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Category Archives: Classic Posts
Fr. Murray on 1 year after ‘Amoris laetitia’: The state of the question.
My friend Fr. Gerald Murray, frequent contributor at The Catholic Thing and quite simply the best clerical TV commentator around (EWTN has to kick its game up to deserve him). Fr. Murray has offered comments about Amoris laetitia one year after its … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, The Drill
Tagged Amoris Laetitia, Five Dubia, Four Cardinals, Fr. Gerald Murray, Juan Manuel de Rosas, People's Theology, praxis
29 Comments
29 Comments
OLDIE PODCAzT 88: Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart; Leo XIII’s Annum Sacrum
Here is my now “oldie” PODCAzT from 2009. As I listened to this, I was struck by how timely it still is, especially about how some are trying to banish Christ and the Church from the public square. ORIGINAL 11 June … Read More
Good Friday 3 April AD 33 – Eclipses as Christ died on the Cross
This is definitely worth reposting. The fellow who made the video about the Star of Bethlehem (a compelling argument, I might add), also did some research about what happened in the heavens on Good Friday. Let’s break it down. Passover … Read More
ASK FATHER: Vocation to priesthood, but I want only the Traditional Mass
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have been reading it for 4 years and it has greatly helped me as a Catholic and in discerning my vocation. I am 18 and strongly feel called to the priesthood. My question is, are … Read More
TRIDUUM NOTE – How early can the Easter Vigil 2017 begin?
We are getting to that time of Lent when we should be thinking about the schedule for the Vigil of Easter. Here is an oldie but goodie. Updated for 2017. From a reader: QUAERITUR: There is a parish in our … Read More
OLDIE: Fanon Alert! Benedict XVI and Christmas Mass
From 24 December 2012, of happy memory…. His Holiness has his fanon again for the First Mass of Christmas. Nice to see. More on the fanon, hated by liberals and the ungodly, HERE.
Posted in Benedict XVI, Classic Posts, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged Benedict XVI, fanon
13 Comments
13 Comments
FROM THE ARCHIVE: 1993 – When Mother Angelica EXPLODED!
Today something passed my screen which reminded me of that incredible Catholic TV moment when Mother Angelica exploded about the shenanigans at World Youth Day in 1993 where a woman portrayed Christ for a Way of the Cross done in … Read More
PODCAzT 143: Fulton J. Sheen – “In the face of this false broadmindedness, what the world needs is intolerance.”
With a biretta tip to my friend Fr. Heilman at Roman Catholic Man, this PODCAzT welcomes today’s guest Ven. Fulton J. Sheen. We will hear his Plea for Intolerance … yes, you read that right. It seems appropriate to read this … Read More
Posted in Classic Posts, Hard-Identity Catholicism, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, The Drill
Tagged broadmindedness, Fulton J. Sheen, podcast, PODCAzT, tolerance
10 Comments
10 Comments
EXSULTET: WDTPRS and audio
The EXSULTET is one of the most spectacular moments of all the Church’s liturgical life. When it is sung well in Latin the Church is in her glory! I have fond memories of singing the Exsultet. The first time, I … Read More
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