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- JabbaPapa on ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”: “IMHO the “Nova Vulgata” is a travesty. Saint Jerome’s wonderful translation is the first Bible I read, starting with it…”
- on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “Are you gonna punch me, Father? When will I bear the brunt of Godly wrath at the hands of a…”
- on Daily Rome Shot 1078: “As an illegal immigrant, Bishop Menjivar cannot be persecuted by the Church, it would destroy its virtue signaling.”
- on My View For Awhile – Flight Day: “Flying to Europe is more stressful and it seems more expensive than flying to Asia. What I find even more…”
- on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “Disrespect is never virtuous. That is the entirety of my thought on the matter. Much of the time I lose…”
- on ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”: “Not so rusty, Father! Rich indeed. A fine lesson and much appreciated. I’ve been wondering for years about different translations…”
- on Full contact martial arts as mandatory seminary training.: “Security during a Traditional Mass offers a different angle with ad Orientem. The faithful need to be alert and willing…”
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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
Confessions during the Triduum
Each year one sees confusion about the Sacrament of Penance during the Triduum. Some priests, liturgical experts, and even diocesan liturgy offices wrongly claim the rubrics of the Missal or “Sacramentary” forbid the sacrament of Penance. However, this claim is … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick
Tagged Good Friday, sacrament of penance, Triduum
19 Comments
19 Comments
Getting ready for Palm Sunday
We are getting ready for Palm Sunday.
Posted in Brick by Brick, Just Too Cool, Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, What Fr. Z is up to
Tagged Holy Week, Palm Sunday
10 Comments
10 Comments
YOUR Palm Sunday and Holy Week
Give us a description of Palm Sunday at your parish as well as what is going on during Holy Week before the Triduum begins. For my part, I will be involved with the Palm Sunday in the Extraordinary Form at … Read More
Cincinnati: Extraordinary Form Triduum
I had a note from St. Mark’s Chaplaincy and Una Voce Cincinnati that the Triduum including Tenebrae will be celebrated in the Extraordinary Form. For further information about any of these services, please call (513) 393 9872.
Brick by Brick in Amsterdam
If it can be done in Amsterdam, it can be done anywhere. NLM has a page with some photos of a recent Pontifical Mass in the Extraordinary Form in Amsterdam. Friends, don’t just sit and wish you could have one. … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged Amsterdam, Brick by Brick
15 Comments
15 Comments
Scotland’s Bishops to deploy the new, corrected translation in September
My emphases in this story from CNA: Glasgow, Scotland, Apr 12, 2011 / 07:19 pm (CNA).- Scotland’s bishops have become the latest to give their backing to the new English translation of the Roman Missal. The bishops said the new … Read More
REVIEW: Letters to an Altar Boy (Angelus Press)
The publishing arm of the SSPX has reprinted a 1952 work by Fr. David E. Rosage, Letters to an Altar Boy (reprint 2011). The thin book begins with a quote from Rev. Thomas O’Donnell, CSC (Director of the Knights of … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Brick by Brick, REVIEWS, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM
Tagged altar boys, altar service
23 Comments
23 Comments
Brick by brick in the Netherlands
Brick by brick in Groningen, Netherlands: Just returned from Mass celebrated in the Cathedral of Groningen (North of the Netherlands). Nothing unusual you might think. But tonight for the first in very very long time, Mass in extra-ordinary form was … Read More
Card. Burke pontificating
I was pleased to see on John Sonnen’s page that Card. Burke celebrated pontifically in the Extraordinary Form at the Station Church San Nicola in Carcere. I have a special connection with that church which I explain in today’s LENTCAzT. … Read More
Please read this, help a priest, and many priests and bishops through him
I want to bring to the attention of the readership an important development in our collective spiritual warfare. Holy Souls Hermitage A long-time, some-time participant here, Father George David Byers, CPM, has begun his life as a Hermit dedicated to … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Mail from priests, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged Fr. George Byers, hermit
4 Comments
4 Comments
JabbaPapa on ASK FATHER: WDTPRS – “What to do when the new and old Vulgates differ, the entire context is changed?”: “IMHO the “Nova Vulgata” is a travesty. Saint Jerome’s wonderful translation is the first Bible I read, starting with it…”
