and, in the great Te Deum, we echo the myriads of angels bowed low in the liturgy of heaven before God’s throne: “Holy, Holy, Holy LORD GOD SABAOTH …. God of “heavenly hosts”. With … Read More
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UPDATED – VIDEO: Priest announces he and people have been forbidden to say St. Michael Prayer and Hail Mary after Mass.
UPDATE: For fairness…. UPDATE: For commonsense…. I encourage the priests in our diocese to pray the St Michael prayer & a Hail Mary or Marian hymn after Mass. Certainly it should be after the Mass has concluded. These prayers can … Read More
ASK FATHER: Griping about canon lawyers and marriage “annulments”
From a reader… QUAERITUR: My experience is that any marriage can be annulled on the grounds of gross immaturity or mental defect. (Didn’t know “porneia” was Greek for these terms….) And when canonists are asked about church laws regarding the … Read More
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Rome Shot 259
In 2005 the bones of St. Augustine were brought to Rome from Pavia to the Church of St. Augustine, where there is also the tomb of Augustine’s mother, Monica. It was the first time in 1617 years that they had … Read More
Catholics who support manifest evils … yes… they are “some kind of Catholic”.
I subscribe to very few print journals and magazines. I just can’t get through them all as they rain down on me. Hence, I am selective. One publication I do subscribe to is Touchstone. There was a powerful editorial in … Read More
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Cri de coeur – “Pape Benoît, intervenez pour nous!”
This came from a friend in France. While I warmly endorse the sentiment, I’m afraid this might be overly optimistic, that Benedict would intercede with Francis. That Francis would even bother to listen even if he did! He’d probably order … Read More
In Pittsburgh, they can always hurt you more.
Become a Custos Traditionis (HERE) and don’t forget a Novena to St. Ann (HERE). ___ When I saw the letter sent by Bp. Zubik of Pittsburgh to the priests of that diocese, I was so taken aback by its overreach and pastoral … Read More
Priest suspended, sent for psychological treatment for celebrating the Novus Ordo in Latin
Today I posted elsewhere something I wrote about before: Moral Injury. I originally wrote about Moral Injury because I had also, previously, written about how bishops use “psychological evaluation” – the Psych Strike Gambit – against priests to remove them … Read More
Talk about optics
The other day I posted about the implementation of Traditionis custodes … TC… by the Bishop of San Diego. In his pastoral care for the most marginalized group in the Church, he suppressed the TLM in the northern part of the diocese. … Read More
