Possum Lover
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I'm (sort of) trad(-adjacent) and I approve of this message
The trads are mad at me for pointing out that Trent isn't saying what they think it's saying
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 AM
I'm (sort of) trad(-adjacent) and I approve of this message
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In other words the only true RETVRN is ressourcement and even then you can never go home again
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 PM
In other words the only true RETVRN is ressourcement and even then you can never go home again
Rewatched ROTJ two days ago
It’s fascinating in that unlike the first two movies, but like the first two prequels, it’s almost two or three mini movies stitched together as one
the action sequences are great in themselves but I think can get excessive
It’s fascinating in that unlike the first two movies, but like the first two prequels, it’s almost two or three mini movies stitched together as one
the action sequences are great in themselves but I think can get excessive
November 23, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Rewatched ROTJ two days ago
It’s fascinating in that unlike the first two movies, but like the first two prequels, it’s almost two or three mini movies stitched together as one
the action sequences are great in themselves but I think can get excessive
It’s fascinating in that unlike the first two movies, but like the first two prequels, it’s almost two or three mini movies stitched together as one
the action sequences are great in themselves but I think can get excessive
I still don't
hier stehe ich, und kann nicht anders machen
hier stehe ich, und kann nicht anders machen
I repent of all the times I have bashed normie Catholic music (still don't like it though)
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I still don't
hier stehe ich, und kann nicht anders machen
hier stehe ich, und kann nicht anders machen
honestly the fact that this Sunday is a green Sunday in the old rite makes it feel even more apocalyptic
which feels really suitable for the Sunday immediately before Advent
which feels really suitable for the Sunday immediately before Advent
November 23, 2025 at 1:47 AM
honestly the fact that this Sunday is a green Sunday in the old rite makes it feel even more apocalyptic
which feels really suitable for the Sunday immediately before Advent
which feels really suitable for the Sunday immediately before Advent
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Thus says the LORD of hosts:
In those days ten people from nations of every language will take hold, yes, will take hold of the cloak of every Judahite and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
In those days ten people from nations of every language will take hold, yes, will take hold of the cloak of every Judahite and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
August 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Thus says the LORD of hosts:
In those days ten people from nations of every language will take hold, yes, will take hold of the cloak of every Judahite and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
In those days ten people from nations of every language will take hold, yes, will take hold of the cloak of every Judahite and say, “Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.”
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Ps 41,2
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,
in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.
Dichoso el que cuida del pobre;
en el día aciago lo pondrá a salvo el Señor.
Blessed is he who has concern for the poor.
In time of trouble, the LORD will rescue him.
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,
in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.
Dichoso el que cuida del pobre;
en el día aciago lo pondrá a salvo el Señor.
Blessed is he who has concern for the poor.
In time of trouble, the LORD will rescue him.
November 22, 2025 at 4:31 AM
Ps 41,2
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,
in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.
Dichoso el que cuida del pobre;
en el día aciago lo pondrá a salvo el Señor.
Blessed is he who has concern for the poor.
In time of trouble, the LORD will rescue him.
Beátus, qui intéllegit de egéno,
in die mala liberábit eum Dóminus.
Dichoso el que cuida del pobre;
en el día aciago lo pondrá a salvo el Señor.
Blessed is he who has concern for the poor.
In time of trouble, the LORD will rescue him.
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Trump: so if I recite this 'shahada' and implement a bunch of social programs, I get into heaven?
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Trump: so if I recite this 'shahada' and implement a bunch of social programs, I get into heaven?
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
Mamdani: that's right, Mr. President
Trump: and when do I get one of those cool rugs? I always thought those looked neat. like rolling out a little red carpet for yourself every few hours
when S. Paul VI spoke of the "smoke of Satan", he meant, among other things, the entirety of the OCP/GIA hymn repertoire
whoever sings these songs, even well, prays half as much
whoever sings these songs, even well, prays half as much
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
when S. Paul VI spoke of the "smoke of Satan", he meant, among other things, the entirety of the OCP/GIA hymn repertoire
whoever sings these songs, even well, prays half as much
whoever sings these songs, even well, prays half as much
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The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 PM
The greatest comic short story of all time. The original Peanuts strip that inspired the masterpiece. From Detective Comics 500 by Len Wein & Walt Simonson
I think this gets at big questions abt what liturgical aggiornamento and ressourcement are abt but it just seems obvious to me that it clearly isn't solely abt taste
Tra lec sollecitudine, Musicam sacram, Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum concilium, Missale Romanum, Laudis canticis, etc all make big claims
Tra lec sollecitudine, Musicam sacram, Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum concilium, Missale Romanum, Laudis canticis, etc all make big claims
Brother the premise that there's a "best liturgy" is literally the problem
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 AM
I think this gets at big questions abt what liturgical aggiornamento and ressourcement are abt but it just seems obvious to me that it clearly isn't solely abt taste
Tra lec sollecitudine, Musicam sacram, Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum concilium, Missale Romanum, Laudis canticis, etc all make big claims
Tra lec sollecitudine, Musicam sacram, Mediator Dei, Sacrosanctum concilium, Missale Romanum, Laudis canticis, etc all make big claims
my reform of the reform is celebrating diocesan councils according to the auncient Roman ritval as frequently as possible, and pax bredes, and frequent singings of the office (in which the Laudate psalms will be again appointed at Lauds), and svrpliced choirs
and lots of money to fund all this
and lots of money to fund all this
Your reform of the reform is adding altar rails and fiddlebacks to the current rite
My reform of the reform is expanding the dewfall-on-the-Trastevere anaphora to name Oscar Romero, Gustavo Gutierrez, Hans Küng, Annibale Bugnini and Paul VI, and restore infant communion
We are not the same
My reform of the reform is expanding the dewfall-on-the-Trastevere anaphora to name Oscar Romero, Gustavo Gutierrez, Hans Küng, Annibale Bugnini and Paul VI, and restore infant communion
We are not the same
reform of the reform but it's adding a communicantes of leftcath patron saints to EP 2
November 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
my reform of the reform is celebrating diocesan councils according to the auncient Roman ritval as frequently as possible, and pax bredes, and frequent singings of the office (in which the Laudate psalms will be again appointed at Lauds), and svrpliced choirs
and lots of money to fund all this
and lots of money to fund all this
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Dr. Davies was more right than not back in 2016
November 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Dr. Davies was more right than not back in 2016
fascinating post by Sharon Kabel abt the evolution of the Roman wedding mass
sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
翻譯
sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
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A survey of 219 Roman Catholic wedding masses from 983-1617 – Sharon Kabel
sharonkabel.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 AM
fascinating post by Sharon Kabel abt the evolution of the Roman wedding mass
sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
翻譯
sharonkabel.com/survey_weddi...
翻譯
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How can we rejoice in the Lord if he is far away? He is not far away! If he is, that is your doing. Love, and he will draw near; love, and he will dwell within you. The Lord is at hand; have no anxiety. Do you want to know how he will be with you if you love him? God is caritas.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 PM
How can we rejoice in the Lord if he is far away? He is not far away! If he is, that is your doing. Love, and he will draw near; love, and he will dwell within you. The Lord is at hand; have no anxiety. Do you want to know how he will be with you if you love him? God is caritas.
really thinking abt tradition and liturgy lately for some reasons
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 PM
really thinking abt tradition and liturgy lately for some reasons
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For a fourth year in a row Michigan’s leader in yards from scrimmage in a winning effort is Michigan State Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalties
October 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
For a fourth year in a row Michigan’s leader in yards from scrimmage in a winning effort is Michigan State Unsportsmanlike Conduct Penalties
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It’s not a Rutger, but there should be a term for getting more penalty yards than either rushing or passing yards. Can we call it a Sparty? We didn’t get there this year but it was close
October 26, 2025 at 3:33 AM
It’s not a Rutger, but there should be a term for getting more penalty yards than either rushing or passing yards. Can we call it a Sparty? We didn’t get there this year but it was close
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Paul Bunyan stays in Ann Arbor!!!
October 26, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Paul Bunyan stays in Ann Arbor!!!
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My $0.02 on the liturgical reform: it was well-meaning... but based on disastrous pedagogical assumptions (that ironically both patronized and overexalted the capacities of the laity), and ended up too beholden to specific scholars' petty hobbyhorses, so it ended up a mangled, compromised mess
October 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My $0.02 on the liturgical reform: it was well-meaning... but based on disastrous pedagogical assumptions (that ironically both patronized and overexalted the capacities of the laity), and ended up too beholden to specific scholars' petty hobbyhorses, so it ended up a mangled, compromised mess
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And I'd add, since this is a personal hobbyhorse... deciding to chuck the entire tradition and remake it from scratch, essentially bankrupted the flourishing liturgical publications industry. They literally had to pulp warehouses' worth of missals, breviaries and other books gone obsolete overnight.
October 24, 2025 at 10:05 PM
And I'd add, since this is a personal hobbyhorse... deciding to chuck the entire tradition and remake it from scratch, essentially bankrupted the flourishing liturgical publications industry. They literally had to pulp warehouses' worth of missals, breviaries and other books gone obsolete overnight.
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Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady for St Francis Day.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Mass at the Basilica of Our Lady for St Francis Day.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
Pilgrims from St Paul the Apostle and St Therese the Little Flower parishes in Corpus Christi were present.
I made my First Communion at St Paul’s, and grew up in that parish til I entered the seminary. I am very grateful to that community.
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Head of a skeleton with a burning cigarette by Vincent van Gogh, 1886.
October 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Head of a skeleton with a burning cigarette by Vincent van Gogh, 1886.
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Why is Chris Fowler saying last year's Michigan season was a disappointment? Do the numbers "13" and "10" mean nothing to him
September 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Why is Chris Fowler saying last year's Michigan season was a disappointment? Do the numbers "13" and "10" mean nothing to him
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no: good men create good men, who create good times, because and goodness only lasts as long as people are in fact being good; weak men destroy any kind of time with their weakness because they’re weak.
adversity makes a lot of people weaker and more foolish, not good.
adversity makes a lot of people weaker and more foolish, not good.
September 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
no: good men create good men, who create good times, because and goodness only lasts as long as people are in fact being good; weak men destroy any kind of time with their weakness because they’re weak.
adversity makes a lot of people weaker and more foolish, not good.
adversity makes a lot of people weaker and more foolish, not good.