Roman Catholicism

Update: Placement of the Marriage Rite

July 14, 2010

A correspondent (a very capable liturgical scholar) sent me an email pertaining to my earlier post on the placement of the marriage rite in the daily office. He is in favor of keeping the marriage rite in the place where the LW Agenda has it (after the sermon). However, he gives these useful historical details: [...]

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Versus populum or ad orientam? Sasse on "St. Zwingli" and "liturgical arts-and-crafts"

October 22, 2009

Fr. Charles McClean gave me a copy of these excerpts from a letter of Hermann Sasse to Peter Brunner. I am not certain if he translated this or not, and will update this post when I find out. The best part is the second paragraph, so stick with it! “What concerns me and to speak [...]

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Obama in utero

January 19, 2009

What a magnificent video: HT: Jordan G.

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Confession of St. Peter

January 19, 2009

Mark 8.27–9.1   A common temptation Christians face is to look for greener ecclesiastical pastures. On a congregational level, programs, facilities, location, and fellowship with others all play a factor in one’s choice of a church, and whether to stay or go. Denominationally, churches with dramatic claims to antiquity or authority sometimes beckon. Fr. Richard [...]

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Grow your own guardian angel

August 25, 2008

My mom was visiting this past weekend, and we went to visit the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. I’ve been several times, but we’ve managed to live here seven years without Kassie or my mom seeing it. The immensity of the building is striking, and I find it to be quite [...]

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The blood-drainers have gone way too far this time

August 18, 2008

When I lived in southern Illinois, I had bad experience after bad experience with the funeral homes. Some were worse than others, but the men running them were all obsessed with the title “Funeral Director.” It trumped all things religious, and since our Lutheran church didn’t exactly run a Baptist tissue-soaker, it often meant war. [...]

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For you vestment geeks

April 20, 2008

Another interesting article from the newspaper that lands at my front door: Vintage Vestments: The Philosophical Threads Woven into Papal Garments. Here’s an excerpt: You thought the cover of Vogue was influential. Many of the vestments Benedict has been wearing are in the Roman style, experts said, as opposed to the Gothic style that became [...]

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Academic freedom?

April 20, 2008

An essay on making Christian worship “Muslim-friendly” was published on the Concordia University–Portland website, but then pulled when some Lutherans noticed it. Someone had the good sense to make a copy. I immediately thought of this bit of heresy when I read this article in the Washington Post about the Pope’s speech at Catholic University. [...]

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Poll Results: What does this mean?

April 20, 2008

Thanks to everyone who voted in the poll for the papal visit protest sign, code name “Operation Nice Hat.” For posterity, here are the results: “95 Theses: Lege atque lacrima” was the decisive winner, with 35%. You are a militant, sassy bunch. “Nice hat” was 9 points behind, with 26%, proving that some of you [...]

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Operation Nice Hat

April 17, 2008

Mollie in the comments asked for a report on “Operation Nice Hat.” (I have been laughing audibly–and for awhile, uncontrollably–about Cwirla’s “Nice Hat” sign idea.) The first thing to note was that the Holy Father was wearing his customary white zuchetto, and not this, this, or this. (And it was much too hot to wear [...]

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