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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
URGENT PRAYER REQUEST FOR A DYING PRIEST: Fr. Charles Briggs
My good friend Fr. Tim Finigan has, at his excellent blog The Hermeneutic of Continuity, a sad piece of news about a mutual friend, and a fine priest, Fr. Charles Briggs, P.P. of Chistlehurst. Fr. Briggs is the last days of … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Four Last Things, Mail from priests, Urgent Prayer Requests
Tagged Fr Charles Briggs
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LAUNCH! PERSEVERANCE has MOXIE
This morning I arose to view the launch of the Mars rover Perseverance. It’s on its way to Jezero Crater. An Atlas V took the rover up. As I write, we are waiting for the Centaur rocket to burn. The … Read More
Rep. Jim Jordan in House hearing: “Big Tech’s out to get conservatives” – VIDEO
This is a big deal. Picked up from RealClearPolitics. Rep. Jim Jordan accused technology and social media companies of attempting to influence voters in the upcoming election on Wednesday at a hearing on antitrust issues with the heads of Amazon, … Read More
GUEST POST from a priest: “The Holy See has become a dumpster fire, and the boldness of the Gospel is wanting.”
GUEST POST: From a priest reader of this blog… I am grateful that your ministry serves as a voice for many faithful and Traditional Catholics. I have come a long way from hostility to the usus antiquor to being convinced … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS with an ACTION ITEM!
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
ACTION ITEM! COVID takes 13 Felician Sisters in one convent. Please pray for them.
There is an awful report about COVID and/or its complications striking a convent of Felician sisters in Livonia, Michigan. Beginning on Good Friday, 13 sisters have died. Many were infected and have recovered. It is hard to imagine what the … Read More
Posted in ACTION ITEM!, Urgent Prayer Requests, Women Religious
Tagged COVID-1984, Felician Sisters, S. Felice da Cantalice
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Mass for Benefactors – Saturday 15 July – and an appeal
On Saturday, 25 July, I will say Holy Mass for the intention of my benefactors. I regularly pray for and say Masses for my regular and occasional donors and those who send items from my wishlist. It is my pleasure … Read More
VIDEO: Bishop of Salt Lake City – @BpOSolis – denies a man Communion on the tongue @Diocese_of_SLC
UPDATE 23 July 2020: Over at the toxic Fishwrap, Madame Defarge has dropped the knitting needles so as all the better to clutch the pearls. Several right-wing websites are inviting people to complain to Bishop Oscar Solis of Salt Lake City because … Read More
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Tagged Bp. Oscar Solis, Communion on the tongue, D. Salt Lake City
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My View For Awhile: MSN again
The conference is over and I’ve once again entered Airportland through the looking glass. PIT was even more desolate than last time. Here is my light reading. US HERE – UK HERE Is that a cool title or what? At … Read More
Who is funding the violence?
From Lepanto Institute: Violence Erupts as More Catholic-Funded Groups call for Defunding of Police This June witnessed a massive explosion in violent crimes in major urban areas such as Los Angeles, Chicago and New York City, each of which bowed … Read More
Greg Hlatky on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: ““By pursuing perfection we will achieve excellence.” – Vince Lombardi”
