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Category Archives: The Drill
QUAERITUR: Why don’t liberals just leave the Church?
From a reader: Why do these liberals and people like in the LCWR stay in the Church? Wouldn’t it make sense for them to go to the Anglicans? They could be wymynpriests there and do all the crazy stuff they … Read More
Scenes from the annual LCWR meeting: the fecundity of chaos
Today on the invaluable site of NCFishwrap we learn that at the meeting of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) the gathered sistren are turning to a brand new plan in the face of their dwindling numbers. Here are … Read More
Posted in Lighter fare, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged FFLF, LCWR, NCFishwrap, the fecundity of chaos
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Remember: Father isn’t talking to you.
I was once accosted in St. Peter’s Basilica after my daily Mass by an angry modernist visiting American pants-suit, hair-do and lapel-pin sister … I guess angry was redundant, wasn’t it… who griped at me that she couldn’t hear the … Read More
How to treat sinners
A quote via Good Jesuit Bad Jesuit from St. Ignatius of Loyola which reminds me of how imperfect I am in charity. “Treat sinners as a good mother treats her child when sick; she bestows on him many more caresses … Read More
Card. Canizares (Prefect CDW) on Vatican II and SSPX
From CNA with my emphases and comments: Cardinal Canizares: Vatican II was not a break in Church’s tradition Lima, Peru, Aug 15, 2011 / 05:55 pm (CNA).- The prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the … Read More
Music and the Assumption
You might want to surf over to News.va today to listen to an mp3 by Msgr. Philip Whitmore who speaks about Palestrina, John Tavener, and about the doctrine of the Assumption of Mary, through music. Sadly, he needed more time … Read More
QUAERITUR: Sunday rest from servile work for the children
From a reader: My question is, I think, pretty straightforward. One of the precepts of the Church is that we attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days, and rest from servile labor. From what I’ve read, family obligations are exempted … Read More
Posted in "How To..." - Practical Notes, ASK FATHER Question Box, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged rest, sabbath, servile work, Sunday
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PATRISTIBLOG: Augustine’s Sermons on 1 John – PART 1
You may remember my intention to work through St. Augustine’s sermons, or tractates, on 1 John. I think it is time to get at them. I am motivated in part because in these sermons, Augustine tackles, among other things, “enemy … Read More
NCR’s Sr. Fielder implies that men faithful to Church teachings are sick in the head
That keen observer of human behavior Samuel Johnson had sobering observations about self-delusion. For example, he wrote “However we may labour for our own deception, truth, though unwelcome, will sometimes intrude upon the mind.” [Idler #80 October 27, 1759]. And … Read More
Silence… silence… please, God, more silence! Fr. Z rants.
I just sent in a column for The Wanderer. Here is the first part of what I offered this week. In his General Audience of 10 August, Pope Benedict spoke about monastic silence, beauty and prayer. He said, Silence is … Read More
