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Vulnerability
I was alerted to Richard Clark’s piece on Corpus Christi Watershed on “Continuity and Vulnerability …” It might not be the most popular bit published there. The author does make the suggestion that liturgical rites have a continuity from 1570 … Continue reading
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Blogging Light For A While
The family is dealing with some health issues. The other members were caught up in a severe rainstorm the other day and had a serious auto accident. We are all well, more or less, but healing, doctor visits, and self-care … Continue reading
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On Vocations
I saw this piece skeptical of “vocational discernment” for the laity. I think Amy Welborn is picking at the peripherals on the topic. I think it needs more of a Vatican II attitude, if not spirit. But you readers would … Continue reading
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Bombs, Gas Prices, and Gaslighting
With US inflation afoot, I’ve seen a surprising number of sentiments on social media along the lines of … Americans paying more at the pump isn’t nearly as bad as bad Russians pumping bombs into residential neighborhoods in Ukraine, so … Continue reading
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More Blogging Ahead in 2022
A few notes about what’s ahead … Eventually, we’ll get back to the extended topics of Penance and Reconciliation, and Traditionis Custodes. When I feel like it in a few days. After they finish, maybe a break from church documents. … Continue reading
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Moral Panic Explained
Mike Lewis at WPI explains the full episode behind the theft of statues at the Vatican’s Amazon synod two years ago. According to Vatican correspondent Austen Ivereigh, they didn’t even do “research”: I noticed that they never actually asked an … Continue reading
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Blogging Ahead Fall 2021
Maybe it’s relief from summer heat but as you may have seen from increased production here the past few weeks, I feel like writing again. Maybe I’ll even include some audio and video things, as my patience for this platform … Continue reading
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Fr Martin’s Gray Hat Penalty
I awoke this morning to a weird dream. Father Jim Martin was returning a kick in a professional football game, and got a bad ruling as he was running along his own goal line, evading tacklers. The play was blown … Continue reading
For The Next Few Months, Anyway
Grateful for a new friend‘s advice on dodging the heinous “upgrade” to wordpress. Master control had taken over the admin pages a few days ago. I had been dodging the new block editor by insisting on classic editor post by … Continue reading
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Critic on Critics
Every so often I visit the Musica Sacra Forum. More often in the past when one friend or another invited me to check on a topic. (One late friend always held out hope I would join, but …) More often … Continue reading
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Liking The Wrong Kind Of Ideology
Disliking people and advocating for their “cancellation” is hardly a staple of those currently in political ascendancy. Anyone who believes themselves in ascendancy seems to want to wade in those waters. A social media friend noticed a conservative fanboy criticizing a … Continue reading
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Addressing The Racism At EWTN
People asking EWTN to pull their contributions. It looks like a promising tack in response to the sacking of Gloria Purvis. Mark Shea wants the network to go whole hog on him: I hope others involved with the EWTN Empire … Continue reading
Fuel For Fire
I think it would take a whole college semester to analyze the post-Vatican II traditional movement in liturgy. We think the dogmatic councils of other eras settled things once and for all. But they really didn’t. After every council there … Continue reading
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On Hate Porn
Blogger Rebecca Hamilton offers a devastating critique of some elements of Catholicism here. She speaks of the agitation for public Masses as a form of “hate porn.” I think the “hate” fits the discussion thread I linked last Friday. While … Continue reading
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Catholic Sensibility 
Priestsplaining
A friend recommended this blogpost from an Illinois priest, Msgr Eric Barr. For a cleric of my generation, he does read a lot like the new brand of JP2/B16 priest. He appears sincerely troubled about religious disaffiliation. Patheos, the parent … Continue reading →