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WDTPRS – Quinquagesima Sunday: Prepare for BATTLE!

In our traditional Roman calendar, Sunday is Quinquagesima, Latin for the symbolic “Fiftieth” day before Easter.  This is one of the pre-Lenten Sundays which prepare us for the discipline of Lent. The priest’s vestments are purple. No Gloria.  No Alleluia. The prayers … Read More

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  JUST IN: Dutch Cardinal Willem Eijk will celebrate his first Traditional Latin Mass (vetus ordo) in Oss, Netherlands, on Sunday, March 15. The Pontifical Mass will be celebrated at Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church, the diocesan church … Read More

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Welcome Registrant: Catholicmama31 Today’s Wordle: 4 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc..  At no extra … Read More

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With the bad news comes some good news and an ACTION ITEM!

My mother is actively dying now. It has been a long hard path.  Probably tomorrow she will go to the hospice. As she approaches her 91st birthday, she is finally succumbing to pulmonary fibrosis. I have reason to believe her … Read More

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Will you please continue prayers for my mother. Thanks. Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc..  … Read More

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PODCAzT 189 – Voices of the Fathers 04 – The Pilgrimage of Egeria

I recently rediscovered a slim volume entitled The Osterley Selection from the Latin Fathers, published in 1950. The preface praises the great classical authors—Caesar, Cicero, Livy, Virgil—yet insists that Christian also worthy. The collection includes brief selections from Fathers of … Read More

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Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, groceries, etc..  At no extra cost, you provide help for which … Read More

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Your Sunday Sermon Notes – Sunday in Sexagesima (N.O.: 5th Ordinary) 2026

Too many people today are without good, strong preaching, to the detriment of all. Share the good stuff. Was there a GOOD point made in the sermon you heard at your Mass of obligation for this Sexagesima Sunday, and in … Read More

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Please pray for my mother. Welcome registrant: shiny Today’s Wordle: 5 Please remember me when shopping online and use my affiliate links.  US HERE – WHY?  This helps to pay for health insurance (massively hiked for this new year of surprises), utilities, … Read More

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8 February: St. Josephine Bakhita, Daughter of St. Magdalene

J.R.R. Tolkien’s concept of eucatastrophe runs strong with the Catholic “thing”.   We Catholics know that there are some catastrophic events which produce unexpected blessings.  Usually with a lot of pain along the way.   O Felix Culpa! I am trusting God … Read More

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