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I had an original thought last week. Read now, alert the media later. The thought was this: one of us Catholic bloggers should create a list of reform groups that we can reference online. I mentioned that I didn’t know what CFAR’s “ecclesiastical shtick” was before I posted the link to them. I meant that I didn’t take to time to read about their mission and make an informed decision about whether or it was one I agreed with or could support. Here is their position statement and statement of principles. I do agree with them! Most importantly this statement:

No man can be accepted into the seminary unless he believes completely in the fullness of the Church’s teaching and lives in accordance with it.

If I have the time I will begin working on a list of such groups with links to their positions. I just started a new job today so it may take a bit to adjust to the new schedule and commute. Driving in Northern Virginia is a near occasion of sin unless it’s 4:45 am Sunday morning. During the times that I am driving to and from work I wish I had a priest in the passenger seat. “Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. But you saw how that dipstick cut me off in that Bondo-mobile he was driving! I’ll bet he doesn’t have insurance!” That is what as known as “imperfect contrition.”

you might be asking the same question as I did when you read this article from The Washington Post. What is a priest doing qualifying the title of his vocation with a description of his sexual orientation? And if he is going to say “gay priest” why not “celibate gay priest” lest someone suspect he has one hand on the maypole? Actually, that’s not satire, that is what is known as a euphemism.

Adventures of a choir director
I had an usher come up to me right after the first hymn: “There’s a horn going off in the parking lot. See if you can make an announcement”
He handed me a note that read, “ZES 9652 merk blue-green sfatruigm” He walked away while I thought, “What the heck is a blue-green sfatruigm?”
He came back during the Gloria and said, “Ixnay on the nouncementay”

I bought the Adoremus Hymnal last week (choir edition) at the Shrine. My advice on this fine Monday morning is get one for yourself! What I like best about this hymnal is that version with accompaniment is called the “organ edition.” Not “piano edition,” “guitar edition,” “C instrument edition,” or “tablature edition.” It’s called the “organ edition.” For playing on the organ. Your church might have one that is easier to find than the tabernacle.

hasn’t clued in to the fact that this blog has two writers.