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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)
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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)
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Times: Vatican tones down Good Friday service to avoid upsetting China
From The Times Online we read: Vatican tones down Good Friday service to avoid upsetting ChinaRichard Owen of The Times in Rome Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-kiun, the Archbishop of Hong Kong and a noted critic of Beijing, has "toned down" … Read More
Keep your ears for the Holy Father’s Thursday sermons
Keep your eyes peeled for English translations of the Holy Father’s sermons for the Chrism Mass and the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Wow. Today is too high impact for me to work through a translation. In the EWTN coverage … Read More
EWTN coverage of Holy Father’s Chrism Mass
I watched through the EWTN coverage of the the Holy Father’s Chrism Mass and I have some observations. It could be that the comments of Sandro Magister (and perhaps even on this humble blog) had a bit of an effect. … Read More
S. St. Paul, MN – St. Augustine’s Church: Triduum – 1962 Missale Romanum
Sacred Triduum will be celebrated with the 1962 Missale Romanum at St. Augustine’s in South St. Paul, MN. Holy Thursday – 8:00 pmGood Friday – 7:30 pmVigil of Easter – 11:00 om I think because the priests for St. Augustine … Read More
Marshalling his energies….
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict will reduce his activity at this week’s Good Friday procession by watching most of the service from a vantage point instead of walking around Rome’s ancient Colosseum, a spokesman said on Tuesday. [Entirely understandable. … Read More
Thanks to you all for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards
The results are in for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards. Thank you! How did WDTPRS do? Best Apologetic Blog – 1st Best Blog by Clergy/Religious/Seminarian – 1st Best Designed Catholic Blog – 3rd Best Group Blog – N/A Best Individual … Read More
Catholic Herald: Arco on the theological value of Benedict XVI’s vestment statements
The insightful Anna Arco has a good article in The Catholic Herald, WDTPRS’s favorite Catholic newspaper of the UK. You will like this, I think, unless you … well… you’ll see what I mean. My emphases and comments. Benedict XVI … Read More
Another Black/Red variation! ROLF!
I tip my black biretta o{]:¬) to The Black Biretta who presents another set of helpful texts. One has a variation on Say The Black – Do The Red ROFL!! When Fr. Triglio is made a bishop … Read More
Sports on Good Friday… anyone else irritated?
I don’t especially follow college basketball, but I do follow the Men’s Hockey team of my less than "Alma" Mater the University of Minnesota. The WCHA/NCAA scheduled playoffs during the Triduum. Grrr…. In this day and age of DVR’s this … Read More
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