Lectio Divina IDLE SPECULATIONS - November 7, 2009 From Psalter and prayers ('The Eadui Psalter', 'The Arundel Psalter') England, S. E. (Canterbury, Christ Church) 2nd or 3rd quarter of the 12th century The British Library, London First : Arundel 155 f. 7 November Calendar page for November , with coloured initials and words in colour Written at ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PNJD/~3/e-O-IvnKR8s/lectio-divina.html
Benedict's ongoing battle against secularism POPE BENEDICT XVI BLOG - November 6, 2009 ... Catholic by John L Allen Jr on Nov. 06, 2009 Much has been made lately of Pope Benedict XVI's apparent lenience for "cafeteria Catholicism" on the right. Two developments have fed the perception: talks between the Vatican and the Society of St. Pius X, the "Lefebvrites," who broke with Rome in ... http://popebenedictxviblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/benedicts-ongoing-battle-against.html
Opera Wednesday OUR WORD AND WELCOME TO IT - November 6, 2009 By Mitchell Hadley O ne's reactions to last month's run of Tosca by the Lyric Opera of Chicago will depend in great part on how you feel about opera in general, and this opera in particular. If you're of the opinion that opera is stuck in the hidebound past, and that Tosca is ... http://hadleyblog.blogspot.com/2009/11/opera-wednesday.html
The View from the Back Pew--and Responses to Observations from a First-Time Extraordinary Form Attendee SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - November 5, 2009 ... posts about her visits to various Churches around the Archdiocese of St. Louis, called Snup's View from the Back Pew . This blogger recently assisted at Mass in the Extraordinary Form at St. Francis de Sales Oratory on All Souls Day. From the write-up, it appears this was her first (or first in a ... http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2009/11/view-from-back-pew-and-responses-to.html
A bishop gets it: doing things is not necessarily active participation WHAT DOES THE PRAYER REALLY SAY? - November 3, 2009 ... me and perhaps, in some ways, also challenges me . [Unlike the inveterate enemy of Rome's norms for translation, Bp. Trautman, Bp. Vasa seems to have no problem with the idea that sacred language is used in the sacred liturgy.] If there is one factor for the laity, in my estimation, which will impact ... http://wdtprs.com/blog/2009/11/8223/
A very common confusion CATHOLIC AND ENJOYING IT! - November 3, 2009 An honest Protestant reader asks concerning Peter Sean Bradley's recent argument with a group of people who were insisting that he worships Mary: I follow the argument but isn't the real question whether or not prayer is a form of worship? If prayer is worship, then isn't praying ... http://markshea.blogspot.com/2009/11/very-common-confusion.html
Saint Charles Borromeo and Orazio Borgianni IDLE SPECULATIONS - November 2, 2009 ... Matha and Felix of Valois. (the latter two being founders of the Order). At present, Borgianni's painting is in the refectory. In this painting Borgianni shows the effect of the influence of Caravaggio. The second is now in The Hermitage. In the Golitsynskij Museum the first painting was considered a ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PNJD/~3/Y96mqlJq0SE/saint-charles-borromeo-and-orazio.html
Peter Sean Bradley... CATHOLIC AND ENJOYING IT! - November 2, 2009 ... with people who are singularly resistant to reason on the subject of alleged "worship" of Mary. Some Protestant folk are so terrified of her that they simply cannot stop telling Catholics what they believe long enough to ask Catholics what they believe. It's really rather weird. For ... http://markshea.blogspot.com/2009/11/peter-sean-bradley.html
Bishop Finn Leads Holy Land Pilgrimage – Parts 3 & 4 THE CATHOLIC KEY BLOG - November 2, 2009 ... hills, where the Church of the Visitation is located. This is believed to be the site where Mary, after traveling for four five days in these rugged hills made her way to the village to see her cousin Elizabeth. There was almost no traffic as we traveled through the streets of western Jerusalem ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheCatholicKeyBlog/~3/taZlWMesuzw/bishop-finn-leads-holy-land-pilgrimage.html
The Liturgy: Heaven Torn Open ADORO TE DEVOTE - November 2, 2009 ... don't know what the Liturgy is about, what happens, or why they should go to Mass. It's a sad commentary to admit that most of us don't know the first thing about the Mass, and consider it to be something akin to a childhood requirement and so we attend it for the same reasons: because we are TOLD to ... http://adorotedevote.blogspot.com/2009/11/liturgy-heaven-torn-open.html