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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: August 2009
SSPX Bp. Fellay speaks his piece – dialogue with Rome, etc.
Our friends at Rorate have reproduced an interview piece from APCOM with SSPX Bp. Fellay, Superior of the SSPX. Here are some excerpts. Go to Rorate for the whole thing. My emphases and comments. Fellay speaks: The talks begin … Read More
A tough question in a sad circumstance
Here is an item from a newspaper in Sioux City, Iowa. SIOUX CITY — Sioux City Catholic tradition is in peril. One of the oldest area churches, 117-year-old St. Joseph’s, recently experienced a fire. It damaged the roof and … Read More
Archbp. of StPaul-MPLS on 1st Confession before 1st Communion
His Excellent Most Rev. John C. Nienstedt, Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis has something to say about First Confession for children before First Holy Communion. I am sure you have all encountered priests or some parish teams who say … Read More
QUAERITUR: reciting the Office in the vernacular
From a reader: Under the provisions of Summorun Pontificum the Clergy are permitted to use the Breviarium Romanum in place of the Liturgy of the Hours, as I’m sure I don’t need to tell you. However there are those who, … Read More
Homeward Bound
With the assistance of the tireless Laudator: C.P. Cavafy, Ithaca (tr. George Valassopoulo): When you start on the way to Ithaca, Wish that the way be long, full of adventure, full of knowledge. The Laestrygones and the Cyclopes and … Read More
Prayer request
A request for prayers, please. Really. Perhaps to St. Joseph?
“I teared up a bit … We’re in a parish now.”
A reader alerted me to this item in the Catholic Free Press. My emphases and comments. Latin Mass a regular Parishes attract new people with old Mass By Tanya Connor A desire to attend Latin Mass – and belong to … Read More
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