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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)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 Votes)
- I hate it so much I won't go to Mass where it is done. (12%, 3,205 Votes)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 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)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: April 2009
Monastery of San Benedetto in Norcia – mp3s and photos
I received this from the Monastery of St. Benedict in Norcia, Italy… the birthplace of St. Benedict. Salve! [F]rom the Benedictine Monastery of San Benedetto in Norcia. Thanks to some generous donations from our patrons, we’ve wired up our Tenebrae … Read More
When Popes ATTACK! The Daily Mail on Benedict XVI’s Good Friday
The Daily Mail has a quizzical story. Here it is with my emphases and comments. Here is a good lesson of what happens when journalists really know not what they do. We have drifted into a desert of godlessness (and … Read More
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Benedict XVIs sermon for the Via Crucis at the Colosseum
Benedict XVIs sermon for the Via Crucis at the Colosseum. My emphases and comments. Dear Brothers and Sisters, At the end of his dramatic Passion narrative, the Evangelist Saint Mark tells us: "The centurion, who stood facing him, saw that … Read More
POLL: Holy Thursday Foot Washing “mandatum”
People sometimes forget that the Foot Washing rite on Holy Thursday is an option in the Novus Ordo Missale Romanum. It can be done or excluded depending on the pastoral circumstances. What is not an option is that, if it … Read More
John Allen on the Notre Dame controversy: Fr. Z’s questions
My friend Mr. John L. Allen, Jr., the nearly ubiquitous fair-minded former Rome correspondent for the ultra-leftist National Catholic Reporter drills away in is Friday missive at the controversy swirling about Notre Shame University. He makes some good points but … Read More
Bp. Bruskewitz (D. Lincoln) flays Fr. Jenkins (Notre Shame)
His Excellency Most Reverend Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln had this to say to Fr. John Jenkins, President of Notre Shame University. My emphases. April 3, 2009 The Reverend John Jenkins, C.S.CPresident, University of Notre Dame400 Main BuildingNotre Dame, IN … Read More
Benedict XVI’s sermon for Holy Thursday evening
Pope Benedict’s sermon for Holy Thursday’s Mass of the Lord’s Supper in St. John Lateran in Rome. My emphases and comments. Dear Brothers and Sisters, Qui, pridie quam pro nostra omniumque salute pateretur, hoc est hodie, accepit panem: these words … Read More
Fr. Jenkins of Notre Shame on the USCCB guidelines
I just had time to scan briefly some comments from Notre Shame U’s president Fr Jenkins on the USCCB’s guidelines about giving a platform to speakers who promote values against those acceptable to the Church. I can’t post it and … Read More
May you have a Triduum of graces
I wish you all a grace-filled Triduum. Perhaps you can share your plans for the next three days.
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