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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)
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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)
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Monthly Archives: July 2006
What do Stallings (& Miligno?) and his followers believe?
You all know that His Holiness, George Augustus Stallings, Jr., Patriarch and Founder of the AACC or Imani African American Catholic Congregation is an excommunicated heretic. So, is Archbishop Milingo going to join him? Let’s find out what the AACC … Read More
Milingo Hijinx
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I had some contact with Milingo some years ago when he was into his very weird diliverance ministries. My (former) bishop – the paragon of kindness and trust – origninally gave him permission to do some things in the diocese, very close to Rome, until he found out what Milingo was up to. Then he kicked him out. After the Holy See sakced him, Milingo lived in a Vatican apartment directly above one of the people I worked with. The stories of the odd balls coming and going and the disturbances in the building were amazing. Read More
“For heterodoxy does not differ at all from unenlightenment.”
Today’s Gospel reading from Matthew 10:1-7 concerns the mission Jesus gives to the Twelve and their instructions for that mission. He tells the Apostles to preach to the Jews but not to go to the towns of the pagans, the … Read More
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The Grail and Benedict
This is exactly what I was thinking His Holiness would do. Read More
Vatican Press Office change
Let us hope that this new appointment will also result in other changes at the Office as well!
Demystifying the optional “sign of peace”
Over at Catholic Sensibility there is a lengthy post on the infamous "sign of peace" and the way people engage in it. I bring this up for the sake of reminding you that the "sign of peace" is an OPTION. … Read More
St. Ambrose read without moving his lips!
In the ancient world books were rare. If you had a book, you were probably wealthy. If you got your hands on a book, you had to remember what you read because you might not ever see that particular book … Read More
Ambrose on today’s 1st reading: Hosea
While not always very original, St. Ambrose of Milan (+397) was a stemwinder delivering spellbinder. His Latin is elegant and his thought leads the careful listener down fascinating paths. I say "listener", because these things should always be read aloud. … Read More
Today’s 2nd reading through Augustine’s lens
The second reading for Holy Mass today, Sunday, is from 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10. We hear about Paul who was tormented by the Devil with God’s permission and given his proverbial “thorn in the flesh”. This was to bring Paul … Read More
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time: POST COMMUNION
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When I hear a phrase like ut numquam cessemus a laude tua, which is a result (ut with the subjunctive), my mind quickly sorts through the reasons for the result. We have just been given a share and foretaste of the heavenly life being extended to us by God. A gift as great as that, the bread of angels become the our spiritual and even physical nourishment, undeserved as it is on our part, demands from us who receive it a response that encompasses our whole person, body and soul. In heaven, certainly, we will “never cease or leave off from the praise†of God, whom we shall see face to face. But we are not in heaven now. We are still here on earth. Holy Communion requires a response of praise here and now. How can we praise God in response to the divine gifts He gives us? As the priest would quote (cf. Ps 116) before his own Communion at Mass, “What shall I give back to the Lord for all the things He gives to me?†We must praise Him. And not in words or thoughts only, but also in outward, concrete deeds as well, even if, especially when, it also means taking up the chalice He offers daily. Read More
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