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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
QUAERITUR: Can I fulfill my Sunday Mass obligation by going to Mass on Monday evening?
From a reader: Does attending mass on a Monday evening fulfill my Sunday mass obligation? I was out of town and not able to attend mass on Sunday. I have a friend who regularly attend this mass when she does … Read More
BOOK REVIEW: Michael Coren – HERESY
A while back I posted about a book by Michael Coren called Why Catholics Are Right, [Kindle HERE] an apologetics tool that provide readers with answers and responses to some questions and controversies which we hear in the news and conversations (e.g., anti-Catholic … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, REVIEWS, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged apologetics, heresy, Michael Coren
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15 Comments
To speak or not to speak: that is the question! Active Participation and the Extraordinary Form
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! At Crisis I found an interesting piece about the older, traditional form of Holy Mass in the Roman Rite and “active participation”. In the article “The Traditional Mass is Not a Spectator Sport by … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged 1962 Missal Romanum, 1962MR, active participation, Bp. Bransfield, Canons Regular of the New Jerusalem, congregational singing, D. Wheeling-Charleston, liturgical responses, liturgy, worship
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146 Comments
CNA: A rabbi sticks up for the SSPX and says to trust Pope Benedict.
This is pretty interesting. From CNA with my emphases: Trust Pope’s judgment on SSPX deal, senior rabbi says By David Kerr Rome, Italy, May 18, 2012 / 06:33 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- A leading American rabbi and Holocaust refugee says people … Read More
Pelosi: No to Provision Protecting Chaplains From Being Ordered to Act Against Faith
I am on the road so I’ll just post this and walk away in disgust. Pelosi: No to Provision Protecting Chaplains From Being Ordered to Act Against Faith: ‘It’s A Fraud’ By Elizabeth Harrington May 17, 2012 (CNSNews.com) – House … Read More
Tolerance
A reader posted a link to this video under another entry. [wp_youtube]Za0ZvliA3AM#![/wp_youtube] More on this HERE.
Dissecting a Hell’s Bible op-ed defense of the Magisterium of Nuns
From Hell’s Bible comes this op-ed: Nuns on the Frontier By ANNE M. BUTLER [professor emerita of history at Utah State University] Fernandina Beach, Fla. THE recent Vatican edict that reproached American nuns [Incorrect in point of facts: It was … Read More
QUAERITUR: Can “modern” vestments be used for the “Tridentine” Mass?
From a reader: We are in the final stages of organizing a monthly Tridentine Mass. We have everything but the “traditional” vestments. Can the Tridentine Mass be celebrated by a Priest wearing “modern” vestments? If not, what is the most … Read More
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