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Monthly Archives: May 2016
ASK FATHER: Eucharist carried into space for astronaut on the ISS. Self-communication? – UPDATE
UPDATE 5 May 2016: Since today is seems appropriate to talk about “going up”… From a priest: This authorization for receiving the Holy Eucharist in space is pretty long-standing at this point. Astronaut Tom Jones mentions the Eucharistic service conducted … Read More
Do not speak to me, He says, of the difficulties you will face, for “I am with you!”
[B]ecause he had enjoined on them great things, to raise their courage He reassures them that He will be with then always, “even to the end of the world.” Now do you see the relation of His glory to His … Read More
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5 May – MADISON: Ascension Thursday – Pontifical Mass at the Throne
On Ascension Thursday, 5 May, at 7 PM, His Excellency Most Rev. Robert C. Morlino (aka The Extraordinary Ordinary) will celebrate Holy Mass in the traditional Roman Rite “at the Throne” at St. Mary’s Church in Pine Bluff, WI. All … Read More
Ascension Thursday Feet
There are many images of the Lord’s Ascension to heaven. The ones I like the most are the medieval depictions which show the Apostles, often with Mary, looking up and all you see above are a pair of lordly Feet. From the … Read More
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WDTPRS Ascension – Our humanity, “raised beyond the heights of archangels”
On my planet, this coming Sunday is the 7th Sunday after Easter, Ascension Thursday having fallen on Thursday. In most places Ascension Thursday has been transferred to Sunday, but not with malice. The notion the bishops had was to expose … Read More
13 yr old 8th grader uses $2 bill – school freaks out, police called, threats and ignorance ensue
From time to time we hear about the idiocies that public schools perpetrate. Here’s another which caught my eye in the wake of controversy about changing the $10 or $20 bills. From Joe For America: SCHOOL CALLS POLICE ON GIRL … Read More
Your Good News
It has been a while since we’ve all seen what your own good news is. So, what is your good news?
Happy Star Wars Day
This isn’t really my thing, but I am ecumenical. I mean, if Pope Francis can send a Message for the end of Ramadan, then I can send my message for Star Wars Day. So… to all of you a hearty… … Read More
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