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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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- Fr. Kelly on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Within the first couple of years of his papacy, I recall (but I have not been able to find the…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I have noticed this new strategy, of prelates asking for the NO to be celebrated reverently and according to the…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I wonder how the majority of priests, deacons, and bishops feel about several Catholics leaving Mass immediately after communion. No,…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Our now-retired pastor was asked by many to say the St. Michael Prayer at the end of Sunday Masses. He…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I’m actually torn about this. Not at all about the St Michael prayer, but perhaps about prayers before Mass. Some…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Wouldn’t praying various prayers together, or even one, after Mass be one of those so-called “organic developments” of the liturgy…”
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Category Archives: Just Too Cool
Facing down the worst of our storms and threats with prayer
Hurricane Laura was terribly destructive. It was, after all, a hurricane. However, it wasn’t as destructive as anticipated. That might be small relief to those who have directly suffered from it, but at least there are fewer of those who directly … Read More
VIDEO: Police critic has a try at police use of force scenarios
This was terrific. It’s a video from 2015. Tip of the biretta o{]:¬) to @VickiMcKenna I’ve had the opportunity to do some of this simulation training. Things happen really fast. I got killed a few times.
Posted in Just Too Cool, Semper Paratus, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices
Tagged Law Enforcement
1 Comment
1 Comment
“The Lost Tools Of Learning” and Defunding Public Schools
The chaos and violence in our summer streets this year are the vile fruits of an increasingly leftist, ideological, politicized public education system. The idiots in the streets, embracing fantasies about Marxism imbibed in school room, are doing precisely what … Read More
Sun Daggars!
This is super cool. I’ve always been interested in how people track time, during the day and across the seasons. I’ve posted about the sundial of Augustus in Rome and the obelisk of St. Peter’s, the sunclocks of St. Sulpice … Read More
Lammas – Loaf Mass Day – 1 August
Call it what you will, 1 August, Feast of St. Peter in Chains, Feast of the Holy Maccabees, it is also Lammas. Noooo…. not the big hairy sheep. Lammas is Anglo-Saxon hlaf-mas or Loaf Mass. This is a first fruits harvest … Read More
Comet tales
This morning I am celebrating with an onion bagel and avocado, with really strong coffee in my Unreconstructed Ossified Manualist mug. Thanks to my local Ham Radio “Elmer”, last night I was finally able to get a great glimpse of … Read More
My View For Awhile: Jezero Crater
My View For Awhile… well… this one might have to be postponed for a while. I’ve signed up with NASA for some news and links for the upcoming launch of PERSEVERANCE and the little Martian chopper INGENUITY. The way I see it, … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare, Look! Up in the sky!
Tagged Gunner, JPL, LASER, Mars, NASA, rover
2 Comments
2 Comments
Another milestone…
Today I noticed on my StatCounter that we’ve surpassed the 97 million visits mark. This is since I started tracking stats with it in November of 2006, some time after the blog was inaugurated. The stat meter is on the … Read More
A man you readers helped has been ordained to the priesthood!
Here’s something to make your day a little brighter. Do you long term readers remember helping an American seminarian, then deacon, for the Institute of Christ the King raise money to pay for his seminary formation? (Yes, most of the … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Linking Back, Mail from priests
Tagged Institute of Christ the King
7 Comments
7 Comments
Big Business Abortion NOT happy with “Little Sisters of the Poor v. Pennsylvania”
Rewire.News is a radical leftist and pro-death internet concern. It’s chairman is the head of Big Business Abortion (aka Planned Parenthood) in Arizona. I checked out their site and afterward felt the need to use an eyewash. These people are … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, Emanations from Penumbras, Just Too Cool
Tagged Little Sisters of the Poor
9 Comments
9 Comments
Fr. Kelly on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Within the first couple of years of his papacy, I recall (but I have not been able to find the…”
