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Category Archives: The Drill
QUAERITUR: “our sacrifice” and “my sacrifice and yours”
From a reader, edited: I sometimes wonder about the part of the prayer of the priest at Mass which goes “Pray, Brethren, that our sacrifice will be acceptable to the Lord our God.” And to which the people respond (I … Read More
Austria… poor Austria: scrub priests rebel
From CWN. My emphases and comments. Over 300 Austrian priests join ‘Call to Disobedience’ Catholic World News July 13, 2011 Over 300 of Austria’s 4,200 priests have pledged to take part in Aufruf zum Ungehorsam (Call to Disobedience), an initiative … Read More
QUAERITUR: Participation in the sins of other people
Yesterday I posted about the entry at the blog of the USCCB about the benefits of confession. In that post the subject of “structural sin” came up. “Structural sin” is something liberals use to mask the reality of personal responsibility … Read More
Contrary-to-nature unions and unintended consequences
My friend The Motley Monk writes about an interesting consequence of the NY legislature’s and Gov. Cuomo’s approval of contrary-to-nature unions as if they were “marriages”. Homosexual marriage: The law of unintended consequence… With the initial wave of glee receding … Read More
Catholic League reacts to a Hell’s Bible book review
From our friends at The Catholic League: NEW YORK TIMES’ DUMB TAKE ON CATHOLICISM There was a book review in yesterday’s New York Times by Bill Keller, executive editor of the newspaper, of Absolute Monarchs: A History of the Papacy, … Read More
USCCB Media Blog: 10 points in favor of going to confession
I am all for any official entity of the Church promoting the Sacrament of Penance. The media blog of the USCCB has a post by Sr. Mary Ann Walsh about the Sacrament of Penance. Shall we have look with my … Read More
How small-c catholic liberals attack what they don’t like
In the past I have mentioned that catholic liberals right now are using the clerical abuse issue as a blunt instrument with which to bludgeon any issue or any person they don’t like. If they don’t like, say, the Church’s … Read More
Vatican Rep. at U.N. on “Impulse-driven rights” v. “Authentic rights”.
From CNA with my emphases and comments: Vatican official: UN gay ‘rights’ agenda endangers Church’s freedom By Benjamin Mann Geneva, Switzerland, Jul 8, 2011 / 06:08 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican’s representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council in … Read More
Bill Donohue on liberal elite scolding of bishops over contrary-to-nature unions.
There is a good commentary by Bill Donohue of the Catholic League on the liberal commentary aimed at the US Catholic Bishops over contrary-to-nature unions and legislation to promote them. Here is Mr. Donohue with my emphases and comments: Responding … Read More
QUAERITUR: Hymns at Low Mass (Extraordinary Form)
I am focused on a myriad of things at the moment, and so I will open this to the readership to obtain sound and documented answers to this priest’s questions about the Extraordinary Form. Note that there are two issues. … Read More
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cesenamode on Daily Rome Shot 1652: tiara: “The second tablet: The above stone now placed on the outside of our church on the via ostiense was brought…”
