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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: September 2009
The Feeder Feed
It has been a while since I have given the feeder report. The Goldfinches are changing their colors. This adult male is becoming drab again for the winter. I still have one female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. There is still one House … Read More
The ASSAULT begins!
I am now on the attack! I have roused out the guts of my computer and have begun to rebuild. Convinced that this is a hardware problem, I will not be denied. UPDATE 18 Sept 1740 GMT: I determined that … Read More
Controversy and blasphemy at the Metropolitan Opera
Since I was quite young I have enjoyed grand opera. I listened to the Metropolitan Opera broadcasts on Saturdays and always went to their performances when the whole company would come for its annual road trip to my home town. … Read More
C-FAM: Euro-Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy
From the indispensible C-FAM: Volume 12, Number 40 September 17, 2009European Parliament Raps Lithuania for Curbing Homosexual Advocacy By Piero A. Tozzi, J.D. (NEW YORK – C-FAM) The European Parliament voted 349 to 218 today to condemn Lithuania … Read More
Pope Benedict on priests – Fr. Z on worship
From CNA comes this account of the Holy Father’s ad limina with Brazilian bishops: Priests cannot be replaced by the laity, Pope Benedict explains Castel Gandolfo, Italy, Sep 17, 2009 / 10:27 am (CNA).- In an audience this morning with … Read More
nvlddmkm.sys delenda est
I am in the grip of a techno nightmare, the stuff of man-made purgatory. My main computer, the big one, which was giving me so many problems, which I had thought I had repaired, threw a nutty again yesterday in … Read More
Computer problems have returned… grrrrr
Right in the middle of a 2000 word article, my computer crashed again and I can’t, again, reboot it so far. Grrrr.
Finally getting around to it: Mickens of The Bitter Pill finds a TLM
In his Letter from Rome Robert Mickens of RU-486 (aka The Bitter Pill aka The Tablet) offers these observations about the older form of Mass and Pope Benedict’s "emancipation proclamation" Summorum Pontificum. Shall we have a look in the usual … Read More
Cincy: Teacher dismissed for support of women’s ordination (POLL ALERT)
Long time WDTPRS readers will remember the story from Cincinnati about how His Excellency Most Rev. Daniel Pilarczyk determined that a woman religious teacher dedicated to the cause of the ordination of women may not teach in that Archdiocese. There … Read More
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QUAERITUR: When can I say a Requiem TLM?
From priest reader: I just started praying the usus antiquior low mass after a year of preparation (of latin and the rubrics). Question: When may I opt to say a missae defunctorum? When may I not? In other words, may … Read More
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