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- No, I hesitate about such a move. (5%, 900 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: July 2015
WDTPRS 8th Sunday after Pentecost (1962MR): Being even more ourselves.
In the Extraordinary Form, Sunday’s Collect is from the ancient Veronese Sacramentary and the Gelasian and the so-called Gregorian. It survived the liturgical tailors with their scissors and thread to live on in the post-Conciliar Missale Romanum on Thursday of the 1st week of Lent. However, there is … Read More
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ASK FATHER: Wedding of Catholic and Protestant with priest and minister
From a reader… QUAERITUR: Just last weekend, I attended the marriage of the oldest daughter of family friends (all of whom Catholics) to a Protestant man. The wedding occurred in the local Catholic Church, but both the local priest and the groom’s pastor … Read More
NYC – Day 2: Of Sargent and Sabarsky and Shakespeare
Day 2 was marvelous. It was sunny and not too hot, with a good breeze I went back to the Met and throughly explored the John Singer Sargent exhibit. Th day before I had walked through quickly, tailing a curator … Read More
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16 July: Apollo 11 lifts off
Who can forget this? 16 July 1969. Very cool slo mo. Imagine what this would have been like with today’s tech? Still.. it is simply awesome. Saturn V!
NYC – Day 1: Of Sedes, Sargents, and Sandwiches
I’m happy ensconced in New York City for a few days. First on the list of things to do: go to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. I was heading toward the small Van Gogh exhibit of Irises and Roses … Read More
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ASK FATHER: “Custom” and liturgical abuses (e.g., glass chalices)
From a reader… QUAERITUR: What constitutes a custom? My friend appealed to custom when saying that we are allowed to use glass chalices, but I don’t think that applies here. So when can argue for something from a custom? Using glass chalices … Read More
ASK FATHER: When you remember, past, forgotten sins?
From a reader… I’m a convert to the Church, so I have a large span of my life with sins that I’m not entirely sure of. I confessed a series of sins (all of the same kind) as doubtful, but then a while … Read More
My View For Awhile: R and R
I’m heading off to meet friends for a few days of, hopefully, fun and to catch up with some folks I haven’t seen for awhile in a great city. We the hardened-travelers get the perk of a little bottle … Read More
“This is my church!”
Watched a classic tonight, On The Waterfront (1954). Have you young’uns never seen it? This is from when movies were movies and you didn’t have constant edits and shots of less than a second. And if the music sounds like … Read More
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