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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
MEDJUGORJE: A miraculous healing from ALS?
I limit my writing on Medjugorje to almost nothing. However, I hadn’t seen this in the Anglophone press. My translation from Affari Italiani: Medjugorje, nuovo miracolo: guarisce malato di Sla Medjugorje, new miracle: a healing from Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Christian … Read More
Exemplary fuzzy thinking about Pope Francis
At Hell’s Bible there is an op-ed which exemplifies some of the fuzzy thinking going around about Pope Francis. The basic idea is that Pope Francis is the very bestest and most wonderfulest ehvur. He’s going to get rid … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good, a good, point in the sermon you heard at Mass for your Sunday obligation? Let us know.
Day 6 – Florence: cells and seminarians
This morning early we went to San Marco, the old Dominican convent with the cells painted by Beato Angelico. It was great to be there before the hoards arrived. We had the place to our selves. It is always moving … Read More
Day 5 – Umbria: Things Benedictine and Franciscan
This morning we left Rome for Norcia, where there is a new monastic community in that place said to be the birthplace of St Benedict. The weather has really cooperated. It has poured rain but it let up just as … Read More
Europe: Abortion to be a “human right”?
We lacked only this last confirmation of how wickedly obtuse people have become. This is perverse. From CNS: EU May Declare Abortion a ‘Human Right’ (CNSNews.com) – European lawmakers this month will vote on a measure that promotes abortion as … Read More
What is your good news?
Do you have some good news to share with the readership?
GUEST POST: “I was hit from behind by a 26 ft truck…” or “Sudden Death and You!”
From a reader: Dear Father, I discovered your blog in April 2013. I am Catholic, but I never learned Latin. In fact, the only good, solid catechesis I had was first and second grade, which looking back, I believe was … Read More
Reader Feedback: “I can’t read just anything about the Church anymore…”
I have been getting notes by email along these lines: I just wanted to send a quick thank you for the helpful posts lately. I have been nervous since Pope Benedict left and I worry about what this all means … Read More
GUEST POST – A priest writes: “My skin is beginning to thicken.”
I received this from a priest, in an undisclosed location (edited and with my emphases and comments): Over the past year of my ordination I have found myself facing many things I was seriously not prepared to face. They are in … Read More
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