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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
A joyful project in view of greater determination
These are evil days and, right now, we seem to be on the cusp of a dreadful turn. Therefore I was especially pleased to have a project this evening. A reader – I don’t know who – sent me a … Read More
News about a TMSM vestment project: Solemn Mass set in violet
Cheery news! I occasionally get checks from kind readers for the Tridentine Mass Society of the Diocese of Madison, a 501(c)(3) organization of which I am the jefe. Even in this time of the Wuhan Devil, which has shut down … Read More
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Tagged Sacra Domus Aurea, TMSM, Tridentine Mass Society of Madison, vestments
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#ASonnetADay – 79. “Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid…”
#ASonnetADay – 79. “Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid…” pic.twitter.com/hx1yl4lKmZ — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) November 2, 2020
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Food for thought: American Venerables and the election
I am trying to imagine Ven. Fulton Sheen supporting a pro-abortion catholic presidential candidate who is clearly cognitively strained. I can’t do it. He might not share POTUS’ style, but Sheen was a patriot and he had the right order of … Read More
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Tagged election
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To the tune of “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God”
The official Parodohymnodist of the blog, Fr. Ferguson, has sent me an offering for the observance of Reformation Day. (Oh, how I wish there were a choir with big pipe organ out there who would record this and send it … Read More
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Tagged Fr. Tim Ferguson, Parody Songs, Reformation Day
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Today Holy Mass is for benefactors. You are a gift. Here are some links to recent posts. Pray for a MIRACLE against COVID – HERE A SONNET A DAY – HERE Your Urgent Prayer Requests – HERE A Daily Prayer … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered here or not, will you in your charity please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who … Read More
28 October 2020 – Feast Sts. Simon and Jude: MASS FOR BENEFACTORS
Wednesday 28 October will be my birthday. Because my benefactors are great gifts to me, I will say Mass for the intention of my benefactors – I keep track of you – on Wednesday at Noon CDT (Deo volente). It … Read More
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Christ the King (NO: 30th Ordinary) 2020 – POLL: Francis same-sex unions topic during homily?
Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For … Read More
Sunday of Christ the King – Act of Consecration of the Human Race to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Church’s traditional calendar, this final Sunday in October is celebrated as the Feast of Christ the King. This feast was implemented by Pope Piux XI in 1925 with Quas primas, in the face of secularism, the spread of materialistic … Read More
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