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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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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Your Good News
Do you have some good news to share with the readership? Let us know!
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! Registered 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 by … Read More
ASK FATHER: Sunday Mass obligation when traveling to remote places
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I travel to many places that don’t have a church (e.g. remote areas of Nepal; Bhutan; Ladakh) so I can’t attend Mass. What do I do? Pray the Rosary? This question has been answered many times, … Read More
A note about comments, moderation, etc.
I have to use the “moderation queue” feature for many posts. I can’t watch what is going on 24/7 and I won’t allow the combox to descend into the horrid fever-swamp of the comments at, say, Fishwrap. As a result, … Read More
ASK FATHER: Two-phase wedding? First in church, then at the beach?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a question regarding the situation of two Catholics being married by an unapproved minister. Would any law prevent the couple from contacting the parish and explaining what they want to do, then following the course … Read More
A note to readers…
To comment here, you have to be registered and your registration must be approved. Registrations go into a queue, which I check when I can. I’m not always near my computer. Be patient. Check once in a while to see if … Read More
All-black boys school in Philadelphia where Latin is the key
A reader alerted me to a piece in the Wall Street Journal about an all-black boys school in West Philadelphia where Latin is taught in a serious way: Boy’s Latin. The subtitle of the article is outstanding: A dead language helps … Read More
URGENT: Benedict XVI’s new text about Sacred Liturgy – The Russian Preface™
For years I have contended that if we do not revitalize our sacred liturgical worship, every initiative we undertake as a Church will wither and face. Everything we do must start in worship and must be brought back to liturgical worship. We must … Read More
Your Easter Vigil and Easter Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point made in the sermons you heard for the Vigil of Easter? Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard for your Easter Sunday Mass of obligation? Let us know!
VIDEO: Her Triumph
The wonderful Benedictine Nuns in Missouri, the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles sent me a note about a video they have for the centenary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. The video features a cut from their … Read More
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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”
