Monthly Archives: November 2011

Needing the Church’s Magisterium

Bryan Cross concludes a posting about why we need the Church’s magisterium over at Called to Communion with: Faith, by contrast, “believes and professes all that the holy Catholic Church believes, teaches, and proclaims to be revealed by God.” Because … Continue reading

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Catholic Common Worship

Whether wesleyan or lutheran, the evangelical coming into the Roman rite of the Church via The Catechism of the Catholic Church is apt to be disconcerted by the hymnal in use at their parish. This is the case whether that … Continue reading

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How the Church Lost Her Soundscape

Over at First Things, Peter Leithart writes about How the Church Lost Her Soundscape and concludes: Expertise is one of the values of modern culture, but expertise has always had a limited scope. We trust experts in physics and computer … Continue reading

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Walking is good

It takes me a while to prepare for Mass. While getting to the parish early helps, even better is being able to walk there, especially early Sunday morning when streets are quiet.

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Christian Marriage Doublespeak

From an article on the Dalrock blog about the common, and heretical I would add, Christian marriage doublespeak: One factor which undoubtedly plays a role here is the widespread adoption of feminism by Christian and secular women alike. The knee … Continue reading

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