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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)
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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)
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Monthly Archives: May 2011
WDTPRS: 3rd Sunday of Easter – COLLECT (2002MR): restored in the glory of spiritual adoption
COLLECT: (2002 Missale Romanum): Semper exsultet populus tuus, Deus, renovata animae iuventute, ut, qui nunc laetatur in adoptionis se gloriam restitutum, resurrectionis diem spe certae gratulationis exspectet. The genitives, adoptionis…resurrectionis… gratulationis, give the end of this collect a very cohesive … Read More
QUAERITUR: When there is no Mass for Sunday
From a reader: I was just reading my parish’s bulletin and noticed that next week there is no Mass on Saturday or Sunday because the priest is away. Instead the deacon is leading a Liturgy of the Word with a … Read More
Thanks from Fr. Z for your PROTESTS
I spent a good deal of time today writing notes of thanks to people who sent in a PROTEST DONATION against the Fishwrap. I have also added the following names to the list of those for whom I will be … Read More
QUAERITUR: shaking down the Lord
From a reader: At the Holy Thursday night mass, there were more hosts than would easily fit into the three ciboria. The deacon held the tops down and gave each one a vigorous shake. When this didn’t quite do it … Read More
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Of bishops, birds and shotguns
A reader alerted me to a blog post by His Excellency Most Rev. Paul D. Etienne, Bishop of Cheyenne in Wyoming. We have seen His Excellency before when he was with the gun-totin’ Mystic Monks, the Carmelites whose coffee I … Read More
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THANKS TO PROTESTERS!
As St. Augustine said in s. 238, a vigorous sermon preached during the Octave of Easter about heretic errors: Nemo tibi fabulas uendat, non latret rabies haereticorum de angulo. Thank many readers and donors for the signs of support for … Read More
Benedict XVI and the tension of liturgical “traditio” and “progressio”
On VIS there is a summary and in the pages of L’Osservatore Romano there is the Italian text, which the same paper featured as its front page story today. Pope Benedict gave a talk to the Ninth International Congress on … Read More
QUAERITUR: Why is Gregorian chant better than “Gather Us In?”
From a reader: Forgive me my ignorance – I am a relatively new Catholic, coming from the Methodist tradition. Why is Gregorian Chant more appropriate for Mass than “Gather Us In?” I like “Gather Us In.” It is singable even … Read More
Australian analysis of the Toowoomba Tumult. Fr. Z muses.
It seems that Australia is the ground zero right now for discussions about ecclesiology, that is, the make up of the Church, who the Church is, how the Church is governed, what the Church believes. The removal of the Bishop … Read More
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