tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61925612024-03-07T12:18:04.002-08:00Catholic Pundit WannabeCatholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.comBlogger351125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-85390665868733240002022-11-26T11:54:00.016-08:002022-12-11T09:26:44.414-08:00Miracles Still Happen: How One Man Asked for Prayers from Beyond the Grave and Another Man Delivered HimHow This Man Learned from Mary How to Deliver Souls from PurgatorySince the end of November, the month dedicated to the poor souls in Purgatory, is coming up in a few days, I want to get this timely story posted. It's like a ghost story. But it's not a story of ghost, really, but it is about a dead person, a soul in purgatory, who spoke from beyond the grave. Hearing about it from the man Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-34134690706475843172022-11-05T01:44:00.004-07:002022-11-05T13:05:53.219-07:00Native American Devotion at Mission Carmel Ruins What Robert Louis Stevenson Saw on the Feast of St. Charles Borromeo November 4, 1879“I have never seen faces more vividly lit up with joy than the faces of those Indian singers. It was to them not only the worship of God, nor an act by which they recalled and commemorated better days, but was besides an exercise of culture, where all they knew of art and letters was united and expressed."&Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-7702774602038250302022-10-26T09:07:00.008-07:002022-10-29T23:31:57.256-07:00Christ the King: Victorious Ruler of All—or Cosmic Jesus?Pope Pius XI instituted The Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King in response to growing secularism in society. "By Our Apostolic Authority We institute the Feast of the Kingship of Our Lord Jesus Christ to be observed yearly throughout the whole world on the last Sunday of the month of October - the Sunday, that is, which immediately precedes the Feast of All Saints. We further ordain Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-38691656229775845642022-09-22T17:17:00.002-07:002022-09-22T17:20:36.582-07:00Archbishop Cordileone Answers Questions about Mass of the Americas, a Polyphonic Mass Setting Composed by Frank La RoccaThe following interview was conducted with Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone via email by Sophia Feingold as background for a feature article published by National Catholic Register September 22, 2022, "‘Mass of the Americas’ Is Coming to CD at the Hands of Grammy-Winning Producer."Q: What is the significance of the plural in the title, “Mass of the Americas”? The idea first came toCatholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-38086887930901295232022-09-17T08:08:00.000-07:002022-09-17T08:08:08.824-07:00A Look Back at the Bay Area Visit of Athanasius Schneider, Auxiliary Bishop from KazakhstanHis Excellency Bishop Athanasius Schneider has been referred to in the National Catholic Register as “one of the leading voices of fidelity, continuity, and tradition in the Church today.” In some ways, it is hard to account for the scope of his influence, in light of the fact that Bishop Schneider is only an auxiliary bishop of Astana, in Kazakhstan, a country with only around 150,000 Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-63882461889957335982022-08-29T12:15:00.003-07:002022-08-29T14:00:03.125-07:00RECENT CATHOLIC CONVERT SHIA LEBOUEF CREDITS TRADITIONAL LATIN MASS WITH ENRICHING HIS NEW-FOUND FAITH
Major news this past week, especially among Catholic press, has been the conversion to Catholicism of scandal-ridden actor Shia LaBoeuf. Internet sources say LaBoeuf had already become a Christian in 2014 while filming a movie titled "Fury." Even so, LaBoeuf's actions since then—which he shamefacedly now calls disgusting—brought him ostracism. His career was in ruins.The actor's conversion to Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-86409922026817756992020-12-23T00:00:00.001-08:002020-12-23T00:00:03.258-08:00O Antiphon For December 23: O Emmanuel, O God with UsThe Prophet Isaiah, by Michelangelo, Sistine ChapelOn December 23, the last of the Great O antiphons of Advent is sung at Vespers (Evening Prayer). By the next evening on December 24, the time of waiting will be over, because the Feast of Christmas begins at Vespers on Christmas Eve. This antiphon begins by addressing our Savior with the Messianic name, Emmanuel, God with us. The Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-61407770313292740322020-12-22T08:17:00.002-08:002020-12-22T08:20:51.253-08:00O Antiphon for December 22: O Rex Gentium, O King of the Nations Christ the Judge (1447), by Fra Angelico. At the Duomo of Orvieto, ItalyThe O antiphon for Dec. 22nd begins by addressing our Savior with the Messianic name, O Rex Gentium. The antiphon then describes what this title symbolizes, and it ends with a petition, "come and . . ..”O Rex Gentium, et desideratus earum, lapisque angularis, qui facis utraque unum: veni, et salva hominem quemCatholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-40088274935337771372020-12-21T00:00:00.009-08:002020-12-21T00:00:00.144-08:00O Antiphon for December 21: O Oriens, O Dayspring from On HighIt is especially fitting that we pray this antiphon today, on the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. This title of Christ, Oriens, means daybreak, dawn, sunrise, the East, the beginning, and the rising up—and so it also refers to the Resurrection. The O antiphon for Dec. 21th begins by addressing our Savior as O Oriens, O Dayspring or Dawn rising from Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-50392267560214621122020-12-20T00:00:00.026-08:002020-12-20T00:10:06.680-08:00O Antiphon for December 20: O Clavis David, O Key of DavidThe O antiphon for December 20th begins by addressing our Savior as O Clavis David, O Key of David. It goes on to describe the symbolism of the Key of David, and it ends with the petition, "come and lead the prisoners from the prison house, that sit in darkness and the shadow of death.”
O Clavis David, et sceptrum domus Israel; qui aperis, et nemo claudit; claudis, et nemo aperit: veni, et educ Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-63310991400288929442020-12-19T00:06:00.005-08:002020-12-19T00:24:49.559-08:00O antiphon for Dec. 19th: O Radix Jesse, O Root of JesseThe O antiphon for Dec. 19th begins by addressing our Savior, who is about to be born as a man, as O Radix Jesse, O Root of Jesse. The antiphon then describes what the name symbolizes, and it ends with a petition, “come to deliver us, delay thou not.”O Radix Jesse, qui stas in signum populorum, super quem continebunt reges os suum, quem gentes deprecabuntur: veni ad liberandum nos, jam noli Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-82321923892816721172020-12-18T00:00:00.025-08:002020-12-19T00:09:12.109-08:00O Antiphon for December 18: O Adonai, O Sovereign LordThe O antiphon for Dec. 18 begins by addressing our Savior, who is about to be born as a man, as O Adonai (O Sovereign Lord), describes Our Lord's appearances to Moses, and it ends with the petition, redeem us with outstretched arm:O Adonai, et Dux domus Israel, qui Moysi in igne flammae rubi apparuisti, et ei in Sina legem dedisti: veni ad redimendum nos in brachio extento.O Sovereign Lord, and Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-24466505910972004022020-12-17T00:00:00.039-08:002020-12-19T00:09:51.817-08:00O Antiphon for December 17: O Sapientia, O WisdomThe O antiphon for Dec. 17 begins by addressing our Savior who is about to be born as a Man as O Sapientia, O Wisdom. It then describes what God’s wisdom accomplishes, and it ends with a petition, “come to teach us the way of prudence.”O Sapientia, quae ex ore Altissimi prodisti, attingens a fine usque ad finem, fortiter suaviter disponensque omnia: veni ad docendum nos viam prudentiae.O Wisdom, Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0Poplar, MT 59255, USA48.2400023 -105.141871120.808797233400103 -140.2981211 75.6712073665999 -69.9856211tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-56605403007104824792020-12-06T15:19:00.000-08:002020-12-19T00:10:34.831-08:00Santa Is Not Good for Raising Young Catholics"Tell Santa what you want for Christmas!" Hasn't anyone besides me ever noticed that this admonition is not good training for young Christians? On the other hand, it is great training for young consumers. Encouraging our children to dream of material things they want is great training for covetousness. It puts a burden on parents who may not be able to reasonably afford the expense of Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-4323081907959364892020-11-09T22:12:00.005-08:002020-11-11T18:17:33.499-08:00If the Church is the Answer, What is the Question?When I was fifteen years old in 1960, I read Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, and Albert Camus' L'Etranger. Then when I started at Brandeis University in 1963 a few weeks before I turned 18, I continued my exploration of the ideas of Jean Paul Sartre and other
existential philosophers in my college courses and personal reading. The existentialists promoted the idea that belief in God and in Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-66779320962346049822020-11-09T10:59:00.000-08:002020-12-19T00:11:01.620-08:00The Miracle and the Hope: Cardinal Kung's Requiem and Burial
Five Wounds Portuguese National Church before a Requiem Mass
Many think it was providential that Ignatius Cardinal Kung of Shanghai got his wish to have a traditional Requiem Mass in spite of how it was nearly impossible to get permission for the pre-Vatican II form of the Mass at the time of Kung's death in 2000. This story describe why the permission was requested, and how the Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-38344007440683174642020-10-26T15:55:00.007-07:002020-10-26T18:01:16.694-07:00Jackie Coogan, The Kid, Uncle Fester, Bad Boy, Much-Married, CatholicHAPPY BIRTHDAY JACKIE COOGAN, BORN OCTOBER 26, 1914 Have you ever heard about or seen The Kid, Charlie Chaplin's silent comedy-drama? If so, you might be surprised as I was to learn that Jackie Coogan, who played the adorable kid in 1921, also played the grotesque Uncle Fester in the Addams Family TV series from 1964-1966—and that in between, he became a romantic lead who acted in movies Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-90338008284989013452020-10-06T19:33:00.000-07:002020-10-06T19:33:43.229-07:00A Liqueur, a Color, and a Hermit Order’s Major Source of Income
Chartreuse is a luxury liqueur produced by the Carthusians, a strict contemplative order of hermits founded by Saint Bruno, whose feast is today, October 6. Chartreuse Verte, a shimmering green liqueur created by the Carthusians with 130 herbs, plants and flowers, gives its name to a distinctive Spring-green color that is an equal mixture of green and yellow. The liqueur is paradoxically Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-18636920728007829072020-09-01T13:22:00.003-07:002020-09-01T13:22:24.109-07:00When Emily Dickinson Heard Jenny Lind Sing, and Another Surprising Literary JuxtapositionP.T. Barnum publicity posterWhen I read the excerpt from "The Writer's Almanac" for September 1, 2020 included below, I was a bit startled to realize that Emily Dickinson heard the “Swedish Nightingale,” Jenny Lind, sing in live performance and that Dickinson had not been as isolated as I had thought. We are even able to read some poetic words Dickinson wrote about Lind.Lind Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-67361699349691879902020-05-05T18:07:00.000-07:002020-05-05T18:07:40.777-07:00Love and Marriage, Babies and Missals, Jeff and Cynthia Ostrowski
This article was originally published at Regina Magazine in 2014. Since the article is no longer available in Regina's online archives, I'm posting the article here as I submitted it before editing, with a few updates. One update is that the Ostrowskis and their two children now live in Los Angeles, California, where Jeff is the choir director at St. Vitus Church, which is administered by the Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-37282846279179550982020-04-30T10:39:00.001-07:002020-04-30T10:41:00.332-07:00St. Catherine of Siena, Doctor of the Church
Relief at the High Altar of the Church of Santa Caterina in Magnaopoli in Rome, by Melchiorre Cafà
In the traditional calendar, April 30 is the feast of the great St. Catherine of Siena, who was declared the first woman Doctor of the Church in 1970.
St. Catherine of Siena, Virgin
Excerpt from Dom Prosper Guerangér, The Liturgical Year
How grand is the Saint whose feast comes to gladden us Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-65773723398726322182020-04-16T16:19:00.003-07:002020-04-16T22:03:33.423-07:00What is Art? Brâncuși's Bird in Space and the Evolving Definition of Art
Bird in Space, Constantin Brâncuși, 1926
I came across this interesting story about a 1920s trial that contributed to the acceptance of non-representational art in American society when I was listening today to a BBC series titled, "The Way I See It."
That trial was notable as a turning point in our society's view of what makes an object a work of art. The way the story of the Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-41288792703580833182020-04-09T00:52:00.001-07:002020-04-09T00:52:21.398-07:00Thursday of Holy Week: Traditional Commentary and Chant
Man with the Jar of Water
"In a particular way, make Holy Thursday a day of profound thanksgiving for the Sacraments of the Holy Eucharist and the Holy Priesthood, which Our Lord instituted at the Last Supper."—Cardinal Raymond Burke
Maundy Thursday
"This is the first day of the Azymes, or Feast of the Unleavened Bread. At sunset, the Jews must eat the Pasch inCatholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-44022237896994177352020-04-07T20:52:00.002-07:002020-04-07T22:55:39.960-07:00Wednesday of Holy Week: Traditional Commentary and Chant
The Chief Priests Take Counsel Together
Spy Wednesday
"The Chief Priests and the Ancients of the people, are met to-day, in one of the rooms adjoining the Temple, for the purpose of deliberating on the best means of putting Jesus to death. . . . But how are Jesus' enemies to get possession of their divine Victim, so as to avoid a disturbance in the City?"
Judas Iscariot
Judas Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6192561.post-36501708146545274972020-04-07T16:19:00.001-07:002021-03-28T21:33:26.695-07:00Tuesday of Holy Week: Traditional Commentary and Chant
Jesus Goes Up to Jerusalem - James Tissot
"To-day, again, our Saviour sets out in the morning for Jerusalem. His intention is to repair to the temple, and continue his yesterday's teachings. It is evident that his mission on earth is fast drawing to its close. He says to his Disciples: You know that after two days shall be the Pasch, and the Son of Man shall be delivered up to be Catholic Pundit Wannabehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17543248569720467264noreply@blogger.com0