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Category Archives: SESSIUNCULA
Oddity during the broadcast of the Pope’s Easter
A reader sent the following observation. Apparently during the EWTN re-broadcast of the Holy Father’s Easter Mass, the announcer opined that the reason the Holy Father distributes Holy Communion only to people kneeling is… wait for it… because he is … Read More
The great Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Card. Zen
A tip of the biretta to NLM. o{]:¬) The great Bishop of Hong Kong Joseph Card. Zen. Happy Easter indeed!
Benedict XVI’s Easter Urbi et Orbi message
The Holy Father’s Easter Urbi et Orbi Message… to the City (Rome) and to the whole world. My emphases and comments. Dear Brothers and Sisters in Rome and throughout the world, From the depths of my heart, I wish all … Read More
A seminarian writes about Good Friday hijinx
From a seminarian reader (edited): Dear Fr. Z, I’m a seminarian studying for ____. We all go home for Holy Week and last night I went to my home parish for Good Friday. … [E]very year I’ve gone there they … Read More
Pruned, dying, and finally dead upon the threshold of the tomb
All during Lent we were being stripped down and put to a slow death. I speak liturgically, of course. But as Catholics our spiritual lives ought to reflect our liturgical lives and Holy Church’s liturgical seasons. We were liturgically eviscerated … Read More
When Popes ATTACK! The Daily Mail on Benedict XVI’s Good Friday
The Daily Mail has a quizzical story. Here it is with my emphases and comments. Here is a good lesson of what happens when journalists really know not what they do. We have drifted into a desert of godlessness (and … Read More
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Benedict XVIs sermon for the Via Crucis at the Colosseum
Benedict XVIs sermon for the Via Crucis at the Colosseum. My emphases and comments. Dear Brothers and Sisters, At the end of his dramatic Passion narrative, the Evangelist Saint Mark tells us: "The centurion, who stood facing him, saw that … Read More
POLL: Holy Thursday Foot Washing “mandatum”
People sometimes forget that the Foot Washing rite on Holy Thursday is an option in the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum. It can be done or excluded depending on the pastoral circumstances. What is not an option is that, if it … Read More
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