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Saturday, November 16, 2019

The Holy Man of Santa Clara: Father Magin Catalá (A Short Biography)

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In 1796, Father Magin Catalá, O.F.M. arrived at Mission Santa Clara, nineteen years after the mission was first founded by Saint Junipero ...

Traditional Latin Christmas Mass Schedule in San José (Diocese-approved Extraordinary Form)

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I just submitted this ad listing the  Immaculate Heart of Mary Oratory's Christmas Mass schedule   to the Valley Cathol...
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

On Insulting God at Mass: and the Scriptural and Patristic Origins of Ad Orientem

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One disputed topic in "the liturgy wars" came up yesterday when I was talking to a pleasant woman from Ireland who is in her late...
Saturday, November 09, 2019

Social Justice Starts at Home, and at Church

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One Sunday  when I was about four,  after we got back from Mass my mother made dinner and ate with me and my sisters, and then  went to he...
Tuesday, November 05, 2019

The Wonderful Gospel Truth Most of Us Ignore: We Are Not Merely Saved but Also Deified

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Sometimes certain familiar phrases from the Mass will leap out at you. One phrase in Chapter 1 of the Gospel of John stands out for me ever...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One and the Four Last Things

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I re-read Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One a few days ago. It's one of the few books I've read and enjoyed multiple times. (Anoth...
Wednesday, October 09, 2019

C. S. Lewis was Wrong about the Liturgy; Observations from Sohrab Ahmari's From Fire By Water

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Ahmari, Sohrab, From Fire by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faith . San Francisco, CA. Ignatius Press. 2019. 240 pages. Capuchin Mo...
Thursday, September 05, 2019

Respectfully Critiquing Pope Francis: Father Rutler's Example

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The Spider and the Fly, by Ernest Griset from"Child life: a collection of poems" (1871) I respect Father George W. Rutler ’...
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Saturday, August 24, 2019

God's Gifts: Distributed to Each for the Good of All

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--> The Epistle read on the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost is taken from St. Paul’s first letter to the Corinthian...