A Parish Mission to Remind Me That I Am Blessed Beyond Measure CATHOLIC BY GRACE - November 19, 2009 ... said - that I am one of those blessed ones? Have I shared with you in recent days the joy of kneeling after receiving the Body and Blood of Our dear Lord Jesus? Have I mentioned what it is like to hear the words of absolution falling from the lips of God's anointed one? Tonight, at ... http://catholicbygrace.blogspot.com/2009/11/parish-mission-to-remind-me-that-i-am.html
Worshiping with our bodies... LITURGY REFLECTIONS - November 19, 2009 ... or throughout the Easter season, since these days celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Such kneeling was even condemned by the Council of Nicaea, the same council that gave us the creed we recite on Sundays. Sometimes postures become a bone of contention among some parishioners, and a cause of ... http://liturgy.blogs.com/liturgy_reflections/2009/11/worshiping-with-our-bodies.html
Holy Communion's act of reverence... LITURGY REFLECTIONS - November 19, 2009 ... hands. Others would make the sign of the cross, bow, genuflect, or even receive Communion kneeling. The result, over the last few decades, was a certain amount of visual confusion and uncertainty among people about what was appropriate at this time. The most recent directives from the Vatican clarify ... http://liturgy.blogs.com/liturgy_reflections/2009/06/holy-communions-act-of-reverence.html
Heaven in Plain Sight SAINT LOUIS CATHOLIC - November 18, 2009 ... finished, but the book has already moved me so much that I wanted to say a word or two here. C.S. Lewis was fond of writing that the beauty and joy that we see here on earth is only beautiful and joyful inasmuch as it is a participation in the joy of Heaven. In other words, we acknowledge something ... http://stlouiscatholic.blogspot.com/2009/11/heaven-in-plain-sight.html
Excellent document from the Irish Bishops THE HERMENEUTIC OF CONTINUITY - November 18, 2009 ... form of the Mass. [With regard to the formula this is true - but it should be remembered that kneeling to receive Communion on the tongue is also permitted at the Ordinary Form; and indeed encouraged by the example of the Holy Father.] At Mass in the extraordinary form, Holy Communion is received ... http://the-hermeneutic-of-continuity.blogspot.com/2009/11/excellent-document-from-irish-bishops.html
Radio Replies First Volume: Images SANCTE PATER - November 17, 2009 ... having taken that part of the first commandment which refers to images as the second of God's commandments. But do those words forbid the making of images? They do not. God was forbidding idolatry, not the making of images. He said, "Thou shalt not make to thyself any graven image of anything in the ... http://sanctepater.blogspot.com/2009/11/radio-replies-first-volume-images.html
Le Curé d'Ars IDLE SPECULATIONS - November 13, 2009 ... Le Curé d'Ars, décédé le 4 août 1859, photographié d'après nature Taken 1859 pos. montées sur carton : papier albuminé : d'après nég. sur verre au collodion Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Saint Jean-Baptiste-Marie ... http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/PNJD/~3/r4n9G94mH4w/le-cure-dars.html
Charlie's confirmation COUNTERCULTURAL FATHER - November 9, 2009 On Saturday we got the early train to London, for Charlie's confirmation (traditional Latin rite) at St James's Spanish Place. A number of good things about the day - above all, of course, the descent of the Holy Ghost on Charlie and the others. Also, the Saturday morning Mass ... http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2009/11/charlies-confirmation.html
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
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