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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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- YES! (66%, 1,905 Votes)
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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 Votes)
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Total Voters: 26,606
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Category Archives: I’m just askin’…
From First Things and Forum Letter: “Temple prostitution: a modest proposal”
Want to have a chuckle while looking at a serious issue? Serious for the Lutherans, that is. You remember the ELCA decision last summer about homosexual clergy and same-sex unions? I picked up on the site of First Things their … Read More
I’m just askin’
I don’t know, but does this seem like a pretty good summation to you?
How much?
How much will the President’s trip to accept the doubtfully deserved Nobel Peace cost the American public? In tax money? Self-esteem? Will Nobel Prize and Academy Award winner Al Gore comment on the carbon off-sets flying POTUS and all his … Read More
A question about Kerala
The great Sandro Magister of Chiesa has a piece today which prompts a question. Here is the very first part: The Kerala Exception. A Trip to India’s Most Christian and Peaceful State There are ten times more Catholics there than … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why? Airport security and the Bishop of Antigonish.
You heard about the nasty business of the Bishop of Antigonish, NS. The moral failures of this bishop should only serve to remind us that the Church really is guided by the Holy Spirit after all. Otherwise, there is no … Read More
Phoenix, AZ: secularist pogrom focused on church bells
The late Msgr. Richard Schuler loved church bells. The lofty bell tower of St. Agnes Church in St. Paul with its four bells, would ring the hours and half hours 24/7, as well as the Angelus at noon and 6 … Read More
funeral question
Are funerals really no longer for the purpose of praying for the soul of the deceased? Do the dead no longer need prayers? I’m just askin’ What are funeral Masses for?
The Exceptional Catholic
Is it true that Pres. Obama is slated to give a eulogy during a Funeral Mass for the late Sen. Kennedy? I am not quite sure, but this is what the news reports are suggesting. I’m just askin’ If so…. … Read More
Winds of change
In my native place, Minneapolis, where Episcopalians/Anglicans first decided to "ordain" women, it seems that my former confessional splinter group the Lutheran Church – no wait – there is no Lutheran Church…. the ELCA, is debating the issue of openly … Read More
There are many types of scandal
I once saw a cartoon of two souls up to their necks in a hellish lake of fire, demons leering over them. One soul says to the other, "At least yours were sins of commission!" We can sin by commission … Read More
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