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 + JMJ    I am still quite busy with other projects and responsibilities, so for now I'll put up an image from the past ... the test pattern. Wiki (link below) has a sample of other olders ones, but this is the one I saw as a kid on CBC.   P^3 Source: Wikipedia

+ JMJ Update can be found at the end of the post.     Introduction What are the extents and limits of the Commandment to Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother? As children get older and they become adults, there is bound to be a transition in the relationship between themselves and their parents.   While some may experience this earlier in the teenage years, from a moral point of view, the real onset where it matters is when they reach adulthood. Understanding the context and obligations in the two states (emancipated vs unemancipated) is probably going to be an important factor in how smoothly the transition occurs. I’m going to undertake this study using three four resources: Catechism of the Council of Trent (aka The Roman Catechism) – ~1562 Translation 1923 based on translations from 1902, 1907 and 1914 Handbook of Moral Theology (Fr. Dominc Prummer OP) – 1955 Moral Theology (Frs. McHugh and Callan) – 1958  Moral Theology (Fr. Heribert...

 + JMJ  After the death of Benedict XVI, I noticed this article on the LMS website and thought it useful for the Chronicle. I especially like the final sentence: If it is collapsing, it is collapsing under the weight of its own contradictions. P^3 Source LMS: The Mandatum: Let's Not be hard on Pope Francis  It is tempting to see the decree allowing women's feet to be washed on Maundy Thursday as an indication of an acceleration of liturgical decay underway with Pope Francis, following his breaking of the rule up to now. However, what has happened is no different from what happened under his predecessors. Bl Pope Paul VI gave in to the pressure of endemic abuse when he allowed the reception of Communion in the hand. But there are other examples too from his troubled reign. One of the most peculiar documents of the Papal Magisterium is his Sacrificium laudis,  an Apostolic Letter directed to religious superiors, begging, cajoling, and ordering them to prese...