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“This blog is like a fusion of the Baroque ‘salon’ with its well-tuned harpsichord around which polite society gathered for entertainment and edification and, on the other hand, a Wild West “saloon” with its out-of-tune piano and swinging doors, where everyone has a gun and something to say. Nevertheless, we try to point our discussions back to what it is to be Catholic in this increasingly difficult age, to love God, and how to get to heaven.” – Fr. Z
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
PSA: recycling old hand missals
Here is a worthy project. Biretta tip o{]:¬) to Rise and Pray. The Latin Mass Society urgently needs donations of Traditional Missals and prayer books in serviceable condition to be recycled to people discovering the Traditional Rite for the first … Read More
Aprille yt is the cruellest moneth (whatever that meneth!)
When I am in need of a little Middle-English, as I am sure many of you also often are, I enjoy the contributions of Geoffrey Chaucer on his posthumous blog. It is fitting to check him out today of all … Read More
WDTPRS applauds Bp. Trautman!
Credit must be given when credit is due! Trautman to skip graduation in protest of Clinton visit Erie Catholic Bishop Donald W. Trautman will not attend the Mercyhurst College graduation in protest over Sen. Hillary Clinton’s visit to campus Tuesday. … Read More
PODCAzT 53: Annunciation – St. Leo the Great; some voicemail Q&A
On this Feast of the Annunciation, which was bumped by the observance of the Easter Octave, we will hear St. Pope Leo I, "the Great" (+461) sermon 22, a Christmas sermon of 441, which is part of the office of … Read More
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BBC 4: Palestrina and the Popes
I was recently told that on BBC 4 radio there is a program about Palestrina and the Popes. Alas, you can’t hear via internet this outside the UK. Any chance one of you might have captured it? Drop me a … Read More
Pontifical halfpipe
About that papal skateboard: Biretta tip o{]:¬) to Fr. Blake and the Curt Jester.
What are Summorum Pontificum critics really worried about?
I often wonder what it is that critics of Summorum Pontificum are really objecting to. Some say that they object to the "out dated" ecclesiology. Quite often I think their objections go deeper… to Catholic moral teaching. Traditional liturgy usually … Read More
OLDIE PODCAzT 18: Dominica “in albis” – Augustine to the newly baptized
Here is an oldie PODCAzT from last year for this Sunday "in albis". _________ Today is traditionally called Dominica in albis, the Sunday of the white garments which the newly baptized received on the Vigil of Easter. St. Augustine (+430) … Read More
IMPORTANT: tracking statistics for the Extraordinary Use is neccesary
I got a very useful e-mail which I think it important to pass on to you readers everywhere. This is from the Latin Mass Society which is in the UK and, I think, Ireland. They are stressing that bishops of … Read More
WDTPRS: Low Sunday – “in albis”
Here is an excerpt from my WDTPRS article in the current issue of The Wanderer. The articles are available on line through The Wanderer’s subscription website. What Does the Prayer Really Say? “Low” Sunday – “in albis” (1962 Missale Romanum) … Read More
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