Here is a WDTPRS POLL meant to compliment a post over at Rorate, where readers have been asked about the 2nd Confiteor during the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite.
This poll is not meant to elicit opinions about whether or not we should use the 2nd Confiteor. We are just trying to find out what actually goes on.
From the blog Musings of a Pertinacious Papist comes an interesting observation in the form of a photograph.
Here is an example of the changes that were to be made to the sanctuary of a church in conformity with the reforms coming from the Second Vatican Council.
I haven’t seen “Ray” the Cardinal for a while. He is usually in and out chomping on the saffron and sunflower.
I was out for a walk earlier and found a dead male Cardinal.
I suspect it was “Ray”.
We shall see.
My maibox is filling with unrelated requests for my reaction to two things. First, what about, I am asked, the additional news about Fr. John Corapi? Second, did I watch the verdict in the trail of Casey Anthony?
I have paid as little attention as possible to both these stories. Both stories, however, have things in common. We can think about these stories in themselves and in respect to our reaction to them.
I am concerned that when it comes to human failures we can slide into ghoulish voyeurism. The media purposely scratches that itch, which was left us as a result of Original Sin. Certainly the secular media has slavered over the later story. I hope the Catholic media doesn’t slaver over the former. Either way, we need to be careful.
Fr. Corapi’s case makes me very sad. There: I’ve said it again. I have paid as little attention to it as I can, though I couldn’t ignore this last wave of bad news. I pray that eventually Corapi will get things sorted out.
Corapi has an immortal soul. He is need of a Savior just like the one writing this and you who are reading this. And I would remind you that you, dear reader, are not sinless and neither am I. Many people who admired Corapi will want to know what happens in his case, but I urge you to examine your consciences for your motives. Those who didn’t like him, consider first your own state of soul and God’s mercy. In any event, pray for him, who seems to be very troubled, and for all the people who have been harmed in the matter.
About the Anthony case, I don’t know enough of the facts to opine about it. I found the media coverage loathsome. Even I who avoided the coverage as if it were a really bad smell couldn’t fail to note the vast presumption of guilt before the verdict. Now that she has been acquitted of the more serious charges, it will follow as the night the day that the same raving pundits will now rave about other aspects of the case, about themselves being right even though they were wrong, about who was right or wrong and how wrong or right they were and why and what is wrong with being right for the wrong reasons, who will get prosecuted next … blah blah blah slurp slurp.
I kept the TV off for most of the frenzy. When I did watch programs on news channels, used my DVR to scan through the hours of muck for the few tidbits of real news we were allowed without the ghoulish voyeurism.
I don’t find these stories entertaining. I’ll admit that once in a while when watching a US Senate hearing on CSPAN about truly important issues I am tempted to make popcorn, but these other stories, Fr. Corapi and Casey Anthony and the mysterium iniquitatis they reveal, leave me feeling world weariness encroaching on my overarching sense of Christian joy.
Never were baseball, the Tour de France, or a black screen more welcome, a trend which has increased with each year that I pass in this vale of tears.
I’ll pray for Corapi and, if I am allowed, I’ll hope that the Anthony case fades from memory.
Liturgical liberals usually run down the intelligence of people in the pews, saying among other things that Joe and Mary Catholic will not be able to understand the new, corrected translation, or quod Deus avertat, LATIN.
“It’s toooo haaard!“, they whine.
B as in B. S as in S.
Common sense and experience teaches quite the contrary. This is especially the case with children, who take to hard language, heck, other and foreign languages, with a facility that we oldsters cannot rival.
When a willing teacher tell kids they can do something, and they usually can.
Thus I tip my biretta to my good friend the great Fabrizio, father of four children all of whom are learning Latin prayers like the good Catholic children they are, for this video he in turn picked up from The Curt Jester.
Listening to these children sing and then talk about what they are doing, might give you a sense of how we found a long term “new evangelization”.
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The Congregation for Clergy issued a guide for confessors entitled The Priest, Minister of Divine Mercy – An Aid for Confessors and Spiritual Directors.
I have read through this once and will eventually comment on it more. I invite priests to read this and send me comments via email which perhaps can be collected into a larger entry here.
However, I want to bring to the attention of all priests and bishops that in an appendix there is an Examination of Conscience for priests with 20 points.
Here is one of them:
3. “Zeal for your house consumes me” (Jn 2:17).
Do I celebrate the Holy Sacrifi ce of the Mass according to the rites and rubrics established by the Church? Do I celebrate Holy Mass with a right intention and according to the approved liturgical books? Am I attentive to the sacred species conserved in the tabernacle and careful to renew it periodically? Do I pay due attention to the sacred vessels and ensure their conservation? Do I wear in a dignifi ed fashion all of the sacred vestments prescribed by the Church? Am I conscious that I act in persona Christi Capitis?
First, we learn that SSPX Bp. Williamson, convicted in absentia in a German court for denying the WWII “Holocaust” (a crime in Germany), has appealed his conviction and fine of €10,000.
Next, we learn that the Holy See’s spokesman, Fr. Federico Lombardi, SJ, commented on recent SSPX priesthood ordinations, I assume both at Winona, MN, and Econe, Switzerland. Lombardi said that the SSPX doesn’t have canonical status in the Church and that their ministers don’t legitimately exercise ministry in the Church. The press release says that Fr. Lombardi was reaffirming Benedict XVI’s letter of 10 March 2009.
UPDATE: I heard this also on the broadcast of the English news on Vatican Radio.
I picked up from the excellent blog The Sensible Bond, authored by a gent in England. The video is about a priest in El Paso. The blogosphere is amazing.
Fr. Michael Rodriguez spoke at a City Council Meeting about an ordinance extending health-care benefits to unmarried “partners” of city employees. Then a City rep, a member of the Council, attacked the Catholic Church in response to Fr. Rodriguez statement.
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And if you are wondering, here is a clip of Fr. R saying Mass.
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The great P.P. of Brighton, Fr. Ray Blake, has an observation on his blog. This probably will not surprise you too much.
I am delighted to offer hospitality to any priest. The strange thing is older priests visiting Brighton tend to sit in the congregation, middle aged priests want to concelebrate but younger priests are quite different, often they want to celebrate their own Mass, and not unusually in the Extraordinary Form, or at least in Latin. It is a generational thing, it is also an illustration of a change in the Church.
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Yep. That’s about right.
I received some points of reflection from a priest friend who is a member of one of the oldest religious families. I edited two of the points with his permission.
1. Prospective priests (Religious or Diocesan) are not looking primarily for community life, as we live it. They are looking for a Church-related mission that they believe in.
2. Prospective priests want to know what the Pope teaches, not what the U.N. teaches.
3. Prospective priests do not want to sit around with older “veterans” and listen to the latter whine about the Pope, Rome and the bishops.
4. Prospective priests are not in favor of women’s ordination. Period.
5. Prospective priests do not want to attend Masses that resemble hootenannies, Quaker meetings, or Presbyterian services.
6. Prospective priests are not ashamed of the Pro-life movement, they’re for it.
7. Prospective priests do not want to hear their brothers mock the Pope and gripe about liturgical norms.
8. Prospective priests do not want to study at theological unions/seminaries that are embarrassed by Catholic teaching.
9. Prospective priests know that Vatican II was not the only, or even the most important, Ecumenical Council.
10. Prospective priests are not embarrassed by Marian devotion, and are seen praying the Rosary.
Coat of Arms by D Burkart
ProfessorCover on ROME 26/5– Day 53: Persevere!: “Father Z writes: “How often do we fail in mutual charity? Mutual charity. Think about it. I have in mind…”
on ROME 26/5– Day 53: Persevere!: “I may go to “The Parish” either today or tomorrow! I’m currently in Rome for the first time.”
on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “He keeps it up until….the Vatican has police remove him as the pope still refuses to engage with him.”
on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: ““The Jesuits, their eyes uncovered!” Though Vir Qui Timet Dominum has the best one already. And I fear this might…”
on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “The scenario would be more accurate if Pagliarani arranged for the pope and himself to be dropped in contested Nigeria.…”
on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “I think this makes sense. In fact, it seems to be the obvious choice of action. I’d throw in some…”
on Pagliarani and Leo at Tanagra: “Great suggestion but the time for that is past. Maybe 3 months ago that would’ve worked but now, no doubt…”
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