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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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- on Germans… “for many” in the Consecration formula, rather than “for all”: “That part of OS has been poorly translated. It does not say the Church has no authority. It said the…”
- on WDTPRS – 5 November: Feast of the Holy Relics. These bones shall live again. Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “That reminds me of a story I read. St. John XXIII visited the convent of the Holy Spirit in Rome;…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
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. I get many requests … Read More
SCOTUS Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement!
Well… one of the shoes dropped. Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement. Pres. Donald Trump gets to nominate a second Justice. We have to dust off his list of SCOTUS candidates. This is amazing. Think about it. How many huge … Read More
What if the papal conclave took place today?
At Il Sismografo I saw some interesting stats about the College of Cardinals. The College today, 26 June 2018 Total electors – 114 Total non electors – 98 Total College – 212 Cardinals created by John Paul II Electors – 19 … Read More
Your John the Baptist Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made during the sermon you heard at the Mass to fulfill your Sunday obligation (under pain of mortal sin under most circumstances). Let us know! Today, I said the NOVUS ORDO at the request of … Read More
Fr. Phillips of @SJCantius will NOT be allowed to return to public ministry after he was exonerated
Yesterday I posted that Fr. Frank Phillips who founded the Canons of St. John Cantius in Chicago, who had been accused of immoral behavior and suspended pended an investigation by a board, had been exonerated of all charges. The board … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Archd. Chicago, Canons of St. John Cantius, Fr. Frank Phillips
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Concerning Card. McCarrick
Card. McCarrick. What to say? I remember that it was Card. McCarrick who suppressed information in a memorandum to US bishops from the Prefect of the Cong. for the Doctrine of the Faith, Joseph Card. Ratzinger, about guidelines for voting … Read More
Dubious dubia about the Dubia
Once upon a time there was a Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation that caused a lot of head scratching. And so some Cardinals got together, four in all, and asked the writer of the Exhortation – or rather the Pope whose signature … Read More
Day 1 #ActonU – Getting Started – Days and Deaths
There are some thousand participants from across the globe and many confessions and religion. The first evening involves checking in, a social hour, supper and an address. The first evening our speaker addressed us from Venezuela. She is forbidden to … Read More
“Perdonamose!” Midsummer Snails, John’s Birthday Feast and You.
UPDATE: Thanks for “snail money” as JP called it, and to: GG ___ Your planet once again is whirling its way towards your solstices, Summer in the North and Winter in the South. Since the emphasis in Western Civilization has … Read More
Posted in Fr. Z's Kitchen, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged snails, St. John the Baptist, summer solstice
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of Sunday obligation? Let us know what it was.
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”
