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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?
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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Vatican to issue conciliatory note by Card. Bertone to Jews over Good Friday Prayer?
This just in: Vatican to issue conciliatory note to Jews Mon Mar 17 12:26:06 UTC 2008 By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Benedict has approved a conciliatory statement for Jews upset by a Good Friday prayer that many … Read More
PRAYERCAzT 24: The Way of the Cross – Joseph Ratzinger (Good Friday – 2005)
Here is a reading of the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, composed by Joseph Card. Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, for the 2005 Good Friday observance at the Colosseum in Rome. The text is English, though I use … Read More
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PRAYERCAzT 23: Passion of St. John (Good Friday – 1962 Missale Romanum)
Welcome to another installment of What Does the Prayer Really Sound Like? Today we will hear the Passion of St. John, to be sung on Good Friday using the 1962 Missale Romanum. We hear it sung according to the traditional … Read More
Oldie PODCAzT 14: St. Augustine on the Lord’s Passion
From last year, 2007, on Holy Monday: Today’s Office of Readings has an excerpt of a sermon by St. Augustine of Hippo (+430 – s. Guelf. 3 otherwise called s. 218C) preached in 412 about the Lord’s Passion. I give … Read More
Where some of you are
Here is a glimpse at the last few minutes. This is a rough estimation of where many of you are when coming to visit: Houston, Texas Austin, Texas Calgary, Alberta Birmingham, Alabama Brooklyn, New York Villanova, Pennsylvania Campolongo Maggiore, Ve… … Read More
Another glimpse at my e-mail
I get lots of mail, hundreds of messages a day. Some are informative, some inquisitive, some complimentary, some censorious. This one rather tickled me. The writer is sad that I liked and wrote positively of H.E. Arthur Serratelli, Bishop of … Read More
Fr. Reginald Foster in Latin on youtube
There is a youtube video available of Fr. Reginald Foster speaking in Latin to some German media outlet. There are helpful subtitles in Portugese. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fRW1HUkG3c] Fr. Foster is talking about the problem of the loss of Latin, which leads to … Read More
Voting for the Catholic Blog Awards – now closed
Voting ended today for the 2008 Catholic Blog Awards. WDTPRS is in most of the categories and, when there was a midweek progress report, we were doing fairly well. These awards are little benchmarks, and as such have their purpose. … Read More
Rabble rousers!
South Ashford Priest has some photos of a demonstration outside their cathedral as the priests entered for the Chrism Mass. Just look at these rabble rousers! Nice gesture! His Hermeneuticalness, the great Fr. Tim Finigan – perhaps the future … Read More
Sandro Magister rightly blasts the TV coverage of Papal ceremonies
The gentlemanly Sandro Magister has some pointed observations about the television coverage of papal Masses. I must say I share his well-expressed views. Let’s have a look at what he writes on his worthy blog, Settimo cielo, in my translation … Read More
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