Briefly on the Recent CDW Liturgical Document:

Frank Jerry just reminded me about the recent CDWDS Instruction Redemptionis Sacramentum which is subtitled On certain matters to be observed or to be avoided regarding the Most Holy Eucharist. The document is solemnly confirmed by the Supreme Pontiff and can be found HERE. As this weblog's Sovereign Thane, it is contingent upon me in fidelity to my conscience to exhort all of you who have written to me about liturgical abuses over the years to print this up, make at least three copies of it (one for your own records and to reproduce later on), and to give copies of it to your parish's pastor and parochial vicar. But first a couple of pastoral suggestions on my part if you do not mind.

As this is not a short document, a degree of probation of sorts would seem to be needed to allow them to digest and implement what the Holy See expects. I recommend a three to four month period after which time the document should be duplicated again and sent to the local ordinary.{1} You have your orders now people. The time to take action is now.

Note:

{1} Those who want to send this to their local ordinary when sending it to their pastors and parochial vicars are of course not to be discouraged from doing this.

Archives Reconstruction Update:

I spent some time today working on the archives and have them completed through January 4, 2003. The completed portions are at a private weblog and will be added to bit by bit over the coming week or two until they are all completed. At that time, the entire sequence will be pasted to this template, the weblog will be republished, and the fixing of the template from the disaster earlier this week will be completed. I apologize again for this inconvenience but time constraints make doing these corrections very difficult at this time.

In the absence of your humble servant stirring up one of the so-called "traditionalist" hornet nests, he will relegate that to Sherry Wedell courtesy of Mark Shea's BLOG.

Update on Weblog Template Fixes and Upcoming Blogging Intentions:

There has not been much time for blogging as of late. I am though working in my spare time on the archives to complete the weblog fixes as the result of last week's template disapperance. I also hope to respond over the weekend to at least one of the other three posts mentioned earlier in the month that I intended to address "in the coming weeks and months." I am also at the moment pricing laptops for business as well as personal usage but that is all I will note on my computer situation at this time.