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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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Category Archives: Linking Back
SUPER-ULTRA-HYPER-URGENT EMERGENCY ACTION ITEM!
Can you help? The CD of Advent music by the Benedictine Nuns in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, is doing well on the charts. I have mentioned them before HERE. I did a review of … Read More
Posted in ADVENT, Lighter fare, Linking Back
Tagged ADVENT, Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles
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O!
Today we begin the final days of Advent, which bring with them the beautiful O Antiphons, or “Great Antiphons”. Years ago I made a page about these antiphons. I have intended (for years) to update the last couple days. The … Read More
An interesting claim about the followers of @pontifex
From Vatican Insider comes this …. color me skeptical. Benedict XVI has almost 2 million followers on Twitter. “The Pope has grasped the full potential of this social network. Facebook’s too personal” VATICAN INSIDER STAFF ROME “Someone had to show … Read More
Benedictine nuns’ Advent music CD: the back story
The new album for Advent by the Benedictine Nuns in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, is at the top of the charts. I have mentioned them before HERE. I did a review of their Christmas … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, The future and our choices
Tagged ADVENT, Benedictines of Mary Queen of Apostles
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“No tiger in its Armenian lair would do it, no lioness … But tender girls do it, though not un-punished”
I have posted this in the past, but it has been a while. Perhaps new readers here have not seen this before. I thought of it because, at the end, I post a video which a reader sent. ___ Today … Read More
Don’t forget The Tablet’s survey on the new, corrected translation!
Don’t forget the survey on the new translation at The Tablet. CLICK HERE It varies from day to day according to the results. But.. hey! Have some fun. My friend Fr. Finigan suggests this music while you fill it … Read More
Blue Vestments? An annual rant.
From a reader: Our priest borrowed glorious old blue vestments in the Roman style for today, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. He announced that it’s the first time for him, and that it is per a 400-some-year-old indult for … Read More
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
About that survey by The Tablet… does anything strike you as a little queer?
I wrote HERE about The Tablet (aka The Bitter Pill aka RU-486 ) and their abortive attempts to get a survey right concerning acceptance of the new, corrected ICEL translation. It has been a tough few days for RU-486, I’m afraid. They … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Lighter fare, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
Tagged RU-486, survey, The Bitter Pill, The Tablet, translation
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17 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
The Bruised Optimist on Archbishop: Church had greater unity under Summorum Pontificum: “The current argument against the TLM is that it is injurious to unity. The next will be that it “steals”…”
