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By John M. Grondelski, Crisis Magazine - I’ve often criticized the way in which many priests celebrate Mass after Communion. The rubrics explicitly call for a period of thanksgiving after distribution of Communion and the cleansing of Communion vessels. In fact, that thanksgiving period is double: it has personal and communal dimensions. The personal dimension presupposes a period of silence and meditative reflection while the celebrant is in the chair. The communal dimension is the Postcommunion Prayer, which concludes the Communion Rite through an act of common thanksgiving.

By Return to Order - A Satanic band, called “Ghost”, is scheduled to perform.. in The Woodlands, Texas on September 2. This band is famous for its Satanic lead-singer dressing as a demonic anti-pope and singing lyrics that mock Christian prayers in blasphemous and impure ways... the Swedish rock band, “Ghost,” is scheduled to perform in a tour across the U.S. until September 11... One of these locations is Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, in The Woodlands, Texas, outside of Houston.

By Msgr. Charles Pope - One of the more difficult Biblical themes to understand is the concept of God hardening the hearts and minds of certain human beings. Here are some examples where it seems he does: The LORD said to Moses, “When you return to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders I have given you the power to do. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go. (Ex 4:21)

Catholic Culture - Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of the Queenship of Mary. The faithful, under the guidance of an unerring Catholic instinct, have ever recognized the queenly dignity of the Mother of "The King of kings and Lord of lords": the Fathers, the Doctors of the Church, Popes, down through the centuries, have given authoritative expression to this truth and the crowning testimony to this common belief is to be found clearly expressed in the wonders of art and in the profound teaching of the liturgy.