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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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- Suburbanbanshee on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate: “The illumination is a fun one. It literally shows Christ the Pharmacist, which is not a title you read every…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “TonyO: Don’t you realize that the “spirit of Vatican II” only speaks in one direction can can only be discerned…”
- on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 33: All Souls: “Whoever thought it was a smart idea to link the refrigerators and freezers to the Internet should have to thoroughly…”
- on ASK FATHER: “Why isn’t the Male Only Holy Orders a Dogma?”: “@TonyO Well, you don’t listen to the voice of the spirit^tm by listening to the vox populi. The hoi polloi…”
- on WDTPRS: A charming translation for the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo – 4 November: “Dear Fr. Z. Thank you for your wonderful mention of John, Marquess of Bute (+1900), whose translation of the Roman…”
- on CQ CQ CQ – EWTN shut down its shortwave radio service on 31 October. Understandable, but I have some reservations.: “I am also nostalgic for the days of shortwave radio, back when I was in high school in the 1960s…”
- 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”…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Daily Rome Shot 663
Welcome registrants: brianp89 Crysanthmom Hykeremyke Snowdrop SwissMissTrad V_Podsnap Meanwhile, and for all your chess needs… Black to move and win. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 662
Meanwhile, … NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning? Try THIS. Help me and this blog: HERE Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 661
Meanwhile,… Black to move and win. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. As promised yesterday, the solution to that great, hard, puzzle. Interested in learning? Try THIS. The wonderful … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – SEXAGESIMA Sunday (N.O.: 6th Ord) 2023
We are in violet this Sunday, as Pre-Lent continues in the traditional Roman Rite. Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. It is the 6th Sunday of Ordinary Time … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 660
Meanwhile,… White to move. GREAT puzzle. (Credit tomorrow) NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Interested in learning? Try THIS. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – … Read More
ACTION ITEM! For the sake of good order and for the sake of Tradition, please, read and circulate!
Everyone. In regard to the Traditional Roman Rite, what we see coming from Rome is sheer will to power. ACTION ITEMS. READ THIS (the whole thing, not just my excerpts, below) DISTRIBUTE IT to priests and, especially, to diocesan bishops. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 659
Meanwhile,… White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE On this feast of St. Scholastica, sister of St. Benedict, consider … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 658
Photo by The Great Roman™ Meanwhile, … Black to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Priestly chess players, drop me a line. HERE Please remember me when shopping … Read More
1969 – Yves Congar: “Let us not expose ourselves to incurring, in sixty years, the reproach of having squandered the sacred heritage of Catholic communion.”
From Yves Congar, “Autorité, Initiative, coresponsabilité” in La Maison-Dieu 97 (1969/1), p. 57. Nous sommes personnellement impressionné en profondeur par ce caractère propre à la liturgie d’assumer l’héritage vivant des siècles et d’être toujours, comme écrin conservant toute la Tradition, … Read More
Suburbanbanshee on ROME 26/10-11 – Day 35: Penultimate: “The illumination is a fun one. It literally shows Christ the Pharmacist, which is not a title you read every…”
