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- Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “The “FORMULA OF ADHERENCE” is basically the opening clauses from the 1988 protocol between Abp. Lefebvre and Cardinal Ratzinger. The…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “This whole “mess” should come as no surprise to all but a few. Our current pontiff is a nicer version…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Couple things I am unclear on: 1. If laity occasionally attend then they don’t incur excommunocation so why can’t they…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Does “regarding subsequent reforms” include Amoris laetitia, Fiducia Supplicans, or the revision of the CCC on capital punishment? If it…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “@Gregg, acknowledging LG 25 has been the request for 38 years; the formula is essentially what Ratzinger asked in 1988.…”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “Per Bishop Athanasius Schneider, there is no schism. https://mukwonago.wi.sspx.org/en/news/declaration-bishop-athanasius-schneider-sspx-consecrations-59783”
- on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “A short funny video of the late, great Michael Davies on Canon 844. I have ran this past an old…”
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Category Archives: POLLS
POLL: Starting your confession: “Bless me, Father…” or “Forgive me, Father…”
In another post, I responded to a question from a reader about blessings at the beginning of sacramental confession, following the words, “Bless me, Father, I have sinned…”. Of course, some people begin their confession differently. It occurred to me … Read More
Your (Corpus Christi) Sunday Sermon Notes – POLL
Far and wide the celebration of the Feast of Corpus Christi, which properly fell last Thursday, has been transferred to this Sunday. Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Mass of Sunday Obligation? Let … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Catholic Identity, POLLS
Tagged Corpus Christi, poll
29 Comments
29 Comments
Bad priesthood vocations numbers? Not by accident. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
I posted this last year, to the day. Any additional thoughts? ___ Originally Published on: May 3, 2016 ___ And yet, do other parishes and dioceses and religious groups change what they are doing? Not much. It is if they really … Read More
ASK FATHER: The inevitable “Rite of Thanking” at the end of Mass
From a reader…. QUAERITUR: I’m curious about your reaction to a part of the Mass I’m calling the “Rite of Thanking”. While it seems that it is especially common with bishops at most liturgies they celebrate, it also happens at … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes and a ‘Laetare’ Sunday ROSE POLL
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard at the Mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation? Let us know. For my part, for the TLM this morning, I spoke of the flow of Lent, from Pre-Lent to the Vigil … Read More
POLL: 2017 #AshWednesday Ashes and You
Lent is an important season in the yearly cycle of a Catholic Christian’s life. The inclination toward a feeling of obligation is laudable. The desire to begin the spiritual war of Lent by marking it with ashes is good. Nevertheless, people … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, Our Solitary Boast, POLLS
Tagged Ash Wednesday, ashes, poll
28 Comments
28 Comments
“Well! This is different!”, quoth I. The First Lady’s Rally Prayer POLL.
Yesterday I watched the TV coverage of Pres. Trump’s massive rally in Florida. Apparently, lines were a mile long to attend. My jaw nearly dropped when First Lady Melania Trump began with the Lord’s Prayer. As this developed, “I thought … Read More
Posted in ¡Hagan lío!, POLLS
Tagged Donald Trump, Florida, Melania Trump, POTUS, The Lord's Prayer
36 Comments
36 Comments
POLL: Did you see Rose vestments on “Gaudete” Sunday 2016?
Here is a little poll for your 3rd Sunday of Advent, Gaudete. Please choose an answer and add a comment in the combox. Anyone can vote, but only registered members can comment. UPDATE: Here are the new rose vestments in … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, POLLS
Tagged Gaudete Sunday, poll, rosacea, rose
51 Comments
51 Comments
POLL: For All Souls Day Mass 2016 what color vestments did you see?
Even though today is not a Holy Day of Obligation (as yesterday was in most places… and if you didn’t go to Mass…), many of you have gone to Mass or will go later. In the Usus Antiquior, the Traditional … Read More
Ben on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: “TheCavalierHatherly – “positivam” in that instance would still be taken as a contranym adjective.”
