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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 Votes)
- I tolerate it. (35%, 9,195 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)
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Feeder Feed – literally
Here is a long distance edition of the Feeder Feed. I am in Manhattan, but I was checking the webcams at the feeders back home to see what was up and if any of them were empty. Here is what … Read More
QUAERITUR: rubrical V and R symbols for leader and response
A great question for you knowledgable readers and my chance to learn something: A reader queries: My question is this: what is the name of the symbols that denote “leader” and “response”? They look like V’s and R’s with ornate … Read More
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QUAERITUR: Female altar servers at a TLM?
From a reader: Is it allowed to have female altar servers at the TLM? I get this question every once in a while and have answered it in the past. Allow me to recap. At present, the 1983 Code of … Read More
Meteoric procession
And now for a different sort of procession… A very cool story brings together things processional, astronomical, a census year and a reference to Manhattan (where I am as I write): Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery Solved (June 3) – The … Read More
Your Corpus Christi Sunday experiences
People have been mentioning their Corpus Christi processions under my WDTPRS entries. Here is an entry specifically for your processions. Yesterday I was at St. Mary’s in Norwalk, CT where, coincidently, I found also my friend Fr. Uwe Michael Lang. … Read More
What is your good news?
Let’s hear your good news… pick us up a bit. For my part, though I am not at 100% I no longer feel as if I were about to die, which significantly brightens the day.
The Classic
It is a fantastic morning in Manhattan. This morning is as fresh and cool as the last days have been muggy and oppressive. I have strolled to a nearby shop for something you just don’t seem to be able to … Read More
WDTPRS: Corpus Christi – Post Communion (2002MR 1962MR)
The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord, or Corpus Christi, Corpus Domini in some places, actually falls on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. In the 1975 Missale Romanum, after the texts for the Mass, there is a … Read More
WDTPRS: Corpus Christi – Super Oblata (2002MR)
Most of the world’s parishes are observing Corpus Christi today. In another place I drilled into the Collect. Let’s look at the Super Oblata, or "Prayer over the gifts". SUPER OBLATA (2002MR):Ecclesiae tuae, quaesumus, Domine,unitatis et pacis propitius dona concede,quae … Read More
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