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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: June 2013
ACTION ITEM! ST. JOSEPH’s name NOW in Eucharistic Prayers II, III, IV
Have you seen the news? Decades after John XXIII placed the name of Joseph in the Roman Canon, it seems that the name of the great Patron of the Dying, Terror of Demons, will be in the Eucharistic Prayers II, … Read More
“When ‘Guitar Masses’ became a chew toy between traditionalists and progressives
There is a smart and well-written article at The American Spectator on liturgical music by Patrick O’Hannigan, whom I have mentioned before. The piece is longish, so here are a few bits to whet your appetite. Can Liturgical Music Be … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes
What there a good point or two from your Sunday sermon that you heard? Let’s us know what it is! Remember the sermon? o{];¬)
What is your good news?
Do you have good news for the readers? For my part, I have gotten a lot of work done in the last few days. I had a good breakthrough on an ongoing project. A seminarian is coming by in the … Read More
QUAERITUR: Wouldn’t audible prayers in the Extraordinary Form be better?
From a reader: I was born during Vatican II and until recently, had no exposure whatsoever to Mass in the Extraordinary Form. At the invitation of a friend, I have been visiting a local parish that offers the EF and I am baffled … Read More
Request for Prayers
I have a special request for Father’s Day. Pray for the parishioners of the parish entrusted to Fr. Erik Richsteig. Fr. Richsteig is seen around the interwebs. There was a terrible shooting at his parish this morning. According to the … Read More
WDTPRS 11th Ordinary Sunday: God begins and completes the meritorious things we do
This week’s Collect is effectively the same as one in the ancient Gelasian Sacramentary and the prayer in the 1962 Missale Romanum used during the week after Trinity Sunday. Deus, in te sperantium fortitudo, invocantibus nostris adesto propitius, et, quia … Read More
Irish PM ‘c’atholic Enda Kenny – what a classy guy
I read at the site of the Cardinal Newman Society (see their great RSS feed on my sidebar!), that that paragon of class the PM of Ireland Enda Kenny – pro-abortion catholic – has again stuck his nose into the Church’s … Read More
What is “lobby” all about in the Vatican “gay lobby” chatter going on?
There is a lot of chatter on the interwebs about the whole “homosexuals in the Vatican” thing. This has been so obvious to me for so long that it isn’t news. It also makes me angry, and not in a … Read More
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