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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)
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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)
- I don't care. (2%, 431 Votes)
- What's penance? (1%, 152 Votes)
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Category Archives: Brick by Brick
2 Feb Live Stream of Pontifical Mass from Miami
You might want to mark your calendars: Pontifical Mass in Miami To stream LIVE on LiveMass.net and iMass Thursday Feb 2nd, 2012 – 7:30 PM EST On Thursday February 2nd, at 7:30 PM EST His Grace Archbishop Thomas Wenski will … Read More
UK bishops to distribute cards designed to help Catholics identify themselves as Catholics
I found this on the site of the UK’s best Catholic weekly, The Catholic Herald. A card communicating that its carrier is a baptised Catholic will be distributed nationally on behalf of the bishops of England and Wales. The Bishops’ … Read More
REVIEW: Convenient TLM “travel” altar card set for Mass kits. GREAT! Hey, Father! Check ’em out!
Want to promote the New Evanglization? Looking for something to give a bishop, priest or seminarian? Want to complete that Mass kit or home altar? The “Society for the Preservation of Roman Catholic Heritage” (SPORCH … yah, I know) has … Read More
Benedict XVI on the huge crisis we face as a Church. Wherein Fr. Z gets on his knees and begs you to act.
In his address to the Plenary meeting of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, His Holiness said this, which is merely one paragraph of his address in my rapid translation: As we know, in vast areas of the … Read More
Bp. Sample: “We cannot – we will not – comply with this unjust law.”
His Excellency Alex Sample, Bishop of Marquette, has made a powerful statement in the face of the Obama Administration’s open attack on the Catholic Church, the 1st Amendment, and the religious freedom of all Americans. My friend Fr. john Boyle … Read More
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Fr. Z endorses idea from NcFishwrap. Sky to Fall. Lord to Return. Film at 11.
Was that booming CRACK I just heard the opening of the Fifth Seal? You know that things are getting pretty serious when Fr. Z endorses an idea from the National catholic Fishwrap. But it was a good idea, and around here … Read More
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QUAERITUR: The Leonine Prayers after Mass in the Ordinary Form. Wherein Fr. Z rants.
From a reader: I recently went to FOCUS student leadership summit and Curtis Martin, the founder, told the story behind the Leo XIII’s prayer to St. Michael. Well the students at the summit loved the prayer, and spontaneously started praying … Read More
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Benedict XVI, the NeoCats and their liturgy
I just read a discourse of the Holy Father to a gathering of members of the Neo-Catechumenal Way, NeoCats. There has been some buzz, and some anxiety, that the Pope might approve their own brand of liturgy. In this address, … Read More
OCTAVE FOR UNITY: DAY 1
Today we begin what was called for decades the Church Unity Octave, 18-25 January inclusive. The purpose of the octave is to pray for the unity of the whole Catholic Church. This octave was originally approved by St. Pope Pius … Read More
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