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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)
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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)
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Daily Rome Shot 552, etc.
Someone asked in email what I am reading right now. I just finished a reading, after decades, of Thomas Merton’s Seven Storey Mountain. [US HERE– UK HERE] It was lyrically beautiful. Also, in the evening, I am working my way though … Read More
YOUR URGENT PRAYER REQUESTS
PLEASE use the sharing buttons! Thanks! In your charity would you please take a moment look at the requests and to pray for the people about whom you read? Continued from THESE. Let’s remember all who are ill, who will … Read More
Catholic Military Assoc of Our Lady of Victories app called “Military Connect”
I received this email… By way of a quick update (and perhaps you would be good enough to mention this on the blog), The Catholic Military Assoc of Our Lady of Victories has now gone live with an app called … Read More
The Novus Ordo is the unique expression?
The oppressors of the faithful who desire the Vetus Ordo, on the obviously pure fantasy about a “unique expression” of the Roman Rite which was mandated by Vatican II are essentially hypocrites. The Novus Ordo is the unique expression? Try … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 551, and a short story… “Quarantine”
Please remember me when shopping online at Amazon. Thanks in advance. Enter here and then do your thing. US HERE – UK HERE I had a note from a reader who asked about old indulgence terminology and what a “quarantine” was. Since doing … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 550, etc.
There’s a shop on the Piazza Navona where there are many chess sets for sale. Note also special decks of cards for Italian games like scopa and briscola. There are decks from different regions for their games, Brescia, Naples, Lombardy, Piacenza, Sardinia… Salzburg. Click … Read More
SEPTEMBER: Month dedicated to the Seven Sorrows of the Blessed Virgin Mary
September is traditionally associated with the Seven Sorrows devotion. Back in 2019, because the Church is pretty obviously hurtling into chaos from the top down, I determined to write reflections on the Seven Sorrows of Mary. I started writing these … Read More
The agony of their “ecstasy”
You will want to watch this before it is expunged from on orders from high atop the thing. Tucker Carlson’s opening monologue on 31 August 2022. He goes over the many ways in which the left, fully in charge, is … Read More
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