Shrine of the Holy Whapping

Sunday, September 11

A whole quiz ranking flags...on whether they are hot, or not.

I love vexilology and all, but this probably crosses a number of invisible lines.

Anyway, the poll results are all wrong. We all know the hottest flag is the personal standard of his Imperial and Royal Majesty the Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary...

(Pikelhaube tip to Sarah of A Glass of Chianti.)

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"Go to the encounter with him in the Blessed Eucharist, go to adore him in the churches, kneeling before the Tabernacle: Jesus will fill you with his love and will reveal to you the thoughts of his Heart. If you listen to him, you will feel ever more deeply the joy of belonging to his Mystical Body, the Church, which is the family of his disciples held close by the bond of unity and love."
- Pope Benedict, Message to Dutch Youth

Our superlative squad:

Dan: A perpetual choirmember, seek him where good music or custard are to be found. Contact him at basilique(at)gmail(dot)com

Emily: A graduate of Notre Dame's Philosophy and Latin programs, religious ed expert and Alto at large, she can be reached at emilynd06(at)gmail(dot)com

Matt: A graduate of ND's Architecture School, illustrator, church furnishing designer, and founder of Matthew Alderman Studios, doing entirely too many things at the same time in jolly old New England. Reach him at malderman83(at)gmail(dot)com

Drew: A lover of Jackie Chan and Cuckoo Clocks, he be can contacted at andrew_na(at)hotmail(dot)com

Becket: This Whapster Emeritus and longtime admirer of the Holy Father is enjoying his retirement on the shores of the Missisippi.

Vanitas Vanitatum:

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~Benedict XVI (really)

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~Amy Welborn

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~Scipio

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~The Revealer

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"Top Ten Catholic Blogs"
~Blogs.com

"Warning, prominent violation of the 2nd commandment.*"
~Turretinfan
*Protestant numbering, we assume...

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What is a Holy Whapping?

a) Something done to heretics?
b) A medieval penance?
c) A quote from an old Batman episode?
d) Or Something Completely Different?

The Usual Suspects

The Holy See
EWTN
ZENIT
New Advent
Relics Gazetteer
Theology of the Body

Liturgy and Piety

Adoremus Society
The Book of Divine Worship

Catholic Liturgical Library
Via Rosa Chaplets

Musical Resources for Catholic Parishes

Cantica Nova Publications
Church Music Association of America
CPDL/ChoralWiki
E.C. Schirmer
GIA Publications
Gregorian Chant
MorningStar Music
ND Institute for Chuch Life
Oregon Catholic Press
Paraclete Press
Saint Michael Hymnal
Saint Augustine Hymnal
Summit Choir Book
World Library Publications

Catholic Art, Literature and Architecture

Jan van Eyck
I Promessi Sposi
Chesterton
The Golden Legend
Sigrid Undset
Pax House Catalog
La Basilique Notre Dame de Montreal
Brompton Oratory
David Mayernik
Franck Lohsen McCrery
Duncan Stroik
Thomas Gordon Smith
HDB/Cram and Ferguson
Saint Bede Studio
Daniel Mitsui, Freelance Illustrator

Ecclesial Communities

Men's Religious Orders:
Canons Regular of St. Augustine
Community of St. John
Communaute Saint Martin
Discalced Carmelite Friars
Dominican House of Studies
Dominican Province of Saint Joseph (East Coast)
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal
The Frat House: FSSP
Congregation of Holy Cross
Monastery of the Holy Cross, Chicago
Oblates of Mary Immaculate
St. Hugh's Charterhouse
St. Michael's Abbey, California
Institute of Christ the King

Women's Religious Orders:
Ann Arbor Dominicans
Chicago Poor Clares
Discalced Carmelite Nuns
Nashville Dominicans
USA Dominican Nuns
Little Sisters of the Poor
Monastery of Our Lady of the Perpetual Rosary
Poor Clare Nuns of Virginia
Regina Laudis
Sisters of Life
Sisters of Saint Francis of Perpetual Adoration

Books!

Loome Theological Booksellers
Strand
Ignatius Press
Loyola Books
Tan Books
Doubleday Image
Pauline Books and Media
Alba House
Our Sunday Visitor
ICS Publications

Celeste Organum

Tallis Scholars
Collegium Records
Gabrieli Consort and Players
K617

"That Would Be An Ecumenical Matter"

(Wannabe) Newbie Anglican
The Onion Dome: Orthodox News With a Twist
The Mystery Worshipper
S. Clement's, Philadelphia
Society of King Charles the Martyr
The Lark
Inter'l Holocaust Memorial Day

Wide-Ranging Interests

Arts & Letters Daily
Borges y yo
Casablanca
Classical Architecture
Medieval New York
NY Subway Lore
Monarchy and Royalty

The Marx Brothers

Tremendous Trifles

Father Ted Online
Blackadder Hall
The Marx Brothers
The New Red Green Show!
ScrappleFace
Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Mary ties!

Even Weirder

St. Christina the Astonishing
Lego Baroque Church
findagrave.com
Exploding Whale
The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

St. Dymphna, protectress of lunatics, pray for us! "Christianity, and nothing
else is the ultimate foundation
of liberty, conscience,
human rights, and democracy...
We continue to nourish
ourselves from this source.
Everything else is
postmodern chatter."
- Jürgen Habermas

"We desire that this practice... of using distinctive names by which Catholics are marked off from other Catholics, should cease; such names must be avoided... [they] are neither true nor just... they lead to great disturbance and confuse the Catholic body."
- Benedict XV, Ad Beatissimi Apostolorum