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Monthly Archives: September 2015
My View For Awhile: Domum
Off I go again, after this short trip to the land of the rising sun. The system works well here: bus service runs to the airport regularly (though I am informed that it will be late to the hotel today). … Read More
ASK FATHER: Another nitwit priest changes words of absolution. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: During my recent confession, the words the priest used to absolve me was: “I release you from your sins in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit” Is it a big deal saying “release” … Read More
WDTPRS – 18th Sunday after Pentecost: Sometimes correction hurts.
The Collect for Sunday Mass this week in the Extraordinary Form wound up in the Ordinary Form Missale Romanum as the Collect for Saturday in the 4th Week of Lent. Go figure. It had an ancient source in the Gelasian … Read More
Was the election of Pope Francis “invalid” because Cardinals committed certain crimes?
Canonist Ed Peters looks into the issue of the excommunication incurred by a cardinal elector who “canvasses” for votes in the context of a papal conclave. HERE I won’t, here, get into Dr. Peter’s proposal that automatic (late sententiae) excommunication should … Read More
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Tokyo – Day 4: Kabuki, shrine, sushi and Caption Call
For the last full day in Tokyo, let’s start out with another great subway PSA. Caption call! Yesterday was Sumo wrestling. Today, Kabuki. In the Kabukiza, Ginza. Photos were not allowed during the performance itself. Inside. We went for … Read More
Thomas Merton, the example
At the UN Pope Francis held up Thomas Merton as an example. Here is a bit of Thomas Merton, the example: Pope Francis quoted Thomas Merton. Here is Merton on chant: This is what I think about the Latin and … Read More
Tokyo – Day 3: Edo and Sumo and CQ CQ CQ #HamRadio Saturday
I enjoy the subway PSA’s… this one needs a caption. I caught a few minutes of the Holy Father’s visit to St. Patrick’s. My good friend Fr. Murray is one of the commentators. Alas, rainy Tokyo. From my window you … Read More
SUPERMOON ECLIPSE
From Spaceweather: SUPERMOON ECLIPSE: This weekend’s full Moon is a supermoon, the biggest and brightest full Moon of the year. And it is going to be eclipsed. On Sunday evening, Sept. 27th, the supermoon will pass through the shadow of Earth, … Read More
A special gift to seminarians who attended Pope Francis’ Mass (HINT: Card. Sarah Alert!) )
Robert Card. Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments, is amazing. Here is some encouraging news from a seminarian. I’m a seminarian for the Diocese of ___. Seminarians and religious were inside the Basilica … Read More
Pentin on Card. Daneels, member of the upcoming Synod
Edward Pentin has been doing a lot of heavy lifting these days, in advance of the Synod coming up in October. It is going to be a war. Check out Pentin’s ebook The Rigging of a Vatican Synod: An Investigation … Read More
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