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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 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: May 2008
Holy See: more on admission of homosexuals to seminaries – “What part of ‘No’ didn’t you understand?”
A friend sent me something from L’Osservatore Romano which you may find very interesting. What follows was a Rescriptum ex audientia. This means that someone went in to meet with the Pope, asked a question which was also a written … Read More
Feeder report
Hurray! UPDATE: Behold … the American Goldfinch or Carduelis tristis. Perhaps he is sad, tristis, because he isn’t an Indigo? You would think that tristis might a better name for this "blue" Bunting. I have at least two of these … Read More
Benedict XVI in Savona
The Holy Father is celebrating Mass right now in Savona. Nearly over. The choir is singing Mozart’s Ave verum Corpus. NB: Altar Cross in the center and 7th candle right by It.
PODCAzT 61: Pope Leo I on a post-Pentecost weekday; Fr. Z rambles not quite aimlessly for a while
Today is Saturday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the sixth and final PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. … Read More
MINI MOVIE REVIEW: Prince Caspain
I went to see Prince Caspian, the next movie in the Narnia series. There were good moments. But there were times when I asked myself if something was going to happen, if it was going to end. The special effects … Read More
Prayer request – ordination
In your kindness please pray for Rev. Mr. Jeffrey Moore, who tomorrow will be ordained a priest. I would love to have been there, but just couldn’t manage. However, as St. Augustine said, where there is charity there are no … Read More
Am I blue? You’d be too … were you a Passerina cyanea
I have caught a better shot of Mr. Indigo, not to be confused with Mr. Indigo Jones of Shakespeare’s time, methinks. This is Mr. Bunting, Passerina cyanea. He seems to be object of Mr. Chirping Sparrow Spizella passerina‘s envy. Hmmm… … Read More
PODCAzT 60: Pentecost customs; St. Ambrose on the dew of the Holy Spirit
Today is Friday in the Octave of Pentecost, or at least it ought to be in in the Novus Ordo as it is in the older, Traditional Roman Calendar. This is the fifth PODCAzT for the Pentecost Octave. Thanks to … Read More
Let’s get the famous quote right, please?
I am so tired of people misquoting this famous phrase from Hamlet. When Hamlet asks his mother Queen Gertrude how she like his play, The Mousetrap, obviously tweeked, she says:The lady doth protest too much, methinks. – Hamlet III, ii, … Read More
New Sabine guest! Oooo … look at the colors
I have been watching the feeder on an off and had a real surprise! First, a second pair of Red Breasted Grosbeaks has come around. This is a rather motely fellow. He isn’t as well marked. Perhaps he is young. … Read More
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