Monthly Archives: March 2012

Some requests, some news, and a note of thanks

A few requests: May I ask you all to make great use of those social network sharing buttons?  Try to wear them out, if you can.  Thanks in advance. Please pray for a priest, a good friend, RD, who is … Read More

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“The work of the devil will infiltrate even into the Church in such a way that…”

I don’t often post about apparitions of Our Blessed Mother, though I pay diligent attention to those which are approved by the Holy See and some attention to those which have the approval of local bishops. With that in mind, … Read More

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What does “manifest sin” mean when talking Communion and can. 915?

Please use the sharing buttons!  Thanks! I received a question from a reader this morning: Without any regard for c. 915, which is the morally correct thing for a priest to do: give the Holy Eucharist to some he knows … Read More

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Phil Lawler on “The betrayal of Father Guarnizo”

Phil Lawler on CWN has a piece worthy of your attention today. Here are some excerpts: The betrayal of Father Guarnizo By Phil Lawler […] Bishop Knestout’s letter was entirely sympathetic to Johnson, entirely unsympathetic to Father Guarnizo. There was … Read More

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Today is the feast of a wonderful saint

From the Martyrologium Romanum 7. Olomucii in Moravia, sancti Ioannis Sarkander, presbyteri et martyris, qui parochus Holesovienses, cum arcana confessionum tradere renuisset, rotae supplicio datus est et adhus spirans in carcerem deictus post mensem obiit.

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WDTPRS POLL: iPads and You

In an otherwise dreadful tech day for me, I have had a bright spot. The UPS Gal swooped in her brown truck with a gift from a reader from my amazon wishlist: the DVD/BRAY of the movie The Way (thanks … Read More

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QUAERITUR: The scheduling of Good Friday and Holy Thursday in the Extraordinary Form

I will let you liturgical experts and interested dabblers provide this good reader with some help. I may be missing something, but I can’t see much of a problem.  You readers might see differently. From a reader: A question for … Read More

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CDF to have spiffy new website. (Looks sorta like the old one.)

When I worked in the Vatican I had a mantra: “Yesterday’s technology tomorrow!”  We updated our equipment every 75 years, whether it needed it or not. I am happy to see recent developments.  For example, Vatican Radio and CTV have … Read More

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Working out frustrations by playing with blog themes.

I am experimenting with themes to try to solve some problems.

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Of penance and preparation and pilgrimage

We are headed into a time of true spiritual warfare.  The signs of this are thick in the air about us now. We would do well to get ourselves ready.  We need good examinations of conscience, good confessions, good Communions – always GOOD … Read More

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