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Monthly Archives: February 2023
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (N.O.): our season of transforming mystery
The Roman Station for the 1st Sunday of Lent is St. John Lateran. COLLECT – LATIN TEXT (2002MR): Concede nobis, omnipotens Deus, ut, per annua quadragesimalis exercitia sacramenti, et ad intellegendum Christi proficiamus arcanum, et effectus eius digna conversatione sectemur. Quadragesima is the … Read More
WDTPRS – 1st Sunday of Lent (TLM): our season of transforming mystery
With this 1st Sunday of Lent we are fully into our forty day season of purification and preparation. Speaking of forty, the Latin for Lent is Quadragesima, “fortieth”. St Leo the Great (d 461) used the phrase quadragesimale ieiunium, “the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” 23-02-25 “Cathedraticum”
Feb 25th 2023, Dear Diary, A strange thing happened today. I suddenly hear Fr. Tommy shouting something in Latin in his office over and over again. Chester was immediately on the case and I followed. There was Tommy with the … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 674
Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome new registrant: Miso Akita Meanwhile,… White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day so there won’t be “spoilers” for others. Please remember me when shopping online. Thanks in advance. … Read More
What Card. Müller said about changes to teaching on the death penalty wasn’t really about the death penalty, but something else
This morning found me in a conversation between highly educated friends (among whom are former theologians of the CDF) about a LifeSite story saying that Cardinal Müller, the former Prefect of the CDF, “defended Pope Francis’ ability to change the … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-24 Priests retiring.
24 Febuary ’23 Dear Diary, DANG! Three more priests opting for retirement this year. Granted, one of them is 87 and another is 79, but they’re reliable and -more important – they don’t cause me a lot of trouble. They … Read More
Daily Rome Shot 673
Open in new tab for larger. Meanwhile… The Shanghai Tigers took down the Blitz (French) yesterday the the Indian team MDG1 beat the Arch Bishops of St. Louis. Today Berlin’s Bears v. Croatia Bulldogs and Gotham Knights v. California Unicorns … Read More
From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-02-23 Finance meeting
A fresh entry has arrived. 23 February 2023 Dear Diary, Another Finance Council meeting from hell yesterday. Parishes whining about how much of their collection they have to forward to the diocese. It’s Lent, after all. I’d like to “offer … Read More
“Deny Holy Communion?”: a BOOK from Card. Burke about can. 915, etc. Free for BISHOPS, priests and seminarians!
Catholic Action for Faith and Family has republished a work by His Eminence Raymond Leo Card. Burke, one of the most capable canonists in the world. Deny Holy Communion explains the theology, history and law, the reasons for denial of … Read More
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Photo by The Great Roman™ Welcome registrant: Elenamaria SLogue ConstantineRespecter Meanwhile…. Yesterday the Spain Maniac Shrimps were dominated by the Garden State Passers. Too bad. Also, … White to move. NB: I’ll hold comments with solutions ’till the next day … Read More
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