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Category Archives: Linking Back
St. Thomas and the beating, living, healing, Heart of Love.
Here is something a wrote some time ago, reflecting on the meeting of the Risen Lord and Thomas and the “hand” and “side” incident. Here is something that I wrote a while back. Since today in the Vetus Ordo calendar … Read More
ASK FATHER: Must we abstain from eating meat on Friday in the Octave of Easter?
We are now in the Easter Octave – Happy Easter! Let’s get out in front of this before the calendar clicks over to Friday Each year I get a question from readers about our obligation to do penance on Friday … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, 1983 CIC can. 915, Linking Back
Tagged Friday abstinence
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6 Comments
Good Friday FASTING and ABSTINENCE explained, links to recipes, notes about what breaks the fast, what doesn’t
To aid me in keeping my online time down today, here is something from a couple years back. It’s Good Friday! Here are a couple of recipes for good food for this day of fasting and abstinence. Since I made … Read More
1993 – 30 years ago when Mother Angelica declared war
I am stretching back into my memory for how this all worked. In 1993 John Paul II went to Denver for World Youth Day There were Stations of the Cross, mimed, in which a woman depicted Christ. Mother Angelica of … Read More
Posted in Liberals, Linking Back, The Coming Storm, The future and our choices, Women Religious
Tagged Mother Angelica
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13 Comments
19 March – Feast of St. Joseph – Hope of the sick, Patron of the dying, Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church!
Glorious St. Joseph. Hope of the sick, Patron of the dying, Terror of demons, Protector of Holy Church, Back in 2009 I made a PODCAzT – FOURTEEN YEARS AGO?!? – about the hymn sung in the Liturgy of Hours in … Read More
WDTPRS – 4th Sunday of Lent – Laetare (N.O.): Prompt devotion and eager faith
The nickname Laetare originated from the first word of the Introit chant for Sunday’s Mass, “Rejoice!” On Laetare Sunday there is a slight relaxation of Lent’s penitential spirit, because we have a glimpse of the joy that is coming at Easter, … Read More
Posted in LENT, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Save The Liturgy - Save The World, WDTPRS
Tagged Laetare Sunday
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8 Comments
15 March – A ramble about the #IdesOfMarch
We call today the Ides of March, made especially famous in the English speaking world by Shakespeare in his play Julius Caesar. Caesar: Who is it in the press that calls on me? I hear a tongue shriller than all the … Read More
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