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Category Archives: Our Catholic Identity
REVEREND FATHERS! Epiphany is coming: We have special blessings we can use!
Remember that you can bless Epiphany Water, and chalk, and gold, frankincense and myrrh, and houses…. Lot’s of cool Catholic stuff can be done on Epiphany!
QUAERITUR: Is Epiphany 2012 a Holy Day of Obligation for those who attend the Extraordinary Form?
Questions have come to my inbox about Epiphany as a Holy Day of Obligation this year. Apparently, some zealous participants of TLMs are saying that Epiphany is a holy day of obligation and therefore the faithful are bound under pain … Read More
The “gravitational pull” and market forces
I learned from my friend Fr. Ray Blake, mighty p.p. in Brighton, that the Belgian liturgical goods maker Slabbinck is now making – I am not making this up – Roman vestments. Their stuff has never been my cup of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity
Tagged chasuble, pianeta, Roman vestments, Slabbinck, vestments
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Dr. Peters about Michael Voris, RealCatholic TV and the Archd. of Detroit
Before going on… I wonder what this scenario means for the National catholic Reporter. ___ The Canonical Defender, Dr. Ed Peters doesn’t have a combox at his excellent canon law blog, In The Light of the Law. Background here and … Read More
Reader Feedback: we helped prevent a sacrilege
Sometime I get feedback from a reader saying that something I wrote prompted him to return to the sacrament of penance or moved her to get her marriage straightened out. Those notes help me keep this blog going. This is … Read More
QUAERITUR: Genuflecting before a tabernacle
From a reader: Dear Fr. Z., I am aware that the GIRM for OF Masses requires all passing in front of a tabernacle to BOW instead of genuflect, and for everyone to comport to the action of the priest during … Read More
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JANUARY 2012
BENEDICT XVI’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR JANUARY 2012 VATICAN CITY, 30 DEC 2011 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for January 2012 is: “That the victims of natural disasters may receive the spiritual and material comfort they need to rebuild … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, The Campus Telephone Pole
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Alan Colmes remarks about Rick Santorum’s child; Santorum’s remarks about marriage
I watched a segment on Hannity’s show tonight (between plays) and candidate Rick Santorum was on. He explained the death of his newborn child, which became a point of – I am not making this up – mockery from liberal … Read More
Posted in Biased Media Coverage, Emanations from Penumbras, One Man & One Woman, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged 2012, Alan Colmes, Defense of Marriage, dignity of life, GOP, Iowa Caucuses, marriage, One Man and One Woman, Rick Santorum
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If you install it, they will kneel.
Is kneeling the new standing? From a deacon: We just finished a refurbishing of the inside of our church shortly before Christmas which included bringing out of the basement the old altar rail and re-installing it . For midnite mass … Read More
Brick by brick! A reader describes how the Sacrament of Penance is being revived.
It is of critical importance that we rebuild, revive the use of the Sacrament of Penance. One way to start would be to hear confessions for a few minutes before Masses. From a reader: I’ve noticed over the last few … Read More
