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- I dread it as it approaches and think of ways to avoid it. (36%, 9,555 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?
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Category Archives: PODCAzT
AUDIO Stations of the Cross: Benedict XVI, Bl. John Henry Newman, St. Alphonsus Liguori
Over the years I have made several audio versions of the Stations of the Cross. For your convenience, here they are.
AUDIO: John 6
As we are in Passiontide, according to our traditional Roman calendar, and as I think about the reactions to a certain talk given by a certain Dominican sister, it occurred to me to review John 6. As I reviewed John … Read More
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PODCAzT 138: Christmas Poetry Experiment
Today I decided to experiment by recording voice memos with my phone, then sending them to my computer at home, then accessing that computer remotely with the same phone to assemble a podcast. Let’s see how it turned out! Please … Read More
PODCAzT 137: Augustine on bad pastors; Sermon in the wake of Pope Francis’ interview
At the time of this writing it is still the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time, aka the 18th Sunday after Pentecost in the Extraordinary Form of the Roman Rite. It has been just a few days since the release of … Read More
PODCAzT 136: John XXIII opens Vatican II – ‘Gaudet Mater Ecclesia’ – optimism and naïveté, error and continuity
have wanted to do this for some time. Today we have as our guest, Pope John XXIII. I read for you the whole of John’s address to the opening of the Second Vatican Council, a speech called Gaudet Mater Ecclesia, … Read More
PODCAzT 136: 25 years later – Ratzinger’s address to the Bishops of Chile; The Biological Solution
Today marks 25 years since Joseph Card. Ratzinger gave a famous address in Santiago, Chile to the Chilean bishops. Context: In the months immediately preceding this address, Archbp, Marcel Lefebvre of the SSPX had signed an agreement with the Holy … Read More
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PODCAzT 135: Encyclical Letter “Lumen fidei” – AUDIO files of entire encyclical
In my desire to get my ears and mind around the new encyclical, Lumen fidei, of Benedict XVI and Pope Francis, to sort the “voices” and get to know the trajectory of its arguments, I decided to read it aloud. Wanna … Read More
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The Way of the Cross – Joseph Ratzinger (Good Friday – 2005)
Here is my reading of the Via Crucis, the Way of the Cross, composed by Joseph Card. Ratzinger, once Pope, now His Holiness Benedict XVI, for the 2005 Good Friday observance at the Colosseum in Rome. I love the St. … Read More
Blue Vestments? An annual rant.
From a reader: Our priest borrowed glorious old blue vestments in the Roman style for today, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. He announced that it’s the first time for him, and that it is per a 400-some-year-old indult for … Read More
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