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Category Archives: Lighter fare
Royal Wedding preview
Do you remember the dancing wedding … entrance… ummm… procession? [wp_youtube]4-94JhLEiN0[/wp_youtube] Here is a rehearsal for the entrance procession for the upcoming royal wedding. [wp_youtube]Kav0FEhtLug[/wp_youtube] Yes… we need Summorum Pontificum. o{];¬)
QUAERITUR: Tarting-it-up for a church wedding
[Raising my eyes to heaven even as I grope for that third rail with my outstretched toe.] From a readerette: I’m having a bit of a conflict with my bride-to-be best friend, who has gone Bridezilla on me. She asked … Read More
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Tagged modesty, wedding
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And exercise in contrasts: [wp_youtube]rh_nqtp3VrU[/wp_youtube] And then there was this: UPDATE: And in Los Angeles this year, 2011, at the Three Day so Darkness Conference… er um… Education Conference. No hotel meeting room, like the “liturgy” at the top. Is … Read More
QUAERITUR: About the 2nd Confiteor
From a reader: Can a preist decide to have second confiteor as a holy jester before holy communion. The 1962 edition of the Missale Romanum does not mention the 2nd Confiteor or any sort of gesture. I assume from that … Read More
Baby Talk… no, it’s not about the lame-duck ICEL translation
Just in case you are one of the three people in the internet using universe who hasn’t yet seen this video – I hadn’t until this afternoon – enjoy. The conversation is at the level of the lame-duck ICEL translation, … Read More
It’s restorative! It’s roborative! It’s enthralling for cats!
I had an email today from the Brothers of the Little Oratory in San Diego who have a blog. They have received a shipment of Mystic Monk Coffee. Their cats were ensorceled, mostly, though they both had to crawl into … Read More
Fr. Z on John Allen on “Top Nine Reasons why Baseball is to Sports what Catholicism is to Religion.”
My friend the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen, Jr., sadly still writing for the ultra-liberal dissenting National Catholic Reporter has a in his Friday saddle-bag a piece about the sport God loves which I must share with the readership here. … Read More
Just too cool, for people who like gizmos
Imagine the possible applications! [wp_youtube]3CR5y8qZf0Y[/wp_youtube] And did you see the video of the guy who can spin an inverted glass full of water? Did ya?
Damian Thompson on birettas
From Damian Thompson‘s blog: Bring back the biretta: why hatless priests should reclaim their heritage By Damian Thompson Religion Last updated: March 24th, 2011 Here is a splendid new blog devoted entirely to the subject of birettas – a wonderful … Read More
A pair of pair of cuff links
As I was looking for more information on the so-called “Augustinian biretta” (which seems to be a lot taller than a Roman biretta), on Dieter Philippi’s site I ran across papal cuff links worn by Benedict XVI. “Hmmm…”, quoth I. … Read More
