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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
Rose in Dunn, NC
The parish of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dunn, NC the pastor Father Paul Parkerson used rose vestments, as is entirely natural, on Gaudete Sunday. So I was alerted by a reader.
QUAERITUR: Told I can’t receive on the tongue as a EMHC
From a reader: Dear Father, I am a student at a university, where I am an extraordinary minister of Holy Communion in the chaplaincy. I prefer to receive Holy Communion on the tongue. When commissioned by the previous chaplain, after … Read More
A seminarian reports: A Gaudete parish nightmare
From a seminarian (edited): Fr. Z, Please feel free to delete this & move on. I’m sure you receive many similar missives. For me …catharsis ..or I explode! I went to Mass for Gaudete Sunday at my local parish. I arrived … Read More
Question to WDTPRSers with Sling Box
Are there any readers out there who have a Sling Box set up and wouldn’t mind giving me some limited access?
A Gaudete question revisited: “Real priests wear ‘rosacea'”!
Today priests can wear "rose" vestments. Everyone knows this. But I do get questions about what shade of "rose" this is. What does "rose" mean? Today I said Mass with rose vestments and to use true rosacea. I am in … Read More
Question to readers who know WordPress
It seems that when I change the wordpress theme, I lose my stats being counted through sitemeter etc. hmmm… any ideas?
A nice Christmas note from an old priest
From a reader: From a beloved priest, almost 90 years old, almost blind, who has served missions in rural Kentucky and Arkansas all his life. He is only semi-retired and will on occasion happily celebrate the 1962 Mass when needed. … Read More
Playing with themes today
I am fiddling around with themes. Don’t freak out.
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Advent – COLLECT (2002MR)
An excerpt from an WDTPRS article for The Wanderer. Now for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, also nicknamed Gaudete…. the plural imperative of gaudeo, “Rejoice!”. Today, there is a relaxation of the penitential aspect of Advent. In the first week … Read More
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