Father B. Jerabek, J.C.L.
Birmingham, Alabama (older posts from Rome, Italy)
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- Blessing of Herbs for the Assumption
- Sanctifying Holy Days of Obligation
- [Through Christ our Lord. Amen.]
- Thank You – Breviaries
- I Often Don’t Like the Longer Form
- Unworthy Holy Communions: The Kiss of Judas
- An Idea for Diocesan “Traditional” Vocations
- A Time of Judgment
- The White Cassock
- A Magazine for Men
- Nuns Need Help
- High Altars and Side Altars: A Matter of Justice
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Sanctifying Holy Days of Obligation
Last November 1, I posted a blog about work on Holy Days of Obligation. Since we have a Holy Day this week — the Solemnity of the Assumption — I again want to direct people to that post and encourage them to … Continue reading
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I Often Don’t Like the Longer Form
For a long time I was critical whenever the choice was made to use the “shorter form” of a reading at a Mass. This coming weekend there are two opportunities to use “shorter forms”, in fact: for both the second … Continue reading
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Unworthy Holy Communions: The Kiss of Judas
Consider this: making an unworthy communion — that is, a communion when one is in the state of mortal sin, not in God’s grace — is like giving Jesus the kiss of Judas again. When I was in seminary we … Continue reading
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A Time of Judgment
Sometime last Fall, as I was ascending the altar for one of our Sunday Masses, carrying with me the news of the latest scandals in the Church, a word — I believe from the Lord — came to me: “This … Continue reading
Eleven Years
Today — June 7, 2019 — is my eleventh anniversary of ordination. Spare a prayer for me today, if you will. Thank you! And thanks be to God. This past year has been a big one… First, there was the … Continue reading
Gestures during the Gloria
Continuing a theme I’ve recently been addressing here, we may consider other ways that the richness of our Catholic liturgical tradition as handed down to us in the Extraordinary Form of the liturgy may be brought to bear on our … Continue reading
The Marital Debt
One very traditional (and important) Church teaching that has all but disappeared from Catholic consciousness in recent decades is that of “the marital debt”, also known as “the conjugal debt”. This teaching has to do with the obligation that spouses … Continue reading
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