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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 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)
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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Thanks for the music! Charlie Daniels and Ennio Morricone
Two figures in music died today. Charlie Daniels. Here’s a favorite of mine: Ennio Morricone.
JUST TOO COOL! “SHEEP, EYES, NOSE, DEER, BLOW UP, TEA, MOUSE, TURKEY, ONION”
This is a very cool video. Apparently, there was code translating machines but they weren’t that fast. The “telegraphic” code words in the unwritten Navajo language, with their memorized meanings, meant that coms were very fast. During WWI the Choctaw … Read More
Your Sunday Sermon Notes – 5th after Pentecost (NO: 14th Ordinary) 2020
Was there a good point made in the sermon you heard at the Mass for your Sunday, either live or on the internet? Let us know what it was. Also, are you churches opening up? What was attendance like? For my part…
URGENT: Archbp. Broglio of @MilArchUSA on Navy Prohibiting Participation in Off-Base Religious Services
I have been sitting on this and sitting on this and sitting on this…. Finally… From Archbishop Broglio of the Archdiocese for the Military Services: Archbishop Broglio Issues Statement on U.S. Naval Orders Prohibiting Participation in Off-Base Religious Services Is … Read More
UPDATE on FEEDBACK: How has the COVID-1984 lockdown changed you LITURGICALLY? Priests and laity.
UPDATE 4 July 2020: It is 2:30 in the afternoon and I have finished reading the avalanche of emails you sent. Some of them were straight-forward descriptions of what changed at the parish. Some were that with also what you … Read More
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ACTION ITEM! URGENT PRAYER SUGGESTION! Archbp. Carroll’s “Prayer for Government”
Our nation is being torn by organized factions. The followers of those factions are mostly blind and dim dupes, the ultimate products of a long-targeted education system precisely for these days. We run the risk of losing all that our … Read More
GREAT BOOK: With Latin in the Service of the Popes: The Memoirs of Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1885?1971)
I am reading a charming little book, which is also helpful for explaining the ongoing importance of Latin for the Church. With Latin in the Service of the Popes: The Memoirs of Antonio Cardinal Bacci (1885-1971) translated by Anthony Lo … Read More
Sadly amusing sign of the times
Something darkly amusing for your Friday. Meanwhile…
ASK FATHER: Should there still be “parking lot Masses” even though churches are opening again?
From a reader… QUAERITUR: In a not-so-hypothetical situation wherein the faithful are able to attend mass on Sunday inside a church, under nearly normal circumstances (face masks, 6 foot distancing), would it be permissible, or even advisable, to opt instead … Read More
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