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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
9 August: Today to observe St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) or Vigil of St. Lawrence? A quandary with comments.
Since I am “on the road” I do not have all the accoutrement one might desire for vesting according to the liturgical calendar. Of course white can substitute other colors in a pinch. Today in the Vetus Ordo being the … Read More
ASK FATHER: Home Chapel How To’s – consecrated chalice and paten? Wherein Fr. Z rants
I’ve been getting notes about, and seeing chatter about on the interwebs, people setting up home chapels just in case. I think it is good to have one anyway, not just in case. In any event, while it is relatively easy to … Read More
Opinion piece at NatCathReg about ‘Traditionis custodes’ three years on
I was made aware of a piece published last week by the National Catholic Register by Larry Chapp about Traditionis custodes three years on. I was on the road, so I stashed it for a bit. I was at first rather enthusiastic about … Read More
ASK FATHER: Using leavened bread for Mass – Just in case
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I saw your post about being at the Byzantine church on Sunday. You have pictures of their bread for eucharist. I know that in the Latin Church we are supposed to have unleavened hosts. If you … Read More
On The Road: Pittsburg
This is a recently recovered skeleton of the elusive Pullus, but not the Pullus Galinaceous, but rather Pullus Marinus, as the sign says. It is in the airport in Pittsburgh, which is a strange place for it. However, seeing is … Read More
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27 June: Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Help
I have great affection for the title of Our Lady “Perpetual Help”. At my home parish in St. Paul every Tuesday evening there was the recitation of the Novena of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, followed by Benediction with the … Read More
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22 June in the VETUS AND NOVUS Ordo: St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More
In the Church’s traditional calendar St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More have their feasts on 9 July. More was martyred on 6 July and Fisher on 22 June. In the Novus Ordo calendar they are celebrated today, together. HOWEVER: … Read More
“Heresy thrives on a combination of amnesia, anarchy and novelty.” ACTION ITEM! VIDEO!
I was given a manuscript of a new book by Bp. Schneider to look over. It is about heresies. Just as he put out a book about the truths of the Faith that are to be believe, now he has … Read More
Corpus Christi: I affirm my subjugation to Christ vanquisher of hell and my sins.
In the traditional Roman calendar for the 1962 Missale Romanum yesterday, Thursday, was the Feast of Corpus Domini, or Corpus Christi. In the post-Conciliar Missal’s calendar today is also Corpus Christi. In the Novus Ordo – Vetus too, with “external celebration” … Read More
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