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Ezekiel’s City

July 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I finished reading Ezekiel end to end today. Well, not perfectly; I skimmed through the description of the city as I couldn’t concentrate properly on all the measurements. Anyhow, here are some interesting sites I managed to Google out:
1. The Temple, the city and the Prince
2. New Advent’s description of Ezekiel
3. Calculating the circumference of [...]

Jul

22

Beating priests up

July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Bihar. A province/state up in north and to the east of India. And they are kicking our priests around, too.

Jul

22

Happy Sunday

July 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Since I moved home, I have adopted Santa Cruz-Bombay’s Sacred Heart as my new home. And I cannot express my delight at the change. The church I attended before had a large ressurifix, an walls painted by (the way it appeared) children. The Sacred Heart is impressive, high-ceilinged, with a high altar and with statues of [...]

Jul

10

Feast day of Holy Benedict

July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

From the Catholic Forum website,
Admirable Saint and Doctor of Humility, you practiced what you taught, assiduously praying for God’s glory and lovingly fulfilling all work for God and the benefit of all human beings. You know the many physical dangers that surround us today, often caused or occasioned by human inventions. Guard us against poisoning [...]

Jul

10

CDF: Q&A on Church Doctrine

July 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I don’t know enough to debate this subject, but here are the bits that I didn’t know or was confused about:
1. The Second Vatican Council neither changed nor intended to change this doctrine, rather it developed, deepened and more fully explained it.”
I was never really bothered about this, but I have been spending too [...]

Jul

9

Summorum Pontificum: The Church in Bombay

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I don’t spend too much time in the city, so strangely I get this news in a roundabout fashion from Fr. Z. The only Tridentine Mass I know of takes place on the first Sunday of every Month at one church in the city. Truly, you don’t get any kind of Latin books anywhere here. [...]

Jul

9

A good blog vanishes and is found again

July 9, 2007 | 2 Comments

Last week, I realised that one of my favourite blogs, the Roving Medievalist, was taken down. There were always pictures there that I liked and opinions I could identify with. It will be greatly missed.
Update: it’s back and somehow looks better. See the comments, please.

Jul

9

Blogroll addition

July 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Since I discovered the Creative Minority Report when it asserted that the latest motu proprio signals the beginning of a new Dark Ages, I have been laughing more than usual, so I’ve added it to the Blogroll. Amazingly, the Onion hasn’t taken up the subject of the motu proprio yet.

Jul

5

Another priest attacked

July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

And this time, it’s closer to home. The link is below. So you know a little about Muslim extremists. Behold, the Hindu extremists.
Link: http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2007/s07060173.htm

Jul

4

First Tridentine service

July 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I attended the Tridentine Mass on Sunday, no smells but lots of bells, the monsoons thundering outside. It was also the first time I used my St. Andrew Daily Missal properly. Delightful. Some observations:
1. People were so very much better behaved at the Latin Mass. In dress, manner and attitude. Beautiful to observe.
2. If the [...]