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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
WDTPRS Friday in the 4th Week of Lent: perfect example of a glued together prayer
Today’s Collect (Ordinary Form) was not in the pre-Concilar Missale Romanum. Deus, qui fragilitati nostrae congrua subsidia praeparasti, concede, quaesumus, ut suae reparationis effectum et cum exsultatione suscipiat, et pia conversatione recenseat. This had me scratching my head. Once I looked … Read More
Posted in Liturgy Science Theatre 3000, SESSIUNCULA, WDTPRS
Tagged conversatio, subsidium
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WDTPRS Thursday in the 4th Week of Lent: “The Father through the Holy Spirit writes His Word upon our hearts”
Today’s Collect in the Ordinary Form was not in the 1962 or previous editions of the Missale Romanum. However, the Gelasianum Vetus provides a predecessor of this prayer. Clementiam tuam, Domine, supplici voto deposcimus, ut nos famulos tuos, paenitentia emendatos et bonis operibus … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA
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Muggy ideas (Save The Liturgy.. you know the rest…)
By coincidence, three people wrote to me today about “Save the Liturgy – Save the World” swag. I was prompted to look at the old design and to create a better, more useful file. Along the line I made a … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Campus Telephone Pole
Tagged mugs, Save The Liturgy Save The World, swag
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Have some good news?
Hearing about the good news other people have can lift everyone’s spirits. Have some good news? While you are ponder that… … please refresh your supply of … If you haven’t tried it yet, try the Monk’s Four Favorites. And … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
Was there a really good point in the Sunday Sermon you heard which you can share with us?
Some requests, some news, and a note of thanks
A few requests: May I ask you all to make great use of those social network sharing buttons? Try to wear them out, if you can. Thanks in advance. Please pray for a priest, a good friend, RD, who is … Read More
Working out frustrations by playing with blog themes.
I am experimenting with themes to try to solve some problems.
Anyone having problems viewing the blog?
I received this note from a reader: When I go to your blog, the normal array of sidebar, header, etc., appears for two seconds, but then disappears, and then a full width post column appears with no sidebar and the … Read More
Lex Orandi Lex Credendi Swag now available!
I finally received my Lex Orandi Lex Credendi car magnet (top) and semi-transparent (bottom) car window decal. Here they are with a 6 inch ruler for scale. They are 10″x 3″. The colors are great, very vivid! I put the … Read More
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “moon1234: We have to understand something about the Lord’s parables. The parable, or Hebrew mashal is an allegorical lesson of…”
