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Monthly Archives: August 2021
¡Hagan lío! Invitation to Bishops and Priests to Fast, Recite Leo XIII’s Exorcism Prayer on Vigil of the Assumption
I was sent this. It seems like a good thing to do (pace certain prelates). INVITATION TO BISHOPS AND PRIESTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD TO A DAY OF FASTING AND THE RECITATION OF THE EXORCISM OF LEO XIII ON THE … Read More
Fr. Murray on bishops, ‘c’atholic pro-abortion politicians (=Democrats), and Eucharistic coherence
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray has a good piece at, surprisingly, the UK’s once great Catholic Herald. HERE He tackles the problem of catholic Democrat politicians who promote abortion while claiming to be faithful members of the Church. Rightly, Fr. … Read More
Bishops’ differing approaches to Traditionis custodes
The heat and fallout from the nuke that fell on the anniversary of the detonation of the first atomic bomb, a date chosen perhaps to add insult to injury by the fact that it was the Feast of Our Lady … Read More
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST – for Card. Burke
UPDATE: Or…. which seems not to be accurate. Update from Peter Kwasniewski about Cardinal Burke’s health pic.twitter.com/AHrrDHuiw1 — Nick Donnelly (@ProtecttheFaith) August 10, 2021
It might be the real Holy Grail
On this Feast of St. Lawrence this seems appropriate. The Holy Grail might be in Valencia, Spain. There is an interesting book by Janice Bennett entitled St. Laurence and the Holy Grail: the story of the Holy Chalice of Valencia … Read More
WDTPRS: Vespers hymn for Mondays – Immense caeli Conditor
It is good sometimes to sit and really drill into the hymns for the liturgical Hours, rather than just read them through – familiar as they become with repetition (the essence of liturgical rites). It helps to know the melodies, … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, WDTPRS
Tagged hymn, vespers
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For your JUST TOO COOL file as well as a preparedness consideration and a nifty Ham Radio note
At ARRL there was an eye-catching title in a list of old posts on the side bar (much like all the titles of my posts on my side bar). HMS Bounty Rescue “Okay…”, quoth I. “I wasn’t aware that HF … Read More
Posted in Ham Radio, Just Too Cool, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Ham radio, HMS Bounty
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Seminarians to be required to get the COVID-1984 jab in order to return in Fall 2021
Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, is one of the most prestigious seminaries in these USA. It has enjoyed a good reputation for years. In the decades when many (most… virtually all) seminaries were cesspools, “The Mount” was comparatively … Read More
Posted in The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, You must be joking!
Tagged COVID-1984, vaccination
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The Blessed Virgin receiving Holy Communion, and more
Fr. Vierling made my day today by posting on Twitter this wonderful 17th c. Flemish School painting of the Blessed Virgin receiving Holy Communion from St. John, who is obviously celebrating Mass with the “Tridentine” Missale Romanum. Note the altar … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes: 11th Sunday after Pentecost (19th 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
ASK FATHER: Will happiness in heaven be incomplete if our loved ones aren’t there too?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I always hear that when we die and go to heaven we will see our loved ones again. That we will be together again. But how can that be? How can It be if someone you … Read More
WDTPRS – 19th Ordinary Sunday: God will come to us not as “stranger God”, but as Father God!
The Collect for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time was not in previous editions Missale Romanum before the 1970 Novus Ordo. It has roots in the 9th century Sacramentary of Bergamo and thus is ancient text. Well… sort of. Note that … Read More
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Tagged adoption as sons
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