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- NancyP on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: “Beautiful roses, and beautiful peppers! I miss living in Italy! Please pray, Father Z and all who read this, for…”
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- on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: “Yellow roses! To me yellow roses have long symbolized the intercession of St. Thérèse and answered prayer. Many years ago,…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: ““Far more interesting than anything going on with walking together” A category which is only slightly less broad than Being.…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: “Dear Fr. Z. What a magnificent floral bouquet for Our Blessed Lady from the 50th Anniversary couple !!! A floral…”
- on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: “SPACE EXPLORATION! I blame the Baltimore Catechism. In he 1950’s they added the question, “Is there Llife on other planets?”…”
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Monthly Archives: February 2023
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-28 Encounter the Encounter
Feb 27th, 2023 Dear Diary, Push-back on the new program “Encountering the Encounter”. Their main grousein the finance meetings is the money for hiring those two gals to do some online site for it, plus printing pamphlets and “worship aids” … Read More
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Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome new registrant: Mrs The wonderful nuns of Gower Abbey, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, have a beautiful disc and digital download: Tenebrae at Ephesus US HERE – UK HERE These are the RESPONSORIES of Tenebrae … Read More
These numbers suggest a seriously unhealthy Church. UPDATED
From this new study about vocations to the priesthood and ordinations in these USA: HERE I was told by a bishop that bishops say they do not hear that men have been inspired toward priesthood by Francis. Of course the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” 23-02-27 – Ad Lumina visit to Rome
February 27th 2023 Dear Diary, It chaps my hide, as my dad always said, that I’ve only been on one Ad Lumina visit to Rome. The pandemic messed so much up. So they’re talking about our region getting over there … Read More
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From a friend in Rome. Open in new tab for larger. It’s nice. Right click… Please use my links when using Amazon? The income is important, especially as we get to the end of a month. Thanks in advance. US HERE – … Read More
“Be perfect.” “How’s that, again?!?”
Quoted from Robert Royal’s latest column at The Catholic Thing: St. John Henry Newman explains in his “simple rule of life”: It is the saying of holy men that, if we wish to be perfect, we have nothing more to do … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 1st Sunday of Lent 2023
Historically, today, the 1st Sunday of Lent, was the beginning of Lent. Ash Wednesday and the intervening days were added later. That makes this Sunday historically and theologically important. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-26 – Saturday Vigil Mass
This just in. February 26th 2023 Dear Diary, Annoying Finance Council meeting Friday. Aren’t they all. Why they scheduled it for a Friday beats me. But anyway, we’re rolling in it. Or at least I think we are? Anyway, I’ve … Read More
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From a friend in Rome, at my usual flower stand run by “Pippo” where I have bought flowers for some 30 years. Welcome new registrants: PHILAPOL6464 CaptainH From the 1969 musical version of Goodbye, Mr. Chips. What a lot of … Read More
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (N.O.): our season of transforming mystery
The Roman Station for the 1st Sunday of Lent is St. John Lateran. COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR): Concede nobis, omnipotens Deus, ut, per annua quadragesimalis exercitia sacramenti, et ad intellegendum Christi proficiamus arcanum, et effectus eius digna conversatione sectemur. Quadragesima is the … Read More
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (TLM): our season of transforming mystery
With this 1st Sunday of Lent we are fully into our forty day season of purification and preparation. Speaking of forty, the Latin for Lent is Quadragesima, “fortieth”. St Leo the Great (d 461) used the phrase quadragesimale ieiunium, “the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” 23-02-25 “Cathedraticum”
Feb 25th 2023, Dear Diary, A strange thing happened today. I suddenly hear Fr. Tommy shouting something in Latin in his office over and over again. Chester was immediately on the case and I followed. There was Tommy with the … Read More
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Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome new registrant: Miso Akita Meanwhile,… White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. … Read More
What Card. Müller said about changes to teaching on the death penalty wasn’t really about the death penalty, but something else
This morning found me in a conversation between highly educated friends (among whom are former theologians of the CDF) about a LifeSite story saying that Cardinal Müller, the former Prefect of the CDF, “defended Pope Francis’ ability to change the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-24 Priests retiring.
24 Febuary ’23 Dear Diary, DANG! Three more priests opting for retirement this year. Granted, one of them is 87 and another is 79, but they’re reliable and -more important – they don’t cause me a lot of trouble. They … Read More
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Open in new tab for larger. Meanwhile… The Shanghai Tigers took down the Blitz (French) yesterday the the Indian team MDG1 beat the Arch Bishops of St. Louis. Today Berlin’s Bears v. Croatia Bulldogs and Gotham Knights v. California Unicorns … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-23 Finance meeting
A fresh entry has arrived. 23 February 2023 Dear Diary, Another Finance Council meeting from hell yesterday. Parishes whining about how much of their collection they have to forward to the diocese. It’s Lent, after all. I’d like to “offer … Read More
“Deny Holy Communion?”: a BOOK from Card. Burke about can. 915, etc. Free for BISHOPS, priests and seminarians!
Catholic Action for Faith and Family has republished a work by His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke, one of the most capable canonists in the world. Deny Holy Communion explains the theology, history and law, the reasons for denial of … Read More
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Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome registrant: Elenamaria SLogue ConstantineRespecter Meanwhile…. Yesterday the Spain Maniac Shrimps were dominated by the Garden State Passers. Too bad. Also, … White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day … Read More
NancyP on Rome 24/10 – Day 12: Some flowers for Mary: “Beautiful roses, and beautiful peppers! I miss living in Italy! Please pray, Father Z and all who read this, for…”
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