Monthly Archives: February 2007

Another “Tridentine” Motu Proprio date

Posted on 3 February 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Rumors fly.  I am not entirely sure that this is well-informed, and it is more than second hand.  However, it was reported in another entry: Robert Moynihan of Inside the Vatican, currently in Naples, Florida, confirmed last night at a … Read More →

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Post prandial stroll

Posted on 3 February 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

  Every now again I can give you glimpses into Z-life.  Here are some images from an after lunch stroll with an octogenarian Chinese priest who lives in the same house I am in and another young fellow who came … Read More →

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“The Chair” speaks.

Posted on 3 February 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Tablet is aiding and abetting.  They have published a piece by His Excellency Donald W. Trautman, "the Chair".  He heads the USCCB’s Committee on Liturgy (BCL).  "The Chair" is the perennial foe of hard words and the Holy See’s … Read More →

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3 February: St. Blaise

Posted on 3 February 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

Every time I get my throat blessed on St. Blaise Day, I get a sore throat or bronchitis.  As a matter of fact, every time I bless a car it gets in an accident.  One person whom I warned about … Read More →

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Fly in Amber Syndrome

Posted on 1 February 2007 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf

The Church and Holy Mass are not flies in amber.  I was strongly reminded of this today when saying Mass with the 1962 Missale Romanum. In the older calendar, today is the feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch.  However, on … Read More →

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