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Category Archives: Liturgy Science Theatre 3000
“New Evangelization”, you say?
“New Evangelization”, you say? I’ve some New Evangelization for you right here! For your Brick by Brick file comes this from the Archdiocese of Miami. Old form of Mass attracts new generation Plenty of young adults attend weekly Mass in … Read More
QUAERITUR: Confirmed, but in state of sin. Am I confirmed?
From a reader: If a person is confirmed in Mortal Sin, does it ‘count’, or must he/she be conditionally re-confirmed. What you are asking is “Was the sacrament validly conferred?” or “Is she confirmed?” Yes. The sacrament was validly confirmed and … Read More
Are we now a nation of blatteroons?
When I take a break from movies with lots of explosions, I like period pieces. You can’t beat a well done production of a Jane Austen novel or just about any of the 19th century writers. It happened the other … Read More
It’s Twofer Day!
Reason #6675 for Anglicanorum coetibus. But wait! There’s more! Reason #367588 for Summorum Pontificum. Remember: We are supposed to be more like them, right?
When clowns attack
WARNING: This may make your eyes and ears bleed. No. Really. It is hard to know how to react to this. I have so many thoughts and emotions at once. Preliminary observations: I think what you are going to see … Read More
QUAERITUR: Walking out of church because of the sermon.
From a reader: Today, the priest gave an overtly political homily that I have no doubt you would have found highly inappropriate. Think Fr. Michael Pfelger of Chicago. I sat through it in stunned disbelief but some got up and … Read More
NJ/NYC: 16 July – O.L. of Mt. Carmel – Pontifical TLM – Procession!
I received this note about a good opportunity in Newark (odder words may never have been written): There will be a Solemn Pontifical Mass (extraordinary form) on Tuesday, July 16th — the Feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel — … Read More
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
Today marks 25 years since Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a famous address in Santiago, Chile to the Chilean bishops. Context: In the months immediately preceding this address, Archbp, Marcel Lefebvre of the SSPX had signed an agreement with the Holy … Read More
Posted in Benedict XVI, Linking Back, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, PODCAzT, SSPX, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, The future and our choices, Vatican II, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged 1988, Archbp. Lefebvre, Chile, continuity, desacralization, hermeneutic of discontinuity and rupture, Joseph Card. Razinger, Second Vatican Council, SSPX, superdogma
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QUAERITUR: Can I have a job at a Lutheran church?
From a reader: I recently got laid off from my job, and have been doing whatever side work I can find until I find a stable job. One of these jobs has been to help in a Lutheran Service, by simply changing … Read More
