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- DCLex on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “1. Qc7 forcing a4 2. Qa5# (If 1….b6 2. Qc8#) about 3 minutes”
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- on ASK FATHER: Why do people today freak out about exorcisms?: “Thank you Father for this very interesting and informative piece. Your saying “we are our rites” hit me the other…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “Most amusing line: “Generations of Catholics who embraced the modernizing tide sparked in the 1960s by Vatican II are increasingly…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “The (Novus Ordo) parish I currently live usually has about 30 people that attend our only “Sunday” Mass (which is…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “St. Athanasius…excomumicated when he died. Shows us that God is in charge. His Creed clearly says, “No salvation outside of…”
- on Fr John Hunwicke – R.I.P.: “May he rest in peace. My routine when at home is to read this blog at breakfast then Fr. Hunwicke’s…”
- on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “Pippo has the largest bird of paradise flowers I have ever seen. I wonder if he is the same florist…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “Fr. Z: Welcome back to the US and you touched down at JFK in one piece. Sticking to Delta must…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: ““I’m not a Catholic anymore,” said Hammond, the woman who left when the church’s school began to change. “Not even…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “Too much doom and gloom in the comments. Denies reality; it’s a bad moment, not a bad forever. [Too much…”
- on The shift toward “the old ways” is really a step forward into the future.: “This amused me: “You’d leave Mass thinking, ‘Holy cow! What just happened?’” said another ex-parishioner at St. Maria Goretti, whose…”
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#OafForADay – Deacon in vestments and a dog mask
I’ve seen this from different sources, including lots of email. However Dcn. Greg Kandra has the most prominent post. An idiot deacon – listed among the Permanent Deacons of St. Rose of Lima Church in Eddystone in the Archdiocese of … Read More
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Tagged culpability, deacons, Herodotus, Oaf For A Day!, permanent deacons, sacrilege, sports
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The lesson of Thrasybulus
As I contemplate certain things going on in the Church right now, I am reminded of Thrasybulus of Miletus. The story of Thrasybulus is in Book V of Herodotus’ Histories. A messenger from Periander, a 7th c. BC tyrant of Corinth, asks Thrasybulus, tyrant of … Read More
DCLex on ROME 24/4– Day …. Nope… Daily Rome Shot 1010: “1. Qc7 forcing a4 2. Qa5# (If 1….b6 2. Qc8#) about 3 minutes”
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