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Roman Catholic Blog's comments on Archbishop Piero Marini calling Second Vatican Council's Liturgica

Folks, my beloved brother in Christ Thomistic of Roman Catholic Blog wrote a commentary on Archbishop Piero Marini's comments calling the Post-Conciliar liturgical reform "irreversible,"...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: liturgics, papacy
Roman Catholic Blog's comments on Archbishop Piero Marini calling Vatican II's Liturgical Renewal "I

Folks, my beloved brother in Christ Thomistic of Roman Catholic Blog wrote a commentary on Archbishop Piero Marini's comments calling the Post-Conciliar liturgical reform "irreversible,"...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: liturgics, papacy
Book Review: Jesus of Nazareth, by Pope Benedict XVI

A luminous book, elegant in its simplicity. Folks, I finally finished reading Jesus of Nazareth, by Pope Benedict XVI. I am not qualified to judge the substance of it because I recognized the mastery...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: trinity, theology, book reviews, papacy
Theo's Political Predictions and Choices for 2008

Folks, after listening to a lot of people, reading various regional news outlets, and measuring the mood of the country, I've concluded that the Democrats, no matter who wins the primary, will win...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: social doctrine, war and peace, politics, life issues
Blog slowdown for the next few days

Folks, I continue to be both busy and recuperating from that "thing" technically called "varicela" but popularly known as "The Shingles." I've mostly recovered, only suffering from residual pain...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: theo's family news, admin notes
Today we observe the Solemnity of the Ascension of Our Lord

(some dioceses will celebrate this feast next Sunday)From today's Office of Readings, a reading from a sermon by Saint Augustine, bishop:No one has ever ascended into heaven except the one who...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: solemnities and feast days, liturgy of the hours
Archbishop of San Juan mentioned as possible successor to New York's Cardinal Egan

Folks, according to a San Juan, Puerto Rico newspaper, the sitting Archbishop of San Juan, Roberto González Nieves (picture right), is one of the names being mentioned as a possible successor to...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, papacy, hispanic issues
Turkish Muslim Scholars Move to Reform Islam

Move likened to the Protestant Reformation. A bad comparison, in my opinion.Folks, according to the BBC, and and various other media,Turkey is preparing to publish a document that represents a...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: news commentary, islam, interfaith issues
If Catholics are "left behind"...

  Folks, just a quick thought this morning: if Catholics are to be "left behind" as Protestant rapturists allege, then Catholics would inherit the world, as the Lord said of the meek. Let us...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: eschatology, enlightened words, apologetics
Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen!

Folks, I want to greet my brothers and sisters of the Orthodox Church who today celebrate the Pascha of the Resurrection of Our Lord - Easter Sunday. Due to illness, I wasn't able to attend the...

Started in Vivificat! • 6 months ago • 0 responses
Tags: orthodox church, solemnities and feast days, ecumenism