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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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- Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Many priests live alone, with no one to notice if they fail to rise, suffer a fall, or become suddenly…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “Father, in case you haven’t already considered this, an iPhone might help you or another priest in that situation. “…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “his Theatines maintain a minor seminary in the neighborhood under his patronage. i drove by it on the way to…”
- on WDTPRS – 9 November: Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran, Rome’s Cathedral: “Great stuff Fr Z….. are the doors to St John Lateran originally the doors from the Roman Curia in the…”
- on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “As the demographic collapse accelerates, priests may find it prudent to live together in a central location with their deanery.…”
- on Some notes for your Sunday Mass in the Vetus and the Novus Ordo: “This is the best explanation I have heard in my almost 50 years. I wish it was what was heard…”
- 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…”
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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
WDTPRS POLL: covering Crosses, images, today
It is a traditional practice in the Latin Church to continue our deprivation, to continue our liturgical dying as we move closer to the Sacred Triduum, by covering over Crosses, statues and images, often in purple coverings. This can be … Read More
What the USCCB sent congressional aides
I received this, forwarded from a congressional staffer From: XXXXXXXX Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2010 11:15 AM Subject: xxxxxxx Note From the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops on “Fixing” Abortion Funding Problems in the Senate Bill Through Executive Order—Not Possible. … Read More
Here it is in a nutshell, folks
You are all going to die. I am going to die. You are going to die. There is no way around it. When we die, and we will, we will be judged. Heaven and Hell are the only alternatives. Both … Read More
I hate to say it…
FIRST: read this – A magisterium of nuns As I was headed over to church to preach at the evening Mass, a priest here in the rectory (I am in NY) stopped me and said that he had just seen … Read More
Recent posts of interest
Posts of recent interest: Don’t miss this one: A magisterium of nuns LifeSite: Obama as Provocateur of Catholic Dissention More proof that Speaker Pelosi isn’t interested in reducing the number of abortions REVIEW: New book by Aidan Nichols: Criticising the … Read More
More proof that Speaker Pelosi isn’t interested in reducing the number of abortions
If we needed it, here is more proof that Nancy Pelosi isn’t interested in reducing the number of abortions.
REVIEW: New book by Aidan Nichols: Criticising the Critics
UPDATE 20 March: I am getting emails from people asking how they can get the book I was reading on the airplane yesterday (see that entry). I am reposting this entry for their benefit. __________ ORIGINAL entry 7 March. __________ … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, REVIEWS, SESSIUNCULA
Tagged Aidan Nichols, identity, modernism, Tracey Rowland
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Pope Benedict explains the situation to the Irish
What Pope Benedict wrote to the people of Ireland about the sexual abuse of minors by priests. It is pretty long and you would read it in the whole text on your own. But here are salient paragraphs with my … Read More
Good clear talk about health care debate issues – useful!
I complained the other day that neither side in the Catholic field, the USCCB nor the dissidents, had adequately explained the presumed barrier – or lack thereof – or unacceptable weakness thereof – between federal money and the procuring of … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged CNA, health care reform, Richard Doerflinger
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Orual on 10 November – St Andrew Avellino (Vetus Ordo). Wherein Fr. Z rants.: “One of my elderly former pastors fell in his home and laid there for 3 days before anyone came to…”
