Category Archives: My View

1 August: Long-Awaited Olympic Hyper-Excitment Sporting UPDATE!

You are probably about to clamor for updates in TEAM HANDBALL. Actually, it’s FIELD HOCKEY today. But first, remember this? I do! [wp_youtube]CVFWEhqUAPw[/wp_youtube] Remember what happened next?  I do. The Men: The Women:

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Spiffy photo of real nuns on Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day!

For Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, a friend sent me this spiffy photo of real nuns. I’ll bet the Magisterium of Nuns has boycotted Chick-fil-A. Tonight I will make chicken in solidarity with Chick-fil-A. By the way… on Monday I ate beef, … Read More

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Sorting stuff

Some highlights of my sorting and throwing efforts. Here is a spiffy black velvet Low Mass set. The black is intensely so. I haven’t used it for a long time, now that I think about it. A detail: Eleven years … Read More

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31 July: Long-Awaited Olympic Hyper-Excitment Sporting UPDATE!

I know you are all dying for an update on Olympic Team Handball, but before that, let’s return to the past. Last night I saw a little bit of the Women’s (Girls?) Team Gymnastics competition.  I couldn’t help but remember … Read More

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QUAERITUR: Does kneeling for Communion show a “spirit of disobedience”?

From a reader: Our new pastor recently published a letter in the bulletin [I’ve cut that out in order to “anonymize” this.] in which he uses the GIRM [General Instruction on the Roman Missal] to argue that those who genuflect … Read More

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YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks! Continued from THESE. I get many requests by email asking for prayers. Many requests are heart-achingly grave and urgent. We should support each other in works of mercy. As long as my blog reaches … Read More

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Gang of Priests – UPDATED

I am with a gang of priests for our annual get together. There may be a little less going on with the blog for a few days. This morning I gave a conference to the crew on causes of saints. … Read More

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Prayers for those hurt and killed in Aurora, Colorado

I have been disconnected for most of the day.  No news, very little social media, a couple phone calls.  I posted a few things here, but without surfing around.  I’ve been busy with other things. Then, in the afternoon, I … Read More

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GUEST RANT: Many languages for Mass and fake “unity”

From a priest: In my diocese we are often asked (read, expected, pressured) to participate in or to celebrate Masses in more than one language in the name of multi-culturalism. I am not talking Latin here. The result is that … Read More

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Z-Swag: In The Wild!

From a reader: Hi FrZ ~ I never had a bumper sticker before. Then I just had to have one of yours…and then 2…now look what you started!! :o) The little hearts between my husband & I are for our … Read More

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