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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 →

Past Elder made this comment amid all the ruckus of the duel: Go back to the church you left. I’m sure it’s bloody awful as an ecclesiatical body. They all are, even the pre conciliar Roman church, and most certainly … Continue reading →

It occured to me this morning (at 5:30am while lying in my youngest daughter’s bottom bunk after she had pushed me out of the matrimonial queen-size…), that Past Elder, who is “not a traditionalist or a member of the SSPX”, … Continue reading →

There are some very pretty pictures of the ordination of our two new Melbourne auxiliary bishops, Peter Elliott and Tim Costelloe, on the Archdiocesan website. It was a marvellous show on Friday night (yes, I do mean a “show”–there’s nothing … Continue reading →

Unfortunately, there is hardly anything such as a new thought these days. I have been reflecting upon the parallels between the “Creation and Evolution” debate in biological science and the “Development of Doctrine” debate in dogmatic theology. It seems to … Continue reading →

Having laid down the gauntlet (see my challenge to a duel/dialogue below) in which one of the rules are that, after nomination of a specific “new” official teaching of the Catholic Church which contradicts her earlier stated official teaching, I … Continue reading →