Daily Archives: 6 March 2023

EXCELLENT MODEL for other Bishops about how to handle requests for St. Patrick’s Day dispensations for Lenten Friday Abstinence

From Twitter by a reader here… This is a great model.

Posted in SESSIUNCULA | Tagged
17 Comments

From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-03-06

March 6, 2023 Dear Diary, “Mr. Domenico” has been the tailor here for years. Cute old guy. A true expert. Saw him just before Christmas to be fitted for some new things. He outdid himself. The new cassocks are slimming. … Read More

Posted in Diary of Bp. McButterpants, SESSIUNCULA | Tagged
5 Comments

Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 2nd Sunday of Lent 2023

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. It was the 2nd Sunday of Lent in the Novus Ordo and in the Vetus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in … Read More

Posted in SESSIUNCULA |
2 Comments

Daily Rome Shot 683

Photo by The Great Roman™ St Peter’s dome is turning black. Why? Welcome Registrant: Mrs. Help the traditional Benedictine monks of Le Barroux who are making good wine. Meanwhile,… White to move.  White is in serious trouble and the best … Read More

Posted in SESSIUNCULA |
7 Comments

The rhetoric of “walking together-ity”

Robert Royal has a good piece today at The Catholic Thing about the twisty, tricksy, rhetoric of reality distortion that is hanging like a dense fog obscuring the swamp of synodality (“walking together-ity”). The Ruinous Rhetoric of ‘Synodal Interpretation’ Here’s … Read More

Posted in Synod | Tagged
2 Comments