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- TheCavalierHatherly on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: ““obligationem assumo sequendi lineam positivam ad doctrinam interpretandam sub ductu Magisterii ne quis eam a reliquo sacro doctrinae Ecclesiae patrimonio…”
- on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “Obedience that comes from servile fear isn’t the virtue of obedience. It is rather a form of vanity.”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “the “formula of adherence” includes this requirement: “I accept the doctrine taught in No. 25 of the Dogmatic Constitution Lumen…”
- on The 6 SSPX Bishops excommunicated. Priests are in schism. Marriages invalid. Absolutions invalid. Lay faithful warned against schism and excommunication.: “@Fr. Jackson is right. And this is a point that matters to the possibility of reconciliation where it is needed.…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “So my reading of the whole situation is this: Leo/Fernandez intended, in the last proposed “dialogue,” to give the SSPX…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “The local bishop also has the authority to make LS excommunication the penalty for the lay faithful attending an SSPX…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “Not to worry… I hear that a certain bishop of a prominent see in the Southern U.S., well known for…”
- on What constitutes “formal adherence” to schism? It is NOT merely attending Masses. There’s more to it.: “Father, what do you make of the language in the DDF’s Procedure for Reconciliation of Priests and Lay Faithful Coming…”
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Category Archives: The Drill
Catholic Herald editorial: “Benedict XVI is truly the Pope of Christian Unity”
The UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald, has an editorial with a title which may sound familiar to readers of WDTPRS. My original post about a project. This comes during the Week for Christian Unity. My emphases and comments. … Read More
Hymns versus the actual antiphons designated for Mass in the Roman Rite
There has been some discussion here of late about the Introit v. hymn debate, as well as the general issue of the use of hymns at Mass instead of the actual antiphons designated by Holy Church for use each day. … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged antiphons, GIA, Graduale Romanum, hymns, worship
24 Comments
24 Comments
Winding up the clock, not turning it back
With a tip of the biretta to the Recovering Choir Director I was guided to The Authentic Update: My emphases and comments: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 Some Thoughts About "Turning Back the Clock" I’ve done a lot of reading (mostly … Read More
WSJ: “As the Flame of Catholic Dissent Dies Out “
I missed this yesterday in the WSJ. My emphases and comments. As the Flame of Catholic Dissent Dies Out By CHARLOTTE ALLEN Mary Daly, a retired professor at Boston College who was probably the most outré of all the dissident … Read More
A comment on the death of Mary Daly
Many people asked me why I wasn’t commenting on the death of Mary Daly. Okay… here is something. From New American with my emphases and comments: Boston College and Its Radical Feminist ‘Catholic’ Written by Jack Kenny Friday, 08 … Read More
The Pope, the “sedia” and security – a security consultant’s view
Here on WDTPRS we had a POLL about whether or not the sedia gestatoria should be revived for the sake of the security of the person of the Roman Pontiff, at least in the Basilica of St. Peter. The results: … Read More
Bp. Vasa: excommunication can be appropriate
More from the ever interesting Bishop of Baker, H.E. Most Rev. Robert Vasa. My emphases and comments: Excommunication is a declaration of acts that severs ties By Bishop Robert Vasa BEND — During the course of this past year there … Read More
Positive news about the talks between the SSPX and Holy See
The always interesting Rorate as well as the experts of liturgical eye-candy NLM, not to mention the Italian site messainlatino.it all get my biretta tip for this. I share it here to make it known to a wider group of … Read More
Posted in Brick by Brick, Ecclesiae unitatem, Our Catholic Identity, The Drill
Tagged Alfonso de Galarreta, SSPX
32 Comments
32 Comments
From First Things and Forum Letter: “Temple prostitution: a modest proposal”
Want to have a chuckle while looking at a serious issue? Serious for the Lutherans, that is. You remember the ELCA decision last summer about homosexual clergy and same-sex unions? I picked up on the site of First Things their … Read More
Benedict XVI’s Anglican provisions like the razing of ecumenical Berlin Wall
In your discussions of things ecumenical, remember to refer to Pope Benedict as "the Pope of Christian Unity". A reader alerted me to the following piece In the Canadian daily The Globe and Mail by Ian Hunter, Ian Hunter is … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Anglican Provisions, Anglicanorum coetibus, Pope of Christian Unity
27 Comments
27 Comments
TheCavalierHatherly on The DDF’s procedures for “reconciling” both clerics and lay people from the SSPX: ““obligationem assumo sequendi lineam positivam ad doctrinam interpretandam sub ductu Magisterii ne quis eam a reliquo sacro doctrinae Ecclesiae patrimonio…”
