The Roman Sacristan

What would it be like if the US bishop's had to design a stop sign back in the late 1970's: The US bishop's sign would first be ...

Following on yesterday's post about the story of the process of reason which led Brian back into full communion with Rome, I found a ver...

I saw this over at Fr. Z.'s blog and found the full article very interesting and quite valuable. As I say, it is hard now to retrace eve...

Time for some Monday levity. I hate politics and most of the discussion thereof, but here's a rare post on it. As much as it is a satir...

I was interested by John f h h's comments on this past Sunday's Prayer over the Gifts which got me to thinking. Dear Christopher, Fu...

aka 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time "Dream of Solomon" by Luca Giordano I do apologize that in my translations I have had the audacit...

OK, liturgically it's only a commemoration, but Saint Christopher is still a Saint in the eyes of the Church, no matter what some might ...

"Saint James the Greater" by Carlo Maratti Although today is my name's day (Christopher), the main Saint who's feast is ce...

Today is the feast of Saint Charbel. A note is that a friend of mine who was born and raised in Lebanon said it is pronounced SHAR -bel wit...

I just got back from watching the new Batman flick "The Dark Knight." First impression? Pretty darn cool! One caveat I will give i...

I am actually a bit surprised at how difficult it is to find pictures of Saint Lawrence of Brindisi on the web. Aside from a few small thumb...

aka 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time "The Parable of the Weeds" by Jerome Nadal Collect Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman ...

"A quite incredible story has reached our ears ... It is alleged that you have such an aversion from the sweet chant of St Gregory ... ...

***(WARNING: Probable spoiler alerts)*** Just skip to the bottom if you really plan on seeing this movie. The Matrix series has been an odd ...

"Saint Bonaventure and Saint Leandro" by Murillo Info on Saint Bonaventure at Catholic Encyclopedia RS

Got a letter from my friend, the brewmeister, about a recent Johns Hopkins study on a chemical in incense. "...the report was saying th...

aka 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time Collect (Opening Prayer) Official Latin from the 1969 & 2002 Roman Missals Orémus. Deus, qui errántib...

Statue of Saint Benedict in the piazza in Norcia, (aka Nursia) Italy RS

I haven't commented on the recent Anglican church's situation because I am rather ignorant of the entire Church of England/Anglican/...

Don Quixote As at least a third of the US bishops keep behaving like Don Quixote in their delusions of helping the Church through bad ideas,...