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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: February 2010
Z update – mostly grrrrr
I had reported that things here at Mater Ecclesiae are rather chaotic right now. The pastor, Fr. Pasley, had throat surgery – which I why I am here – and he cannot talk very much. He came home on Sunday … Read More
25 March – Card. Egan – Pontifical Mass to mark 25th anniv of “Evangelium vitae”
I was sent this reliable information about an upcoming event in NYC. CARDINAL TO CELEBRATE MASS MARKING 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF PRO-LIFE ENCYCLICAL New York, Feb. 12, 2010 – New York’s Agnus Dei Council of the Knights of Columbus announced today … Read More
QUAERITUR: Funeral problems with relatives
From a reader: An unhappy and scandalous situation has just occurred in my family. My aunt passed away last week. I live in a different state, and am not sure at what level she was still engaged in her Catholic … Read More
CURLING IS COMING!
I am looking forward to seeing some Curling during the coverage of the Winter Olympics. I will have to follow the coverage ex longinquo in more than one way. Here at Mater Ecclesiae in Berlin, NJ, as I reported elsewhere, … Read More
Quinquagesima sermon: a program for Lent
Here is a sermon for Quinquagesima. I propose something for your Lent. Moreover, it was a dreadful mistake to excise the pre-Lenten Sundays from the Church’s post-Conciliar calendar.
Gong xi fa cai!
Happy New Year! The observance of the New Year (Xin Nian) typically several days, but the New Year season lasts from the middle of the previous years’ final month to the middle of the first month in the new year. … Read More
WDTPRS: Quinquagesima – SECRET
SECRET: Haec hostia, Domine, quaesumus, emundet nostra delicta: et ad sacrificium celebrandum, subditorum tibi corpora mentesque sanctificet. This prayer was in the ancient L.S. Engolismensis. It didn’t survive the Consilium for the newer missal. Subdo is “to put, place, set, … Read More
Where the bread is salty
Dante perfectly, precisely captured the inner disorientation of the exile when he wrote of a place where "the bread is salty and the steps are hard to climb". Tasting salty bread was a reminder that he wasn’t in Florence. Climbing … Read More
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“Consubstantial” – Who do people REALLY say that He is?
The new translation contains an alarming new threat. "Consubstantial" By clinging to the inaccurate rendering of "consubstantialem Patri" in the Creed as "one in being with the Father", liberals obfuscate the dogma of the Church that Jesus is God, that … Read More
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