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Category Archives: “How To…” – Practical Notes
Wherein Fr. Z concedes about the “one Mass for two obligations” theory
I have written a couple times (HERE and HERE) about the possibility of attending one Mass on Saturday evening of the day of the Immaculate Conception (a Holy Day of Obligation in these USA) and, thereby, of fulfilling also the … Read More
NYC 7 December: 1st Friday @ Holy Innocents – all night vigil with Masses and devotions
Anyone in the New York City area should want to know that at the Church of the Holy Innocents an all night vigil is held on 1st Fridays. Holy Innocents is 128 West 37th Street (between Broadway and 7th). It … Read More
QUAERITUR: Should I, a deacon, go on “strike” when I see liturgical abuses?
From a deacon: Dear Father Z, my parish priest is leftist and modernist (like the vast majority of priests and bishops here in ___) and always changes the words of the Missal, adding his personal opinions. His homilies are more … Read More
QUAERITUR: Do I fulfill my 8 December Holy Day Mass obligation on Saturday and my Sunday obligation by going to Mass on Saturday evening?
Go HERE for an important follow-up post. I am getting a lot of questions about fulfilling the Mass obligation on the upcoming Saturday afternoon, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. For example, Would it fulfill my obligation for the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can we write down notes and thoughts during Holy Mass?
From a reader: I tend to think of some of my best ideas during Mass. I keep a small notebook and a pen in my pocket. Is it permissible to jot down quick thoughts? Sure, I think that is okay… … Read More
Secret Shadow Government Latin Space War Patch!
I don’t get to write titles like that very often. From a reader: I don’t know that the story about the Secret Shadow Government and the Secret Space War (with ETs) has any logical home on WDTPRS (although I did … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged aliens, chicken, dative, ET
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19 Comments
Are Christ’s mission and Holy Church well-served by “me-tooism”?
My friend Fr. Tim Finigan, His Hermeueticalness, has written with a touch of irony about the recent launch of the Holy Father’s Twitter account, @pontifex. Among Father’s observations is an amusing bit about how the Holy See’s explanatory announcement of this Twitter … Read More
@Pontifex
The Holy Father’s new Twitter account is up and running: @Pontifex He has not tweeted anything yet, at the time of this writing. From VIS: The Pope’s presence on Twitter is a concrete expression of his conviction that the Church … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Benedict XVI
Tagged Benedict XVI, Pontifex, pope, Twitter
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22 Comments
Question to readers: RSS feed problem?
Is anyone having a problem with the blog’s RSS feed? A couple people have written about it, by I am not seeing the trouble.
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