Author Archives: Schutz

This blog could get very complicated. I will try to keep it simple. It is in response to Pastor Weedon’s blog on the subject of “The Catholic Principle and Lutheranism”. I will address the essay by Heath Curtis in a … Continue reading →

Fr Fenton has a very interesting post over on his Conversi ad Dominum page. I believe his suggestions for Lutheran engagement in dialogue with Orthodox are equally relevant to Lutheran engagement with Catholics in dialogue. For that matter, they are … Continue reading →

Tonight at 6pm in a private ceremony at the Catholic Church in Waikerie, South Australia, Marco and Penny Vervoost and their small tribe of Vervoostlings were received in the welcoming arms of Holy Mother Church, and into full communion with … Continue reading →

I have very much enjoyed reading the two Homilies of the Holy Father on St Francis made available by Sandro Magister. When I came across this quotation: Man is truly both greatness and misery: he is greatness, because he bears … Continue reading →

It is my great pleasure to recommend to all my readers (especially those interested in the Lutheran Catholic dialogue) an excellent short essay by Pastor William Weedon entitled “Revisiting the Sacrifice of the Mass”. The rest of this blog will … Continue reading →

One blog I read regularly (especially for the podcasts which are excellent meditations on the Office of Readings 2nd Reading for the Day from the Fathers) is Fr. Z’s (Zee? Zed?) “What does the prayer really say?”. Since Paul McCain … Continue reading →

This picture says it all, really. But if you want to read more, Mark Clarke’s article in the latest edition of Kairos gives you all the details.

My header proclaims this blog to be “In the Spirit of Benny XVI” (is it too oblique, or do you get the counter referance?). When I hear Papa Benny saying things like this, I am affirmed in my committment to … Continue reading →

Well, after all that, I want to congratulate all of you on a thorough and gentlemanly (or lady-like in your case, Christine) discussion of the matter raised by Pastor McCain below. An exemplary example of discussion without recrimination. And for … Continue reading →

Amid all the comments on Continuity and Discontinuity blog, Pastor Paul T. McCain asked: Dave, have you done a post on your thoughts/reactions to the soon to be issued papal pronouncement on the Tridentine Mass? Seem to me that the … Continue reading →