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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: August 2008
Olympics conflicts
I am rather conflicted about watching the Olympics this year. Still, it is about the only opportunity we have to watch some less publicized sports. After all, we can watch basketball or football (soccer), tennis, etc. all the time. What … Read More
WDTPRS: 14th Sunday after Pentecost
Here is an excerpt of what I wrote for the paper this week. You can subscribe to an e-version of The Wanderer. __________ Today’s prayer survived the snipping and pasting of the Consilium and the late Rev. Annibale Bugnini’s liturgical … Read More
Leaving Philadelphia/NJ
I am soon off to the airport for the relative peace of the Sabine Farm. It has been a great trip! So many wonderful people and interesting experiences.
Sermon for the Assumption of the BVM
[uc] UPDATE: I cleaned up the audio of the offertory music and reposted it. Here is my sermon for the Solemn TLM in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Camden. To set this up, here was the music line-up … Read More
Rome 16-18 Sept: Conference on Summorum Pontificum
I picked up this interesting information. I’ll probably attend: “Giovani e Tradizione” con il Patrocinio della Pontificia Commissione “Ecclesia Dei” organizza il Convegno: Il Motu Proprio “ Summorum Pontificum” di S.S. Benedetto XVI, una ricchezza spirituale per tutta la Chiesa: un … Read More
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A belated photo
Far from the solitude of the Sabine Farm, here is a shot from the Indians game in Cleveland the other night. I will get some other photos of the present journey up presently.
Omnia praeparanda praeparata
I spent the day cutting down… cutting cutting… the sermon for tonight’s solemn Mass with the usus antiquior in the Cathedral in Camden for the Assumption. Thanks to the help of a wise friend via skype, I was able to … Read More
Awe at transcendence
St. John Chrysostom on Holy Communion: “Let us not, I beg you, slay ourselves by our irreverence, but with awe and purity draw near to it; and when you see it set before you, say to yourself: ‘Because of this … Read More
Slow day and slow work
After the morning Mass, and breakfast, I have embraced a slow day today during which I can prepare more carefully the sermon for tomorrow’s Mass in the Cathedral of Camden for the Assumption.
In New Jersey
I am with the excellent Fr. Pasley of Mater Ecclesiae. After my arrival in Philadelphia, we had a nice supper and came back to the parish. Some priests came over and we talked about the sorts of things priests tend … Read More
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