Category Archives: My View

NYC – Manhattan – blognic?

Is it time to talk about a Manhattan Blognic? Someone suggested perhaps Easter Monday.

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The Feeder Feed (Old Master Edition)

I haven’t been able to post about the Feeder, which is nevertheless visible on the Z-CAM. When I am on the road I will sometimes post about birds from other sources. For example, here is a fine Christological Goldfinch from … Read More

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If you are not on offense, you are on defense

I have said that it might be necessary for us to just endure the kicking for a while. That doesn’t mean that the Pope has to endure it. In the course of a discussion with a priest friend tonight I … Read More

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I am angry and sad about this new round of exposure of sins and crimes

I have been struggling through the day with this post.  I haven’t known precisely what to do about my anger. The online edition of Hell’s Bible, in its relentless hectoring of the Catholic Church (ignoring the prosecuted sins of other … Read More

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A magisterium of nuns

In this matter of contingent, prudential judgments, whose judgment will in time prove to have been the more prudent? The Catholic bishops with pro-life groups or their opposition, the LCWR and CHA and NCR, etc? I happen to think the … Read More

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NYC – Holy Innocents Church – 19 March – Solmen Mass for St. Joseph

I will be celebrant for a Solemn Mass in the Extraordinary Form at the Church of the Holy Innocents in Manhattan, NYC, on 19 March, the Feast of St. Joseph.

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The Feeder Feed: spring is on the way

There are signs of spring at the feeder. First, I have seen a Robin.  No photos yet. Also, the Goldfinches are beginning to molt and change, at least in the case of the males, to their brighter yellow. The Nuthatches … Read More

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First You Get Rid Of The Sacramantals…

I suspect that in most places where sand replaces holy water in the stoups, the priests probably don’t hear confessions during Holy Week or the Triduum. It happens every year despite the fact the the Holy See has made it … Read More

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Getting my German on for Saturday Night

I have a guest for the weekend and so I made something a bigger more expansive than I would were I on my own. Three large pork chops were delivered by the aforementioned guest, along with sauerkraut… as Dr. Maturin … Read More

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GUEST RANT from a reader: priest constantly ad libs

From a reader.  You can make your own comments. I have just returned from Mass.  As usual, during the Mass I was constantly distracted by the consistent ad libbing by the priest celebrant.  Permit me to offer a  sample: Before … Read More

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