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Category Archives: Linking Back
A sudden session of sweet silent thought
I just had a remarkable experience. It may have been the strength and particular hue of the light in my room right now that triggered it. In a flash a memory flooded back to my conscious mind of standing behind … Read More
PODCAzT 79: Augustine on your solidarity with Christ; your voicemail
This PODCAzT, the first in a while, is a bit of a blast from the past. I am going back, on this 1st Sunday of Lent, to the topic of the very first PODCAzT I made. It seems appropriate. I … Read More
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Follow-up: Ad Orientem in Ann Arbor, MI – a priest reacts
Subsequent to my posting about the initiative of Fr. Gerald Gawronski at Old St. Patrick’s in Ann Arbor, MI to "re-orient" his parish worship. In their parish bulletin the decision to celebrate ad orientem versus was discussed. In this, it … Read More
QUAERITUR: follow-up to “kissing the ring of a bishop”
Taking up issue of kissing a bishop’s ring, which we have look at before, this is from a reader: I wanted to add a few comments about kissing a bishop’s ring outside of the liturgy. Technically there is no hard … Read More
A bishop on FOCA: “you can go take a flying leap”
A reader alerted me to this from Lifesite. My emphases and comments: Catholic Bishop: "Go Right Ahead and Arrest Me" Rather than Obey Freedom of Choice Act By Kathleen GilbertLife siteDecember 2, 2008 ARLINGTON, Virginia, December 2, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) – … Read More
What Does the Samizdat Really Say?
I found this great comment on the blog of Damian Thompson Holy Smoke about the London Blognic (here and here). A few nights ago I joined a group of Catholic bloggers in a pub in Victoria. They included the world-famous … Read More
A Protestant Pastor reacts to the Communion rail entry
When I see that someone has linked back to WDTPRS, I will sometimes go find out what is going on. I often find gems. For example, on the blog Power, Love, Self-Discipline a pastor of a United Church of Christ … Read More
WDTPRS: The new Good Friday prayer for Jews in the 1962MR
I have been thinking a little about the new prayer Pope Benedict XVI has swapped into the 1962 Missale Romanum for Good Friday when we, as a whole Church have always, do now, and will always pray also for the … Read More
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