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Daily Archives: 31 December 2013
On the Road for a Holy Day Mass
We’ve been in Kansas City the past few days visiting with friends. The young miss, my wife and I had a spot of shopping to do for the party tonight, then we visited a parish nearby for Mass. A good … Continue reading
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Mediator Dei 102-103
In Mediator Dei, Pope Pius XII encourages an age-old tradition: the imitation of Christ: 102. All the elements of the liturgy, then, would have us reproduce in our hearts the likeness of the divine Redeemer through the mystery of the … Continue reading
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Another 2013 Person, Not Pope Francis
Poor Pope Francis. Out-polled by an American president, named best-dressed for not wearing martyr’s shoes, and now bypassed for another popularity “honor” by a layperson, at least according to NCR: NCR has been reporting on the priest sex abuse crisis since … Continue reading
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Tagged Archbishop Nienstedt, cover-up scandal, Jennifer Haselberger, NCR
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EG 37: Mercy at the Pinnacle
Pope Francis didn’t invent the emphasis on mercy. In Evangelii Gaudium 37, he explains the notion derives from the Angelic Doctor: 37. Saint Thomas Aquinas taught that the Church’s moral teaching has its own “hierarchy”, in the virtues and in the acts … Continue reading
Catholic Sensibility 
Skittish Donors
Is this Cardinal Dolan’s Bishop’s Wife moment? St Pat’s has a $180M restoration project. But somebody’s nervous about Pope Francis: (O)ne potential seven-figure donor is concerned about statements from the pope criticizing market economies as “exclusionary,” urging the rich to … Continue reading →