tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post6300845784870339503..comments2024-01-16T18:30:41.436-06:00Comments on The Badger Catholic: The Archdiocese of Milwaukee and the Influenza Pandemic of 1918Badger Catholichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05389147035157025445noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-44633686328069476942020-05-02T13:47:36.022-05:002020-05-02T13:47:36.022-05:00Also not surprised to note that my comment (like t...Also not surprised to note that my comment (like the above) was NOT published in the CH. Apparently CH and Facebook have similar goals or something.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-67213318795395810532020-04-24T16:37:03.088-05:002020-04-24T16:37:03.088-05:00Not surprised that Fr Avella mounts something of a...Not surprised that Fr Avella mounts something of a defense for our Bishops who are allowing Evers to trample all over 1st Amendment rights.<br /><br />But what Fr. A conveniently omits is this: the Spanish Flu had a Case Fatality Rate of 2.5%, which is TWENTY FIVE TIMES the CFR of the Chinese Virus.<br /><br />Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4531248303954963098.post-9204781571968417142020-04-23T15:46:26.737-05:002020-04-23T15:46:26.737-05:00"The most common Catholic experience of the D..."The most common Catholic experience of the Dies Irae in recent decades is probably the Amadeus soundtrack."<br /><br />Was once teaching overseas in a primarily Eastern Orthodox country. The leson involved different approaches to milestones in cultures, including funerals. Thanks to youtube, was able to play for the students Dies Irea in gregorian chant, students found it to be very solemn and peaceful.<br /><br />I then played "He will Raise you up on Eagle's Wings" and said that is probably the most dominant piece of music at modern Catholic funerals. The students laughed and thought I was kidding, that a silly tune like that with lyrics like "he'll make you shine like a star" was really sung in church, at a funeral, with guitars a strumming, I assured them it was no joke. <br /><br />That said I have no idea how this was actually handled pre-Vatican II, was a chanted Dies Irea included in all funeral Masses or was this also just something the priest queitly recited?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com