Oct

31

In festo omnium Sanctorum

October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I can’t attend Mass, but I sure can make these little posts. In honour of our Saints, wonderful examples of how we can imitate the Lord in a sinful world. I like that we too can aspire to the same degree of holiness.
Excellent homily for this solemnity at the Roman Miscellany.
Holy Saints, pray for us.

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Oct

31

The Plain Man’s Guide

October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I downloaded a copy of the Plain Man’s Guide to the Traditional Roman Rite. I’ve attended Mass all my life and I can recite most of the Rite from memory. But I’m still confused with terminology for the various parts, like preface, canon and so on.
This is where that changes.
Here’s an interesting paragraph from that [...]

Oct

31

Didache 1

October 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment

I consider the Didache to be absolutely authentic. Because it has the teaching of the Lord, and the structure is very similar to the Gospels. I’m going to put it up here in sixteen bits.
1. There are two ways, one of life and one of death, and there is a great difference between the two [...]