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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)
- I like it and am happy to do it. (11%, 2,955 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)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
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- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: November 2020
It’s “Stir Up Sunday” and Advent is coming! GET READY!
Advent is upon us soon. The Last Sunday of the Year is 26 November. That is “Stir Up Sunday“. The “stir up” comes from the first words of the traditional Collect at Mass of the Last Sunday of the Year. … Read More
Wherein Fr. Z offers a plea to priests and bishops. Lay people are not forgotten.
I offer a plea to priests and bishops. For the sake of the common good and for the love of truth… PRAY for protection from the Enemy of the Soul for all those who are involved in the counting of … Read More
#ASonnetADay – 96. “Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness…”
#ASonnetADay – 96. “Some say thy fault is youth, some wantonness…” pic.twitter.com/lEwc5yWgCQ — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) November 21, 2020
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Daily Rome Shot
And now a brief glimpse of Rome, sent by a good friend of mine who recently moved there for work. Photo by Bree Dail. I hope to post a daily glimpse.
Reacting to article titles
At Crisis there are three article titles that caught my eye and garnered an instant reaction before I read them. Don’t get into the bad habit (that some of you readers here do have) of reacting to titles without reading the posts. So, … Read More
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St. Robert Bellarmine on priests (Jesuits) who don’t learn to celebrate Mass and don’t follow the rubrics
From a reader comes this apposite passage. Long-time reader here. Your recent posts (“rants”) about priests learning Latin and their Rite recalled to mind a passage I believe you will heartily enjoy from an excellent older biography of St. Robert … Read More
#ASonnetADay – 95. “How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame…”
#ASonnetADay – 95. “How sweet and lovely dost thou make the shame…” pic.twitter.com/iXDVqL2Otp — Fr. John Zuhlsdorf (@fatherz) November 20, 2020
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What the TMSM is up to. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
The Wuhan Devil is intimidating people into suppressing sacred liturgical worship, which is the very life of the Church and of the world. The Eucharist, both Its self and Its celebration, which is Holy Mass and Benediction and Processions, is … Read More
ASK FATHER: Marriage rite in the traditional form but Novus Ordo Nuptial Mass? Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader… QUAERITUR: I have a friend who is seeking to get married. Due to various factors, the priest doing the marriage doesn’t know enough Latin to do the EF Mass, but could do the EF marriage rite. That … Read More
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