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Category Archives: Lighter fare
QUAERITUR: To clink or not to clink. WDTPRS POLL
From a reader: I had the privilege of attending a wonderful EF Mass for Easter, and on the way back we were engaged in a discussion as to whether whoever is doing the incense is required to try to cause … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Lighter fare, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS, Priests and Priesthood, The Drill
Tagged berreta, chain, clink, fire extinguishers, incensation, incense, liturgy, poll, thurible, worship
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93 Comments
My Eggs Benedict roundup with obiter dicta
To observe both Pope Benedict’s Birthday and National Eggs Benedict Day (coincidence?) I made… wait for it… Eggs Benedict. Thank you to the few, you happy few, who sent donations for groceries. I thought of you as I shopped and … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Canadian bacon, chives, Eggs Benedict, English muffin, Ham radio, Hollandaise sauce, lemon, QRU
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10 Comments
National Eggs Benedict Day … Coincidence?
A friend has informed me that, in addition to it being Pope Benedict’s 85th birthday, it is also.. and I didn’t know this… National Eggs Benedict Day. Coincidence? I think not. Thus, I urge you all to make or to … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z's Kitchen, Lighter fare
Tagged Eggs Benedict
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11 Comments
When the Global Killer Asteroid arrives, let’s do better than the Great Successor!
How are we going to get Bruce Willis up to 2011 AG5, that killer asteroid that’s heading our way?!? Don’t ask North Korea’s Great Successor Kim Jong-un! Whatever their next act is, Ladies and Gents, it’ll be a blast too. I … Read More
President of the Twilight Zone
In an article on National Review Online by Michael Tanner there is a line that any writer will envy. “Deconstructing one of President Obama’s speeches can be a bit like taking a trip to an alternate universe.”
Posted in Lighter fare, The Drill
Tagged Michael Tanner, National Review, Pres. Obama, Twilight Zone
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1 Comment
Tips For Priests
Here is a fun and useful… Tip For Priests! I occasionally post about some poor priest whose phone erupts during Mass or in the confessional. By “erupt”, I mean Father forgot either to leave the phone in the sacristy (best) … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Lighter fare
Tagged iPhone, phones, ringtones, tips for priests
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25 Comments
QUAERITUR: Shhhhh! Secret evil societies!
From a reader: Father, we have all heard the rumors of secret evil societies such as the illuminati, the freemasons, etc., the one world government purveyors of evil, but what of their antithesis? I have never heard any stories of, let’s … Read More
Lighter heavy fare
From a reader: “the dessert I made for Easter dinner this evening, set in front of my “squadron of scotches”
The Pope’s egg heads
I had to read the headline twice. From CNS: Pope’s chocolate egg heads to prison By Bridget Kelly Catholic News Service Pope Benedict XVI admires his 551-pound chocolate Easter egg before donating it to a youth detention center in Rome. … Read More
Summit “Soap Sisters” Sighting on TV. Involves also the Shroud of Turin. No. Really.
On FNC there was a great spot about the Soap Sisters in New Jersey, the Dominican Sisters of Our Lady of the Rosary. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com I have written about the “Soap Sisters” quite a few times … Read More
Posted in Just Too Cool, Lighter fare
Tagged FNC, Fox and Friends, Seignadou Soap, Shroud of Turin, soap, Summit Dominicans
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