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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)
- No, this would be a really bad idea. (3%, 511 Votes)
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Monthly Archives: September 2022
Daily Rome Shot 568, etc.
Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE Chess news. The Julius Baer Generation Cup recently got underway with top players. Magnus Carlsen was slated to play Hans Niemann. As you remember, in St. Louis a little … Read More
19 September 2022: The Blood of San Genaro
The blood of San Genaro, St. Januarius, liquified today in Naples, Italy, on the saint’s feast. There is video of the event. It’s a bit strange because it also includes pre-Mass warm ups and an open mic. Then you get … Read More
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: Supper with friends
Still in (near) the Windy City. Yesterday my hosts and I met up with a mutual friend of many years for lunch at the iconic SUPERDAWG. I’ve featured them here before. However, for supper we dined in. Primo: spaghetti all’arabbiata. … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 567, etc.
In Napoli, the blood of St. Januarius, San Genaro, liquified on his feast day, to the relief of Neapolitans everywhere. Be sure to check out the good monks of Le Barroux who are making wine from the ancient papal vineyards … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 566, etc.
Travel is tough these says but seeing friends worth it. Black to move. Tricky.
Fr. Z’s Kitchen: A bit of Rome in Chicago
I’m visiting friends and we decided on saltimbocca alla romana. Happily, even with chain supply problems, since we are in a heavily Italian neighborhood, there was plenty of veal and good prosciutto. There was a lot more than this. The … Read More
My View For Awhile: Society Edition
A couple of hops and I’ll be … not in but near the Windy City. That sad sad city, civilly and ecclesially. It ain’t my kinda town right now. Thence northward for meetings and personal chores and a glimpse of … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 565, etc.
Be sure to check out the good monks of Le Barroux who are making wine from the ancient papal vineyards in S. France. It’s black’s move to attain total domination. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – … Read More
Do know what “Maranatha” is in the Catholic Church? Really?
What passed through my mind when I read this… I’ll say, below. From NASA: Watch Live as NASA Spacecraft Collides With Far-Off Asteroid NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world’s first mission to test technology for defending Earth against … Read More
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♬ “Let Church Bulletins Keep Silence” ♬
As you may remember “Rome”, in their micromangerial zeal for the faithful being mauled by their pastoral care, forbade that Mass times for TLMs be put in parish bulletins. Some priests started calling their TLM the “Youth Mass”, for obvious … Read More
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