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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
Thanksgiving and You
I am grateful for all of you who frequent this blog. Tomorrow, US Thanksgiving Day, I will say Mass for the intention of my benefactors (donors, wishlist senders, etc), for whom I am doubly grateful. Just wanted you to know. … Read More
To ADVENTCAzT or not…
I am making up my mind about doing the brief daily podcasts for Advent this year. If so, … My mind is flat today, but I don’t think that this would be a good starting point.
Pope to canonize 16th century Jesuit, waives procedure
With the stroke of his pen he waived the (in my opinion prudent and yet still not enough) requirement for a second miracle before the canonization of Bl. John XXIII. Now, with another stroke of his pen, Francis will elevate … Read More
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Tagged canonization, Jesuits, Peter Faber, Pope Francis, St. Ignatius Loyola, The Big Interview
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Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point in the sermon you heard for your Sunday Mass of precept? Let us know what it was.
GUEST POST: TLM 1st experience: Extraordinary Form is easier than the Novus Ordo
From a reader: I just read the post in which you shared a reader’s observation about the pastoral nature of the TLM. I experienced something similar. I went to my first TLM on Nov. 2 for All Souls. A few … Read More
50th anniversary of a death
50 years ago today, the Christian author CS Lewis died. A memorial stone for him will be dedicated today in Westminster Abbey.
Where were you?
I think you know what I mean. I have a clear memory. I was four. I heard it on the radio in the car… a Desoto… wiht my mother.
GUEST POST: Because boys “get” seconds.
From a reader: My seventh grade boy and I were going through our Friendly Defender Catholic apologetics cards yesterday. In trying to appreciate and prove John 21:25 (and why the Sacred Scriptures are really only the highlights of Jesus’ life … Read More
GUEST POST: 1st Traditional Latin Mass experience – “The highly pastoral nature of the Extraordinary Form.”
From a reader: Over the past 10 years have assisted at a few dozen EF masses. I usually go alone and sometimes with my very Catholic friends, but this weekend I took a group of high school students and their … Read More
Attorney General Eric Holder: UN treaties trump the US Constitution
Is there an amendment the Obama Administration hasn’t yet attacked? Well… to be fair… perhaps not the 18th. From Conservative Daily: Every now and then, news breaks in the Obama administration that is so stereotypical, it is actually depressing. You … Read More
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