Conservative Catholic pundit Matthew Archbold reported today about a cannibal restaurant. So far, so good (as far as cannibal restaurants go). But then he made a leap of which even Evil Knievel would have been envious. This is assuredly an online p.r. stunt for something or other but it got me thinking, “Why not cannibalism?” Seriously. Many [...]
If we are to live lives that enable us to hear more clearly who we really are, then we will have to learn to move to a rhythm that is superior to the ones we have fashioned for ourselves, or the ones a consumer society has foisted upon us. We will have to discover the [...]
Happy Name Day! (St. Bartholomew, pray for us.) Pax et bonum.
Gregor Kollmorgen today posted photos at The New Liturgical Movement, (as that blog is wont to do), of an abbatial blessing at Rein Abbey (Cistercian) in Austria. The photos are quite nice; it looks to have been a splendid, joyous occasion both for the abbey and the Church. The comments at the end of the article, [...]
This just in from Jerry Galipeau: This morning Cardinal Francis George, OMI, Archbishop of Chicago and USCCB President, announced to the body of bishops that we have received the final text of the Roman Missal. Implementation of the new text will take place, as anticipated, on the First Sunday of Advent, 2011 (November 27, 2011). [...]
No, not that one. St. Hyacinth Pax et bonum.
Father Ruff strikes gold yet again. The mind of the Church on the ‘Novus ordo’ At Catholic Culture, Jeff Mirus makes a very good point about the reformed liturgy of Paul VI: in the mind of the Church, it is the normal, ordinary form of the Catholic liturgy. The ‘extraordinary’ form is permitted and one [...]
I don’t typically do these “meme” things, but as spirituality and practice is a major theme of the blog, for this I will make an exception. Fr. Austin Murphy (at Jesus Goes to Disney World- which is excellent, and if you aren’t reading, you should be) tagged me to list my 5 favorite devotions. So [...]
Hail, Holy Queen I’ll sit back and wait on the heat for this one. Pax et bonum.
Anne Rice, the best-selling and prolific author, was raised as a Catholic. She left the Church in adulthood, but returned about 10 years ago. Her book, Christ the Lord, and its sequels, accompanied her return to Christian faith and practice. Rice announced on Facebook yesterday, however, that she has quit Christianity. For those who care, [...]
