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https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/01/false-ideas-of-catholic-teaching.html?showComment=1295231534602 a minor friar blog: False Ideas of Catholic Teaching I'm reading the Confessions for the third or fourth time to get warmed up for the directed reading course I'm doing in St. Augustine and St... a minor friarblogfalseideascatholic https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/07/four-days-of-veronica-giuliani.html a minor friar blog: Four Days of Veronica Giuliani St. Veronica Giuliani is one of the great characters from our Capuchin tradition. Our current Roman-Franciscan breviary and sacramentary cel... a minor friarfour daysblogveronicagiuliani https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-on-stoles-underover-chasubles.html?showComment=1311863579729 a minor friar blog: More on Stoles Under/Over Chasubles According to the synchronicities of the secret economies of encouragement and bemusement, the other day I had another conversation on the is... a minor friarblog morestoleschasubles https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/05/meta-contrition-and-compunction.html a minor friar blog: Meta-Contrition and Compunction I remember seeing "contrition" on the SAT in the Spring of 1989 and having no idea what it meant. I read it over and over, but there was no ... a minor friarblog metacontritioncompunction https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/12/phase-change-idea.html?showComment=1355913641302 a minor friar blog: Phase Change Idea After nearly seven months in Italy, I have to confess that I'm still not used to the differences in the horarium of Capuchin life here. 6:30... a minor friarphase changeblogidea https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-visitation-to-baptism-via.html?showComment=1261413741502 a minor friar blog: From Visitation to Pentecost Via Baptism One of my favorite things about the church where I work is the depiction of the mysteries of the rosary in the windows. The Joyful Mysteries... a minor friarblogvisitationpentecostvia https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-next-vacation.html?showComment=1254491766801 a minor friar blog: My Next Vacation This is why the web is so great. I had no idea there were so many places to go to church in Antarctica! I don't even know which one I would ... a minor friarblog mynextvacation https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/03/renounce-and-remain-empty.html?showComment=1332247295873 a minor friar blog: Renounce and Remain Empty One of my great teachers, John of the Cross, has been with me in a special way this Lent. From the Subida de Monte Carmelo : Cualquier gus... a minor friarblogrenounceremainempty https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/03/confessing-alone.html?showComment=1238191500000 a minor friar blog: Confessing Alone I had some shopping to do, so since it was a very nice day today I went into Manhattan for my day off. In addition to my errands, I complete... a minor friarblogconfessingalone https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2015/11/venerable-update.html a minor friar blog: Venerable Update Among many noteworthy happenings back when I was parochial vicar in Yonkers, one day in 2008 an Italian friar showed up and announced that h... a minor friarblogvenerableupdate https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/10/the-first-of-us.html a minor friar blog: The First Of Us Today the Martyrology reminds us that it is a special feast for all of us who are adopted children of Abraham through Jesus Christ, and not ... a minor friarthe firstblogus https://friarminor.blogspot.com/ a minor friar blog The rants and rambles of a brother in Christ, hopefully in the tradition of Francis and Clare. a minor friarblog https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/12/party-like-its-5199.html a minor friar blog: Party Like It's 5199 I'm a little bummed that the Christmas proclamation, i.e. the "Proclamation of the birth of Christ," which can be sung leading up to the Mas... a minor friarblog partylike it https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/08/moving.html?showComment=1312211105371 a minor friar blog: Moving It was one year ago today that I moved back here to Boston. There have been many graces, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been a challenging ... a minor friarblogmoving https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/07/grateful-anti-rant.html a minor friar blog: Grateful Anti-Rant Just as a counterpoint to yesterday's little rant, I have to say that I have only received two angry notes a I prepare to leave the parish. ... a minor friarbloggratefulantirant https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/04/note-to-baby-priest.html?showComment=1271992001490 a minor friar blog: Note to a Baby Priest One the kindest men I've ever met is going to be ordained priest this Saturday. Unfortunately parish stuff is going to prevent me from being... a minor friarblog notebabypriest https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2013/03/pope-francis.html?showComment=1363265778443 a minor friar blog: Pope Francis What a striking thing it was in the intercessions of Eucharistic Prayer II this morning: Ricordati, Padre, della tua Chiesa diffusa su tut... a minor friarblogpopefrancis https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/04/benedict-xvi-and-me.html?showComment=1303065481429 a minor friar blog: Benedict XVI and Me For his 84th birthday today I was praying for our holy father Benedict XVI and reflecting a little on his ministry in my life. I remember t... a minor friarbenedict xviblog https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/08/age-in-religion.html a minor friar blog: Age in Religion In subtle and not-so-subtle ways, seniority means something in religious life. From deference at table to who gets his choice of rooms, one'... a minor friarblogagereligion https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/05/letter-to-parishioners.html?showComment=1272852152445 a minor friar blog: Letter to Parishioners Fr. Pastor asked me to write a letter to our parishioners to be included in this weekend's bulletin. Here it is: Dear Parishioners, Last fal... a minor friarletter toblogparishioners https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/04/note-to-baby-priest.html?showComment=1271987606857 a minor friar blog: Note to a Baby Priest One the kindest men I've ever met is going to be ordained priest this Saturday. Unfortunately parish stuff is going to prevent me from being... a minor friarblog notebabypriest https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2015/03/finding-ourselves.html a minor friar blog: Finding Ourselves Gregory of Nazianzus is beautiful in the Office of Readings today: If you are a Simon of Cyrene, take up your cross and follow Christ. If... a minor friarblogfinding https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/03/my-bride-ate-herself-to-death-father.html?showComment=1333059302909 a minor friar blog: My Bride Ate Herself to Death, Father Director I was once told the vocation story of Blessed Raniero of Borgo San Sepolcro, a friar who lived around the turn of the fourteenth century. An... a minor friarblog my https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2020/04/the-way-of-cross.html a minor friar blog: The Way of the Cross A cross is first of all an intersection. The Cross of Jesus Christ reveals several: the intersection of deity and humanity, of heaven and ea... a minor friarthe wayblogcross https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-saints-know-our-troubles.html a minor friar blog: The Saints Know Our Troubles From the Roman Martyrology for today: "At Urgell in Catalonia, Spain, Saint Hermengaudius [or Ermengol, etc.], bishop, among the glorious ... a minor friarthe saintsblogknowtroubles https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2012/10/midian-jerusalem-hypothetical-wives.html?showComment=1349647805961 a minor friar blog: Midian, Jerusalem, Hypothetical Wives, Death Yesterday morning some brothers came to collect me from Garbatella and bring me, at last, here to the General Curia. I'm not quite landed ye... a minor friarblogmidianjerusalemhypothetical https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2020/12/heralds-of-great-king.html a minor friar blog: Heralds of the Great King (Reflection prepared for our vocation department's social media) Each year the 2nd Sunday of Advent recalls the preaching of St. John the Ba... a minor friarof theblogheraldsgreat https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2006/12/immaculate-conception.html a minor friar blog: Immaculate Conception Some of the scholastic theologians had a problem with the (now) dogma of the Immaculate Conception. Their argument went something like this:... a minor friarblogimmaculateconception https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2007/01/book-review-lust.html a minor friar blog: Book Review: Lust On my way through the Seven Deadly Sins , today on the subway I finished Simon Blackburn 's Lust . It's a "history of ideas" sort of treatm... a minor friarblog bookreviewlust https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/08/et-percutientes-sibi-pectus-dicunt.html a minor friar blog: et, percutientes sibi pectus, dicunt Thanks to the thoughtfulness and charity of reader Carl , who rescued the book from a culling at a seminary library, today I have received a... a minor friarblogetsibipectus https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/02/people-that-are-going-to-hell.html?showComment=1266424027961 a minor friar blog: People That Are Going To Hell Leave it to the self-ironic pop punk of the Vandals to take what would otherwise be a very crass pious thought and make it amusing, safe, an... a minor friargoing toblogpeoplehell https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/03/arboreal-observance.html?showComment=1268692192525 a minor friar blog: The Arboreal Observance At one of the senior citizen residences where I go to offer Mass, they never take down their Christmas Tree from the common room. Instead, t... a minor friarblogarborealobservance https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2006/11/and-all-his-empty-promises.html a minor friar blog: And All his Empty Promises KJN had a great post yesterday about her decision to start wearing a chapel veil. Apparently she has done so in the past, but was shamed ou... a minor friarand allblogemptypromises https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/07/limbo.html?showComment=1249083616405 a minor friar blog: Limbo? Another of the friars and I were talking about limbo, the idea that there is some kind of eschatological destiny that corresponds to perfect... a minor friarbloglimbo https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/02/my-catholicism.html a minor friar blog: My Catholicism The other day I noticed a Facebook 'status update' from one of the classmates from theology. It was a reproduction of a quote from a 'Cathol... a minor friarblog mycatholicism https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/08/rip-fr-zygmund-klimowicz-ofm-cap.html a minor friar blog: RIP: Fr. Sigmund Klimowicz, OFM Cap. This morning I learn that the blessings of the feast of St. Clare this week included the passing from this life of Fr. Sigmund Klimowicz. ... a minor friarblogripsigmundofm https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/09/more-on-sunday-mass-in-spanish.html a minor friar blog: More on Sunday Mass in Spanish Today I celebrated Sunday Mass in Spanish for the second time. A funny thing happens. Before my first assignment, I had been assisting at Su... a minor friarblog moreon sundaymassspanish https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/11/give-me-double-share-of-your-spirit.html?showComment=1258649097038 a minor friar blog: Give Me a Double Share of Your Spirit Today one of the brothers informs me that my favorite confrere I've never met, Br. Cesare Bonizzi, has given up his ministry as a heavy meta... a minor friargive meblog https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2011/04/kludge-for-passiontide.html?showComment=1302385074163 a minor friar blog: A Kludge for Passiontide "In the dioceses of the United States, crosses in the church may be covered from the conclusion of the Mass for the Saturday of the fourth w... a minor friarblogkludgepassiontide https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/07/retreat-notes-prayer-and-intention.html?showComment=1248893981525 a minor friar blog: Retreat Notes: Prayer and Intention The "practice" of contemplative prayer can be an obstacle to prayer--if, consciously or not, we come to it and execute it wrong-headedly as ... a minor friarblogretreatnotesprayer https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2009/07/catholic-conflicts.html?showComment=1247505964306 a minor friar blog: Catholic Conflicts The comments on yesterday's post reveal that I hit some neuralgic spots for us Catholic Christians. I've been thinking about it. There have ... a minor friarblogcatholicconflicts https://friarminor.blogspot.com/2010/05/last-rites.html a minor friar blog: Last Rites Well, tonight I have had my first experience of Extreme Unction. After supper I thought I would go to the church and empty the poor boxes an... a minor friarbloglastrites