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Category Archives: The Drill
QUAERITUR: Act of Contrition in Latin. Okaaayyy.
Every once in a while I get an email asking for the Act of Contrition in Latin. I am not sure why one would want to say her Act of Contrition in Latin. It seems to me that the Act … Read More
Bp. Morlino on the mission of lay people in the public HHS mandate battle. Wherein Fr Z rants.
Some music to accompany my preliminary rant. Read while listening. [wp_youtube]TVjDP0vlem4[/wp_youtube] I have seen sharp criticisms launched by lay people against bishops whom they accuse of being weak in the public debate about Pres. Obama’s attacks on the religious … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, Dogs and Fleas, New Evangelization, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Wherein Fr. Z Rants
Tagged abortifacients, abortion, Bp. Morlino, contraception, D. Madison, health care, HHS, laity, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, vocation of the laity
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38 Comments
Voris video: where “action” is in Catholic communities. UPDATED with follow-up video!
ORIGINAL POST: 28 March 2247 GMT: Michael Voris has a new video about the use of the “Traditional Latin Mass”, the Extraordinary Form. After his travelogue, start paying attention about about 1:45. He speaks about the young people who are … Read More
FNC: Hemmer interviews Obama surrogate: hijinx and anti-Catholicism result
I saw on FNC Bill Hemmer’s interview of two talking heads, Monica Crowley (conservative pundette) and Christopher Hahn (former aide to Sen. Chuck Schumer D-NY). I hope they post the video of this surprising exchange. The wonks were reacting to … Read More
Posted in Dogs and Fleas, Emanations from Penumbras, Our Catholic Identity, Religious Liberty, The Drill, The future and our choices, The Last Acceptable Prejudice, Throwing a Nutty
Tagged Bill Hemmer, Christopher Hahn, contraception, FNC, HHS, Monica Crowley, Pres. Obama, religious liberty, Sen. Schumer, sex
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22 Comments
QUAERITUR: Are Mormons Christians?
From a reader: I have a friend who is Mormon and she claims that they are indeed Christian but something in me says they are not. She claims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and her Lord and … Read More
Posted in ASK FATHER Question Box, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged baptism, Battlestar Galactica, Christianity, divinity, God, Mormonism, Mormons, religion, Trinity
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46 Comments
WDTPRS Tuesday 5th Week of Lent: bittersweet
In the Tridentinum and in the 1962 Roman Missal this prayer is listed for Tuesday after Passion Sunday as the Oratio super populum. It also has roots in the Gelasian. COLLECT Da nobis, quaesumus, Domine, perseverantem in tua voluntate famulatum, ut in diebus nostris et merito … Read More
Pres. Obama says he’ll have “more flexibility” to do what he wants after November
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! On Monday m Pres. Obama said to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday that he, Obama, would have “more flexibility” because this is his last election. Pres. Obama was talking about missile stuff. But the question is immediately raised: … Read More
QUAERITUR: Writing sins on a card and burning it instead of confession.
Please use the sharing buttons! Thanks! From a readerette: I went to church this wednesday to a Lent conference. The guest Father organized a “write your sins in a card, be absolved and burn your sins” ceremony. Is my understanding … Read More
“If it wasn’t for health care…”
The nice UPS gal swooped in with a review DVD from First Run Films about the late Archbishop Oscar Romero. I’ll probably watch it tonight. In our brief chat, I mentioned how impressed I was that UPS and FedEx can move … Read More
Musing on canonical consequences for participation in same-sex “weddings”
From the Canonical Defender comes this: Possible canonical consequences for participation in ‘same-sex weddings’ March 19, 2012 British Catholic blogger Damien Thompson recently remarked “For Roman Catholics the prospect [of Britain legalizing same-sex marriage] is a very bleak one. Even if a liberal … Read More
