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Category Archives: Mail from priests
Angry priest: “I’ve had it!” with sacrament prep of young people!
A while back I gave a talk in Chicago to the group Legatus. I had the great pleasure of meeting several great priests. One of them was Fr. Richard Simon, Pastor of St. Lambert’s in Skokie. Fr. Simon is a … Read More
On altar rails and sanctuaries and proper liturgical roles
At Pray The Mass Fr Evan Harkins has a reflection on altar rails. Per force, he digs into what a “sanctuary” is. Here is an excerpt with my emphases: […] Practically, the rail is a help to people, both physically and … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Fr. Z KUDOS, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Mail from priests, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Priests and Priesthood, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged altar rail, Christus Totus, communion rail, presbyterium, sanctuary, St. Augustine of Hippo
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Great Pentecost sermon on the signs of the times (e.g., the Obama’s HHS mandate and his war on the Church)
It is the Octave of Pentecost. We can should and review Pentecost during the Octave. A friend of mine, Fr. Richard Jacobs, OSA, gave this sermon for Pentecost Sunday: One of the Fathers of the Church, St. Cyril of Alexandria, … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Mail from priests, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice
Tagged Catholic Charities, Catholic Relief Services, Cyril of Alexandria, health care, HHS mandate, Kathleen Sebelius, Obama Administration, Pentecost, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, reproductive services
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NYC: A newly ordained priest’s First Mass – Extraordinary Form Solemn Mass
I wanted to share some great liturgical eye-candy of a happy event involving some of my friends in New York City. Fr. Patrick D’Arcy, a brand new priest for the Archdiocese of New York celebrated his First Holy Mass in … Read More
Bp. Morlino: “There is no place in the priesthood today for ‘wimpish-ness.’”
From the diocesan paper of the Diocese of Madison, comes some reflections from His Excellency Most Reverend Robert Morlino about the priesthood and last week’s “Good Shepherd Sunday”. Excerpts and with my emphases. It takes bravery to follow Christ as … Read More
Fr. Blake on “Shooting and breaking the legs of sheep and heretics”
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks!My friend Fr. Ray Blake, reknowned p.p. of Brighton, has on his blog an interesting entry about “the Good Shepherd”. Be sure to visit his great blog. I remember hearing about a school inspector telling … Read More
NEW SWAG: “We Love Our Priest” – “God Bless Our Bishop” ETC.
In light of all that is going on, and in light of the fact that I have put some combative swag in my online store, I wanted to do something positive. Some days ago I created a new bunch of … Read More
USAToday’s coverage of the #WhatSistersMeanToMe tag on Twitter (We are mentioned.)
I noticed this in USAToday: Twisting tweets make hash of hashtag support for nuns [Nooo… it brought clarity to support for nuns.] By Cathy Lynn Grossman, USA TODAY Hesitate before you launch a hashtag. The experiences of President Obama and Catholic … Read More
Angelo Tan on Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 16th Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 24th Ordinary): “The sermon for the 24th Sunday was brief but impactful. The Dominican priest encapsulated the whole Gospel reading for that…”
