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- JonPatrick on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “I’ll bet that 1% of sisters under the age of 40 are predominantly those in traditional orders.”
- on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “I wonder if the gentle prelate of Knoxville will try to stop people from seeing Ghost Soldier. It’s got that,…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Published on Aleteia :: 01/30/17 In his Regina Caeli message of Sunday, April 24, 1994, St. John Paul spoke of…”
- on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “The next page is Bedyngham’s “O rosa bella”, with a more dragonish pink-masked beast in several colors. Shrug. Anyway, the…”
- on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “That is from a heart-shaped (“cordiforme”) music book (“chansonnier”) of secular love songs, laid out for three or four male…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “Within the first couple of years of his papacy, I recall (but I have not been able to find the…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I have noticed this new strategy, of prelates asking for the NO to be celebrated reverently and according to the…”
- on A matter of grave concern: People who pray together before or after Mass.: “I wonder how the majority of priests, deacons, and bishops feel about several Catholics leaving Mass immediately after communion. No,…”
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Category Archives: The Drill
Bp. Serratelli on the new English translation of the Missale Romanum
From the online edition of Adoremus Bulletin comes an essay on the upcoming revised English translation of the Missale Romanum by the great Bishop of Patterson, H.E. Most Rev. Arthur Serratelli, chairman of the US Bishops’ Committee on Divine Worship. … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, WDTPRS
Tagged Adoremus Bulletin, Bp. Serratelli, Liturgiam authenticam, translation
36 Comments
36 Comments
Pope Benedict XVI, Bishop of Rome
If I have a little time in the early morning I may try to parse some of the Holy Father’s Corpus Christi sermon at the Lateran. In the meantime, it was nice to see him preach, seated as usual, and … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Benedict XVI, Corpus Christi, miter, procession, sermon
42 Comments
42 Comments
A “Crunchy Con” liturgical essay… rereading that baptist minister’s remarks on worship
Some hours back I posted an interesting piece by a baptist minister which has been getting some play in the blogosphere. On a site called Crunchy Con there is a reaction to the experience this baptist minister had. A "crunchy … Read More
Posted in Linking Back, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill
Tagged Crunchy Con, liturgical reform, liturgy, reform, Vatican II
51 Comments
51 Comments
America Magazine: English should supplant Latin as Church’s official language
From the Jesuit run America with my emphases and very time-pressed comments: Ave atque Vale The case for replacing Latin as the official language of the church Thomas G. Casey | AMERICA, JUNE 8, 2009 Latin is the official language … Read More
Posted in Our Catholic Identity, SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged identity, Latin, tradition
101 Comments
101 Comments
If Harry Knox is anti-Catholic, why is he at the White House?
From CNA with my emphases and comments: White House ‘comfortable’ with controversial faith-based council appointee Washington D.C., Jun 4, 2009 / 06:15 am (CNA).- The White House spokesman has said that President Obama is “comfortable” with the makeup of his … Read More
terms: pro-life v anti-abortion
I wonder about these terms… which we will be hearing and reading often in the coming days. What is the difference of impact between pro-life and anti-abortion What do these terms really say? What are people trying to convey by … Read More
FoxNews: “Pro-Life Groups Fear Backlash After Tiller Murder”
From AP via FoxNews: My emphases and comments: Pro-Life Groups Fear Backlash After Tiller MurderMany anti-abortion groups condemned the killing of Tiller, a prominent abortion provider who was shot dead at his church in Wichita, Kansas. But they expressed concern … Read More
PODCAzT 86: Year for Priests; Pius IX on priests, Mass and Holy Days of obligation
In this PODCAzT we will look into the new Year of Priests announced by Pope Benedict XVI and the indulgence priests and lay faithful can gain each in their own ways. Then, I will start what I hope to carry … Read More
Posted in PODCAzT, SESSIUNCULA, SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM, The Drill, Year of Priests
Tagged Amantissimi Redemptoris, Pius IX, podcast, PODCAzT, Year of Priest
9 Comments
9 Comments
John Allen on Pres. Obama and Miguel Diaz
From the National Catholic Reporter, the ultra-left wing dissenting weekly, the nearly ubiquitous John L. Allen has some obervations about Pres. Obama and future Ambassador Miguel Diaz. My emphases and comments. With Diaz nomination, Obama passes major Catholic test [Passes … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill
Tagged Ambassador, Diaz, John L. Allen, Notre Dame, Pres. Obama
41 Comments
41 Comments
Kmiec: Sotomayor’s experience trumps all
If you think that Judge Sotomayor’s nomination wasn’t planned to be another wedge between Catholics with a clear identity and those who are rather on the Catholic Lite side, here is Doug Kmiec’s take in the, where else, National Catholic … Read More
Posted in SESSIUNCULA, The Drill, The future and our choices
Tagged Kmiec, SCOTUS, Sotomayor
24 Comments
24 Comments
JonPatrick on ROME 26/10– Day 17-18: How very sad: “I’ll bet that 1% of sisters under the age of 40 are predominantly those in traditional orders.”
