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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)
- I don't care one way or another. (6%, 1,696 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)
Total Voters: 19,255
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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Card. Burke, “home” in St. Louis
Just a nice email: His Eminence, Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke is in St. Louis in what he described as “home”. He is here to give a retreat to (in his exact words), “our beloved seminarians”. I presume he uses the … Read More
Prayer requests and my own request
I have been getting more and more email messages from people with requests for prayers, many of them for serious problems. It seems to me that they are increasing in number. I have said this before, but it bears repeating … Read More
Benedict XVI’s “state of the world” speech
When I look at issues having to do with the Church, especially how the Church interacts with (or resists) the “modern world”, I will usually try to see the issue from two perspectives: ad intra (from within the Church herself) … Read More
Louisiana: Mass workshop for priests
I picked this up from Vultus Christi: News from the Diocese of Shreveport, Louisiana The pursuit of the two forms of the Roman Liturgy “What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too, and it cannot … Read More
Issue with viewing blog with Blackberry
I received this from a reader: This my be my issue alone, but I am not sure. Last week I had to migrate from a Palm Treo to a BlackBerry Bold. (Verizon was turning off the wireless sync for the … Read More
What is your good news?
Let’s start a work week right. Do you have good news to announce?
NOTE TO READERS
Yesterday we did an upgrade of the software that powers the blog. I have noticed since the last major upgrade that the anti-spam software is pretty sensitive. It tends to pull lots of comments into a moderation queue, most of … Read More
Assigning blame
The political and cultural left is going to blame the shooting of Rep. Giffords on the Tea Party, the pro-life movement, talk radio, Glen Beck, Sarah Palin, all Republicans, Pres. Bush, Pope Benedict, Catholic priests … you get the idea. … Read More
TSA thoughts and vitriol
I had a chance this morning to see some of Fox News Sunday. One of the guests was Rep. James E. Clyburn (D-SC) I took particular note of one of his statements. Complaining about going through airports, which they have … Read More
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