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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)
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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: January 2011
Risible exegesis
Dear readers, You can stop sending links about the … scholar… who suggests that one of the Magi was a woman. And to think that modern scriptural “scholars” have the nerve to mock Patristic exegesis. Have you ever seen any … Read More
PODCAzT 114: Sing those Litanies!
Inspired by something I did recently in New York City, in this audio project I get into Litanies, namely, singing Litanies, not just reciting them. I guess this is also a PRAYERCAzT. Litanies are beautiful expressions of faith, hope and … Read More
It’s a 1st Friday today: WDTPRS POLL
It is the First Friday of January and of a new year of salvation. Think about 1st Friday devotions. WDTPRS POLL
A priest’s first time out as deacon for a Solemn TLM
On the blog Called By Name we have the description from Fr. Kyle Schnippel, Director of Vocations for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, about his first time as deacon for a Solemn TLM. My emphases and comments: Introibo ad Altari Dei…Last … Read More
NYC – 30 Jan – TLM and talk by Martin Mosebach
In New York City on Sunday the 30th of January, there will be a Solemn Mass at 5 P.M. at the Church of Our Saviour at 59 Park Avenue (at 38th Street) followed by a lecture in the undercroft at … Read More
Silent protest, or, ‘Clap on!… Clap off!”
According to kathnews, a German news outlet, the huge St. Peter bell in the tower of the Cathedral of Cologne fell silent today when its clapper broke. Cologne Cathedral is where what tradition holds to be the remains of the … Read More
WDTPRS – Epiphany – a “thunderclap”
“Epiphany” comes from the Greek word for a divine “manifestation” or “revelation”. The antiphons for Vespers in the Liturgy of the Hours reflect the ancient tradition that Epiphany was thought to be the day not only on which the Magi … Read More
REVIEW: New editions of 1962 altar missals
I was recently sent a beautiful reprint of Benziger Brother’s 1962 Missale Romanum. It is from from Preserving Christian Publications. This is a fine book, beautifully bound, and very useful. I am so grateful to have it, since my original … Read More
A different Epiphany hymn
On a lighter note for your Epiphany joy, here is an offering from the official WDTPRS Parodohymnodist, the great Tim Ferguson. He provides an introduction: I was just poking around my computer looking for a file and happened across a … Read More
A snip from the Holy Father’s sermon for Epiphany
A snip from the Holy Father’s sermon for Epiphany: Is there perhaps something of Herod also in us? Perhaps we also, sometimes, see God as a kind of rival? Perhaps we also are blind before His signs, deaf to His … Read More
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