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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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- Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “1. Vatican II serves as a foundational instruction to “listen to the voice of the spirit^tm”. Ok. So, “the people”…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Father, piggy-backing on Robert’s question … I’ve often wondered: when you are “on leave” or just out-and-about, are you in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I was present at the inaugural dinner celebration for the shortwave station. It was amazing to see what was accomplished…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Is it proper to pray for the repose of souls who died before the Resurrection and the harrowing of Hell?”: “A soul, once in hell, can it ever be allowed into Heaven? [Never. For eternity.]”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “Father’s point about …”independence from a local digital infrastructure…” is important. I have the same thoughts about libraries. Yes, physical…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I used to spend nights listening to my Grundig shortwave radio, but most of the near stations are either in…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “” …sometimes an old technology has virtues that become apparent precisely when the new technology fails.” Kind of like the…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
German Bishop at Synod (“Walking Together”) says we must stop “clinging to habits and traditionalisms” including APOSTOLIC TRADITION
I am forced to wonder if… forced to hope that… what a thing to think… that this bishop doesn’t know what Apostolic Tradition is. What did I just write?!? OCT 21 #Synod briefing: German Bishop Overbeck says: “We put Jesus … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 21st Sunday after Pentecost (N.O.: 29th) 2023
Share the good stuff. It’s the 20th Sunday after Pentecost in the Vetus Ordo and the 28th Sunday of the Novus Ordo. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Tell … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 21: “Tastes like chicken”, a Solemn Mass vestment project, some video and audio
On this Feast of St. John Paul II, the sun rose at 07:28 and it will un-rise at 18:21. The days are squeezing down. The Ave Maria bell is in the 18:30 cycle as it chases the sun in fits … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 20: Emotional roller coaster day
Today when the sun rose at 07:26 … well… more on that later. It will set at 18:24. The Ave Maria bell won’t ring, though it should now at 18:30. New cycle. In the Vetus it is the Feast of … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 19: Mass, nap, write, sandwich, write more
Here in the Eternal City the Ave Maria bell should ring at 18:45 while the sun really ought to set at 18:25, though I wouldn’t mind if it would hang out longer. Sunrise was sometime while I was in church … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 18: little plates of little foods
Sunrise 07:23. Sunset 18:27 Ave Maria 18:45 It is the 291st day of the year with 75 left to go. This is the Feast of St Luke. Welcome registrant: damez35 Out with friends last night who were heading home today. … Read More
Card. Pizzaballa: “I would offer myself in exchange for the children kidnapped by Hamas”
Something noteworthy that some might not see. From ANSA Pizzaballa, mi offrirei in cambio dei bimbi rapiti da Hamas: Pizzaballa, I would offer myself in exchange for the children kidnapped by Hamas: “Absolutely yes”. Thus the Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal … Read More
1st World Problems or We Are In Serious Trouble
For the most part, I try to tune out of much of the “world news”. I asked The Great Roman™ to tell me what is going on in Ukraine and in Israel/Gaza because I am rather disconnected … no TV, … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 16: Time to pray
This morning all of Rome lifted eyes to the East for the coming of the Lord… come Lord Jesus!… and the sun rose in slightly cloudy brightness at 07:21. It will set at 18:30. The Ave Maria bell ought to … Read More
ROME 23/10 – Day 15: getting ripped
The days shorten in more than one way. Sunrise was at 7:20 and sunset was at 18:31. The Ave Maria bell was slated for 18:45 It was the Feast of St. Teresa of Jesus, patroness of chess and the 20th … Read More
Phil_NL2 on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “If I remember correctly, the plaque on the USS Wisconsin dryly reports the aftermath of that hit with the phrase…”
