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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
The next stage for the Holy Father’s wrist
CNA: Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Aug 21, 2009 / 10:20 am (CNA).- The Holy See’s Press Office has issued a statement today announcing that the Pope Benedict XVI’s personal physician, Dr. Patrizio Polisca, has removed the cast from the Holy Father’s … Read More
grrr update
After having some successes with the desktop dashed to the dust of despair, I managed to get in enough to initiate a backup to a large external hard drive. I will set this problem to one side now for a … Read More
oh… OH!
I violated a strict kitchen rule tonight. After supper when cleaning up I had some hot chilies left over. I put them away. When you handle hot peppers you should always, right away, wash your hands. As I was saying, … Read More
Feeder feed
While I have been writing an article and fixing a computer and doing may other things, the feeder has been SUPER busy today. The Goldfinch Eating Team is DEMOLISHING socks full of thistle seed. You can almost see the level … Read More
QUAERITUR: I comment on noise in church, the priest reacts badly
From a reader: My family always prays after the Novus Ordo Mass at our little country church (fits about 150) the prayers commonly recited after the Low Mass. Unfortunately, once the last note fades from the recessional, all other parishioners … Read More
Winds of change
In my native place, Minneapolis, where Episcopalians/Anglicans first decided to "ordain" women, it seems that my former confessional splinter group the Lutheran Church – no wait – there is no Lutheran Church…. the ELCA, is debating the issue of openly … Read More
The Tablet seems to be okay with state funded abortion. Surprised?
From CNA comes this unsurprising piece. Here is a taste: London, England, Aug 18, 2009 / 02:42 am (CNA).- A Catholic newspaper in Britain has drawn harsh criticism for claiming that the U.S. bishops’ concerns about abortion coverage in proposed … Read More
NB: abortion is NOT “health care”… repeat…
CNA reports: In face of Planned Parenthood attack, USCCB official insists abortion is not health care Washington D.C., Aug 20, 2009 / 06:19 am (CNA).- Cecile Richards, President of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, has criticized the U.S. Catholic … Read More
Another grrrr update
After considerable effort yesterday, my desktop crashed and burned again today. How my heart quailed. However, I think I may – again after considerable effort and frustration – have found a work around. Right now, with the blessing, it is … Read More
Frank interview of Msgr. Domenico Bartolucci, “maestro in perpetuo”
In my years in seminary in Rome, I would walk often passed the door leading to the rehearsal rooms of the boys choir of the Sistine Chapel choir. I could hear them rehearsing with their maestro, Mons. Domenico Bartolucci, the … Read More
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