Monthly Archives: December 2023

WDTPRS The O Antiphons: 19 December – O Radix Iesse

Here is the O Antiphon for 19 December: O Radix Jesse Again Our Lord is presented as the Liberator. LATIN: O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum … Read More

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ROME SHOT 885

Please remember me when  CHRISTMAS  shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take you to a generic “catholic” search in Amazon. Amazon remembers that you used my link and I get the credit.  WHY?  This helps to pay for insurance (massively … Read More

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New Vatican document – Fiducia supplicans – permits blessings for “same-sex couples”

I think you know me well enough to know what I think about this new document which deals with blessings for those engaged in a sin that “cries to Heaven” (cf. Jude 1:7). More than ever there is greater need … Read More

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Old Testament Prophets are SAINTS in the Church’s calendar: A Christmasy Emamaus

Today is 18 December, the Feast of the Old Testament Prophet St. Malachi. Since the beginning of December, Holy Mother Church has been imitating the Lord on the Road to Emmaus. She has been reminding us of all the prophecies … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Gaudete Sunday – 3rd of Advent 2023 – VESTMENT POLL

It was the 3rdd Sunday of Advent. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Sunday Mass of obligation? Share the good stuff.  Quite a few people are forced to sit through really bad preaching.  … Read More

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WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 18 December – O Adonai

The O Antiphons: 18 December – O Adonai LATIN: O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento. ENGLISH: O Lord and Ruler … Read More

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WDTPRS: O Antiphons – 17 December – O Sapientia – The Way of Prudence

On December 17th we enter into that final stretch of our Advent preparation. In the Church’s solemn prayer of the hours, at Vespers, the great “O Antiphons” are sung. Today we have the first. Years ago, I made a little … Read More

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ROME SHOT 884 – a fight, some food, and a POLL

Please remember me when  CHRISTMAS  shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take you to a generic “catholic” search in Amazon. Amazon remembers that you used my link and I get the credit.  WHY?  This helps to pay for insurance (massively … Read More

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From “The Private Diary of Bishop F. Atticus McButterpants” – 23-12-13 – They’re all against me

Previous… HERE.  I guess there is something in the air these days about the Sacrament of Penance. December 13th 2023 Dear Diary, I am pissed off at Fr. Tommy.  I’m pissed at Vice.  I’m pissed at the ST rector.*   I’m … Read More

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ROME SHOT 883

Please remember me when  CHRISTMAS  shopping online. Thanks in advance. US HERE – UK HERE  These links take you to a generic “catholic” search in Amazon. Amazon remembers that you used my link and I get the credit.  WHY?  This helps to … Read More

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