Catholic Phoenix reports (with video) on the Holy Father saying Mass in the Ordinary Form ad orientem, using an extended Mr Rogers’ Neighborhood metaphor. Which is all well and good, until…. Does a priest facing the Lord instead of you make you feel kind of hurt on the inside? Does it make you sad or mad? Well, I… Continue reading Lady Elaine Fairchilde, Liturgist?
Author: Peony Moss
I *heart* Troy Polamalu
Get Religion on the bizarre reportage of Polamalu’s Orthodox faith: Polamalu’s faith, religion, spirituality, whatever Bonus: a quote in which a guy with two Super Bowl rings talks about “an abyss of beauty.”
On the green nasties
“It’s disappointing how bitter some people are when they say they love their planet but can’t extend the same love and respect to the people who live in it.” — a commenter on Flylady’s Facebook page
MamaT’s on the air again…
[over at the Summa Mamas.](http://summamamas.stblogs.org/archives/2011/01/happy-new-year.html) (A side note — any advice on stylin’ in MT4 would be much appreciated. The Summas and we are using the same template, and I need help before I start leaving the wrong comments on the wrong blog….)
Resolution Linkapalooza!
Kathy is hosting a New Year’s Resolutions Linky Party, and I’m up for a party, even though I’m not really big into New Year’s resolutions. Part of it’s past failure, I suppose, but I think that’s because for me, New Year’s just isn’t a natural time to make grand resolutions. I also don’t seem to… Continue reading Resolution Linkapalooza!
Decadence
Decadence, after all, is the belief that the undesirable is inevitable. — Theodore Dalrymple
Prayer request for a tiny saint’s family
In August, baby Gianna’s mother wrote…. We were ushered out of the room and into the perinatologist’s office who confirmed what the other lady had told us. She called it Trisomy 13. I had been praying to St. Gianna Molla since finding out I was pregnant and had thought that if it was a girl… Continue reading Prayer request for a tiny saint’s family
Great Church Lady Minds Think Alike
I share Mrs Brady’s low opinion of powdered creamer and Styrofoam cups (though I never did take the step of going to the Goodwill; our parish doesn’t really have the storage space for china cups.)