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Fr John Zuhlsdorf
Go to Confession and hide nothing. I dare you
with a slight variation, this week’s collect, for the 27th ordinary sunday, was in the ancient gelasian sacramentary and in the post-trident...
Angels live in perfect harmony with God. But being human has its advantages too
in the novus ordo calendar the 26th ordinary sunday supplants the feast of the archangels michael, gabriel and raphael. in the traditio...
Small sins lead to bigger sins – go to Confession
as i’ve already written a piece about the collect for the 25th ordinary sunday in the past, i’ll intrude on bishop mcgough’s turf and commen...
Don't treat God like a cosmic concierge
the collect for the 24th ordinary sunday is an ancient prayer found in the veronese sacramentary: respice nos, rerum omnium deus creator et ...
What it means to be God's adopted children
the collect for the 23rd ordinary sunday was not in any pre-conciliar edition of the roman missal, but it was in the 8th-century gelasian sa...
Committees won't solve the crisis of Eucharistic faith
recently the pew research center released a study with alarming implications. it showed that some 7 out of 10 american catholics who at...
God is in the details – especially when we don't like them
our collect for the 21st sunday of ordinary time asks god to grant that his will, not this world’s snares, be the basis of our lives, and in...
In Christ, all our hopes and longings will be satisfied
the collect for the 20th ordinary sunday, already in the 8th century gelasian sacramentary, is also in the 1962 missale romanum for the 5th ...
The audacity of Holy Communion
early this week we literally observe the “tears of st lawrence”, the annual perseid meteor shower which hovers over that mighty deacon’s fea...
Before God, we are hope-filled beggars
the collect for the 18th ordinary sunday was not in any previous edition of the missale romanum. it is a grammatically simplified versi...
You can't win the spiritual battle without discipline
on the 17th ordinary sunday the collect for holy mass once again presents military imagery. it’s as if our holy mother were trying to make a...
Vigilance is the price of being a Christian
here is the collect for the 16th ordinary sunday. it has an antecedent in a 9th-century manuscript. enjoy the fine clausula (rhythmic ending...
First impressions can be misleading. Just ask St Alexius
on the heights of rome’s aventine hill, between the basilica churches of sant’anselmo and santa sabina and near to the gated grounds of the ...
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