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The "sign of peace" during Mass in the Ordinary Form...
- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 Votes)
- I don't care one way or another. (6%, 1,696 Votes)
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Should the Bishops of the USA have us return to obligatory meatless Fridays during the whole year and not just during Lent?
- Yes, and I think this is very important. (81%, 15,546 Votes)
- Yes, I guess so. (9%, 1,716 Votes)
- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: June 2006
NAPALM
In dialog with Mike Aquilina of The Way of the Fathers fame we have come up with a cunning plan. With this post I solemnly announce the foundation of a new group, the… National Association of Patristiblogging Men which shall … Read More
Now lookie here
Again I am under siege. Folks, there are simply lots of things I cannot directly talk about. First, while I know that ecclesiastical speculation is great fun, not all that is gold glitters. Second, sure I learn a lot here. … Read More
Interstate ecclesiastical hijink
The US National System of Interstate and Defense Highways aka the Interstate Highway System could be a starting point for ecclesiological reflection. Consider, for example, I-35. At one end you have such places as the Archdiocese of Dallas where all … Read More
Communion in the hand and the threat of death
Fellow patristicist and blogger … hmmm… patristiblogger Mike Aquilina posted a nice riff over at his place. I tip my biretta to him. o{]:¬) It got me thinking (which nearly always results in trouble). Here is the blurb that got … Read More
Of Vandals and Coadjutors
Several times already in the life if this still young blog I have used the Roman saying “Morto un papa, se ne fa un altro…A pope dies, ya’ make another”. I have done this very deliberately. Lately, I have been … Read More
Go to the right or the left and you wind up in the ditch
I am of the firm belief that the Catholic Church presents the only sure road for us in life. You can go into the ditch on either side of the road, the left or the right – take your pick. … Read More
UPDATE: INTERNET PRAYER: FINNISH
I am pleased to report that a new language version of the well-known "Internet Prayer" has just arrived. Behold, we now have FINNISH. I would love to get some more audio files of these prayers read aloud. Kindly say a … Read More
Pentecost Monday: For what it’s worth
Take this for what it may be worth. Some years ago I was told this story by an elderly, retired Papal Ceremoniere or a Master of Ceremonies who (according to him) was present at the event about to be recounted. … Read More
9th Week of Ordinary Time
COLLECT: Deus, cuius providentia in sui dispositione non fallitur te supplices exoramus, ut noxia cuncta submoveas, et omnia nobis profutura concedas. Blaise/Chirat indicates that dispositio is “disposition providentialle”. It has to do God’s plan for salvation. Fallo is an interesting … Read More
Tax vobicum: paxilluli revisted
Everyone knows that the posts that really drive traffic up on these blogs have to do with the Tridentine Mass and Latin liturgy. But I am going to return to an issue that affect far more people. I’m sure you … Read More
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