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Tag Archives: LENT
WDTPRS POLL: How is your Lent going so far? Part I
Lent is a preparatory time of penance in introspection, involving fasting, good works, and confession. How is your Lent going so far? Pick the answer closest to your situation. If you care to make a comment in the combox, please … Read More
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WDTPRS – Ember Wednesday of Lent (1962MR & 2002MR)
Remember today’s LENTCAzT. COLLECT (1962RM): Devotionem populi tui, quaesumus, Domine, benignus intende: ut, qui per abstinentiam macerantur in corpore, per fructum boni operis reficiantur in mente. In the Novus Ordo the prayer is somewhat softened. Are you getting used to … Read More
QUAERITUR: Feast days during Lent, or “plenus uenter facile de ieiuniis disputat”
From a reader: This year, the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary falls on a Friday. In the Extraordinary Form, it’s a first class feast. Meat would normally, therefore, be allowed (despite the Friday). However, in the universal calendar (ordinary … Read More
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WDTPRS – Saturday after Ash Wednesday
Today’s Collect was in the ancient Veronese and Gelasian Sacramentaries, and so it represents the best of the liturgical tradition of the early Church in Rome, formed out of the cultural, intellectual, spiritual milieu of the era. COLLECT: Omnipotens sempiterne … Read More
GOP 2012 hopefuls on what they are giving up for Lent
With a biretta tip to Catholic Culture o{]:¬) I saw this in the Daily Caller: GOP 2012 hopefuls on what they are giving up for Lent By Chris Moody – The Daily Caller The 40-day period of sacrifice before Easter … Read More
WDTPRS – Thursday after Ash Wednesday – God crowns His own merits in us
Where does today’s Collect come from? It is present in the Hadrianum and Paduense manuscripts of the so-called “Gregorian Sacramentary“. “But Father! But Father!”, I am sure you say all the time. “What on earth is that?”. The Roman usage … Read More
Dumb liberal idea #3464 = Reason #583739 for Summorum Pontificum: Removing Holy Water during Lent
If there are any priests out there who remove Holy Water from the stoops in church for Lent… KNOCK IT OFF! And if you, dear readers, go into a church and you see this idiocy… for the love of God, … Read More
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Brick by Brick in Kansas City, Kansas: Confessions – every parish, every Wednesday in Lent
Sometimes I wonder if Bp. Finn of Kansas City, MO and Archbp. Naumann of Kansas City, KS compete with each other to be the best Catholic bishop they can be. Here is great news from Kansas City, Kansas. Take this … Read More
QUAERITUR: About Lenten reading
From a reader: The Little Black Book This booklet surfaces around Lent in some local parishes and is based on the writings of Bishop Ken Untener (1937-2004). PLEASE advise.Thank you. I don’t know this book. I understand that it isn’t … Read More
REVIEW: Some thoughts about the Pope’s new book – part I
I have been reading the new, second volume of Benedict XVI’s book, Jesus of Nazareth. A preview copy was sent to me by the publisher. I have been circling back over various passages which impedes my forward progress. I am … Read More
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