Daily Archives: 29 January 2010

Candlemas – The Meeting

Posted on 29 January 2010 by catholicsensibility

(This is Neil) This coming Tuesday is the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, or Candlemas. The readings can be found here (or, alternately, here). The learned Anglican Bishop of Gibraltar, Geoffrey Rowell, in his Credo column for the … Continue reading →

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On Self-Mortification

Posted on 29 January 2010 by catholicsensibility

Count me singularly unimpressed on hearing the report that Pope John Paul II practiced self-mortification. There’s quite a long discussion at dotCommonweal about it. From CNS: Msgr. Slawomir Oder, postulator of the late pope’s (sainthood) cause, said Pope John Paul … Continue reading →

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When Bad Things Hover Around Good People

Posted on 29 January 2010 by catholicsensibility

A few words on bad experiences with church musicians. Like many people I succumb to the temptation to gossip. I was not good at avoiding it when I was young. Things on this blog and in others’ comboxes probably slip … Continue reading →

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RCIA 287-290: Finishing Up Rite of Election

Posted on 29 January 2010 by catholicsensibility

Let’s wrap up the Rite of Election for children of catechetical age. As with the adult rite (134) RCIA 287 lists intercessions, but only one set. Just a sample of a petition that has been edited: That together we may … Continue reading →

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Thomas Aquinas and Ecumenism

Posted on 29 January 2010 by catholicsensibility

(This is Neil) The editor of New Blackfriars has generously made a number of articles about Thomas Aquinas freely available. One of them is Yves Congar’s “Saint Thomas Aquinas and the Spirit of Ecumenism,” originally published in 1974 (see here … Continue reading →

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