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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Lumen gentium 14
A reading from Lumen gentium: 14. This Sacred Council wishes to turn its attention firstly to the Catholic faithful. Basing itself upon Sacred Scripture and Tradition, it teaches that the Church, now sojourning on earth as an exile, is necessary … Read More
Catholics For Romney v catholics For Obama
Some time ago, a Catholics for Romney committee formed to support the campaign of Mitt Romney. WDTPRS would vote for the corpse of Millard Fillmore – a Know-Nothing member – if it meant the removal of the anti-Catholic, anti-constitution incumbent … Read More
Your Good News
Do you have some good news for the readers today? For my part, I enjoyed a visit from a friend for a couple days. Also, I recently saw something that was so cool, I need to write about it in … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a good point or two from the sermon you heard during Holy Mass for Sunday?
WDTPRS 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time: sheer audacity
This coming Sunday’s Collect (or “Opening Prayer” as it has been called) was not in previous editions Missale Romanum before the 1970 Novus Ordo. It has roots in the 9th century Sacramentary of Bergamo and thus is ancient text. Note … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Abba, adoptio filiorum, adoption as sons, dies dominica, Romans 8:15, Romans 8:23, St. Thomas Aquinas
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27 Comments
Card. Burke on the LCWR’s view of religious life
I wrote about how screwed up Sr. Joan Chittister’s view of religious life is HERE. Review that and then listen to this: [wp_youtube]XPhl04MRB4g[/wp_youtube] Same wave length, no?
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Tagged Card. Burke, LCWR, magisterium of nuns, religious life, women religious
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New Mars Rover images coming in!
The other day I was pretty excited about the safe landing of the new Mars rover Curiosity. The dangerous entry and landing built a real excitement. Then the first images came in. Very cool. Now that Curiosity has been on … Read More
No media coverage of the fact that SNAP is protesting at LCWR’s assembly
There is a CNS story about the opening of the LCWR meeting. There is no mention in the story about the fact that SNAP is protesting that the LCWR has been entirely unucooperative preventing abuse of children by women religious … Read More
7 August: Long-Awaited Olympic Hyper-Excitment Sporting UPDATE!
You have, no doubt, been waiting for an exciting update on Olympic Team Handball. But first, remember this? [wp_youtube]THUKgZX9pw8[/wp_youtube] And now the standings: THE MEN: THE WOMEN:
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